Meet Ocean, the strikingly adorable blue wolfdog puppy who is just a few months old but already huge—and she’s only going to get bigger.
Owned by British animal expert Anneka Svenska, this rare wolfdog has a spectacular smoky-blue coat, hypnotic eyes, and a big personality to match her size.
“At five months old she is already larger than my huskies,” Svenska told The Epoch Times. “She is goofy, silly, floppy, and affectionate and demands attention, love, tickles, and hugs.”
(Courtesy of Anneka Svenska/Animal Watch)
(Courtesy of Anneka Svenska/Animal Watch)Svenska, who lives just outside of London and hosts the popular YouTube channel Animal Watch, purposely chose a wolfdog with a good amount of German shepherd DNA so she would be more trainable than those with a higher percentage of Nordic blood. Her beloved Ocean does, however, possess some Nordic DNA, which has prevented the puppy from appearing too “Shepherdy,” with large ears.
Ocean—who is a mix of wolf, Alsatian, Alaskan malamute, Siberian husky, and Samoyed—has small ears and a rounder, “wolfier” head. Svenska claims that the proportion of wolf DNA Ocean contains is quite low, at 25 percent.
“Wolfdogs are fairly common,” Svenska said, explaining that her own dog is multigenerational, bred from two parent wolfdogs carrying the gene for a smoky-blue coat. Originally, the smoky-blue color was bred into the wolfdogs from blue German shepherds.
(Courtesy of Anneka Svenska/Animal Watch)
(Courtesy of Anneka Svenska/Animal Watch)Svenska—who owns, writes, and produces every show of Animal Watch—clearly adores her pup and is thoroughly committed to lifelong care. However, she is at pains to dissuade others from getting one.
“Wolfdogs in general are very sensitive, gentle dogs so you cannot train them harshly or they will most probably hate you for life,” she said. “Training is done gradually and kindly, trying to get them used to as many scary situations as possible such as walking down busy high streets and meeting lots of nice dogs. If you do not socialize a wolfdog, it will grow up to be very scared and possibly reactive.”
They are also extremely energetic and need tons of outdoor exercise plus “very high garden walls” since they’re able to jump high and escape.
(Courtesy of Anneka Svenska/Animal Watch)
(Courtesy of Anneka Svenska/Animal Watch)As the wolf expert states in her video titled “The Giant Blue Wolfdog,” which has been viewed well over 890,000 times, this breed tends to howl and protest loudly at being indoors.
“They can destroy furniture and household items unless trained early to not do this,” she told The Epoch Times, adding that dominant behavior such as stealing food and possessions will need to be watched, as will Ocean’s interactions with other females as she matures.
Svenska said that every year hundreds of wolfdogs end up being abandoned in rescue centers due to people’s unrealistic expectations. “There are very few good wolfdog owners out there as many get a wolfdog because of a fantasy of theirs to own one when they are just not cut out for the job,” she said.
She tries to discourage people from owning these dogs unless they work from home, have the time to train and socialize the dog, and commit to never, ever giving up on them.
(Courtesy of Anneka Svenska/Animal Watch)
(Courtesy of Anneka Svenska/Animal Watch)Having dedicated herself wholeheartedly to Ocean’s development, Svenska is happy to see her puppy walking well on a leash.
The pair have formed “a very strong bond” and the enigmatic wolfdog prefers to stay close by her side. She likes to stalk and ambush Svenska’s other dogs and adores the male husky Kal-El.
“She loves playing hard and she enjoys a good scrap,” said Svenska, exclaiming, “She’s going to be huge!”
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