Pucoy
Pucoys (also Puko ) are experimental hybrids Pu delrüden (for males) and Koj otenfähen (female animal), so of canids two ways. With coyote father and poodle mother they are also known as Kopu .
From the 1960s onwards, crossings were carried out and investigated under the direction of Wolf Herre at the Institute for Pet Science at Kiel University. The mating was only possible if the animals were raised alone, otherwise they avoided each other.
The offspring were only fertile to a limited extent. Mating of male coyotes with female poodles was carried out in Canada. They are more difficult to reach because the coyote males do not know what to do with the bitch's heat at first , whereas poodle males are always ready to cover. Corresponding intersections were later also found in Kiel.
Mating domestic dogs and coyotes also occur in natural conditions when coyotes invade human settlements. (It also happens that domestic dogs are killed by coyotes.) The offspring are called coy dogs . Dorit Feddersen-Petersen writes in Dog Psychology that Coy Dogs would not endanger the coyote population because they would be at a disadvantage compared to the coyote population and would be less adaptable.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Feddersen-Petersen: Hundepsychologie. 2004, p. 63.
- ↑ Zimen: The dog. Descent, behavior, people and dogs. 1992, p. 51 f.
- ↑ Feddersen-Petersen: Hundepsychologie. 2004, p. 53.
literature
- Dorit Urd Feddersen-Petersen : Dog psychology. Social behavior and nature, emotions and individuality. 4th, completely revised, considerably expanded and newly illustrated edition. Kosmos, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-440-09780-3 .
- Erik Zimen : The dog. Descent, behavior, people and dogs (= Goldmanns Taschenbücher. 12397). Full paperback edition. Goldmann, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-12397-6 .