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Recent Examples of wolf dogMost importantly: Ian finds and adopts Rollo, the greatest wolf dog who ever lived.—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026 Silver moment of the Games: Everyone loved it when Nazgul, the 2-year-old Czech wolf dog, joined the women’s cross-country competition at the end and ran, without benefit of skis, across the finish line.—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026 Former Rhode Islander stepped up to adopt wolf dog
That's when former Rhode Island resident Ron Monroe stepped in.—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 29 Jan. 2026 That means if a wolf dog ever bites someone, euthanasia and testing may be required.—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 Possessing second-generation wolf dogs, defined in California as the offspring of a domestic dog and a half-wolf, half-dog hybrid — with no more than 25% wolf — is legal.—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025 Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico named the six wolf dogs after characters created by fantasy author Sarah J. Maas
Six wolfdogs are spending their holiday season enjoying a winter wonderland after being kept as pets.—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023 But the Saarloos wolf dog’s German-shephard-like face usually sets it apart.—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2023 These pups may share traits with wolves, but wolf dog breeds are just as adorable, energetic, and smart as any other doggo on the block.—Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 July 2022
Cassie is trying to become social-media famous, suggestively flashing her all-American assets online in a variety of fetishy costumes (a puppy dog, a pacifier-sucking baby).
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Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
Unlike the children, who look like waxy versions of my own, this is my husband, with the soft face and the plaid shirt and the puppy dog—
Eyes.
The property is famous for thermal baths fed by a spring discovered by medieval hunters, and holds six collective Michelin stars across its restaurants.
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Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
News of the bugle spread quickly and sent local hunters into a frenzy, scouring the forest for one last chance for glory.
Those latter two charges were filed after Calhoun choked a police dog and then attacked the deputy from the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) who had been sent to take him into custody after a judge signed the warrant for his arrest.
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Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
The initial indictment came weeks before Calhoun was due to be released from state prison, where he was returned in 2023 to finish serving a four-year term for assaulting a police officer, trying to strangle a police dog, burglary and other charges.