What is the Tamaskan Wolfdog?

Technically a wolf dog is the result of a breeding between a domestic dog and a wolf, usually a grey wolf. In order to fall under the definition of a "wolf-dog" the wolf must appear within 5 generations in the Pedigree.

The more recently advertised "Tamaskan Wolfdog" is the designation used by a US kennel owner (Rightpuppy) who purchased some Tamaskans from a former registered breeder. Due to lack of adequate breeding stock he is now cross breeding his Tamaskans and referring to them as Tamaskan Wolfdogs. As he is not breeding to wolves, this is a misnomer at the very least. His intent is to capitalize on the Tamaskan name and reputation and to that end, he has claimed that he will create his own registry called The Tamaskan Club of America (TCA) not to be confused with the official American National Tamaskan Club of America (NTCA). By definition, this Tamaskan Wolfdog is neither a Tamaskan nor a Wolfdog.


Will the TDR register puppies from an unregistered breeder if both parents are registered Tamaskans?

The TDR requires that all puppies be registered Tamaskans with copies of DNA profiles and specific health tests on file. An unregistered breeder is not at all likely to have these credentials. Therefore, the TDR will only registered Tamaskan puppies from registered, recognized breeders in good standing.

It is always wise to check on the breeder before you purchase your puppy.


What is a Puppy Mill?

By definition, a puppy mill is a large-scale breeding operation that produces large numbers of puppies for profit. The term originated as a distinction from small scale puppy farming, commonly known as backyard breeding.

Puppy Mills are usually distinguished by the following characteristics:


They are a large scale operation usually with multiple breeds and a steady string of new litters.

They are run by individuals who have no idea or concern about the genetic implications of breeding;

They generally have no idea as to what their dogs require at a minimum for basic health care and socialization.

Due to the sheer size of their operation, good puppy socialization and formal training are largely ignored.

Due to sheer size of operation, puppies are oftentimes sold well before they are ready to be removed from their littermates.

There is little to no screening of potential applicants and generally no follow-up or further contact with new owners.

The only documentation that is likely provide is a receipt for purchase, there is generally no contract clearly outlining the rights and responsibilities of both the breeder and the new owners.

It is not uncommon for these operators to misrepresent the breed of dog being sold.

Does Rightpuppy fit the bill? Based on what we have seen on websites and in advertisements, we think so.


What can be done to preserve the integrity of the Tamaskan breed in light of unethical puppy breeders?

Backyard breeders, commercial kennels, and puppy mills are a fact of life for every breed. The best way to maintain our reputation is to have well educated breeders who breed to the Tamaskan standard, have high ethical standards, a good vetting system to identify great homes for their dogs and a solid reputation. We can exhaust our energies fighting against them or spend our energy moving towards developing and promoting the Tamaskan breed. Some people will never care. It is for the Tamaskan breed and all of the others that we chose to take the high road and move forward.

Nature (and the law) will take its course with the rest.


What about his first litter of puppies that were registered, will this litters registration still work if I want to breed?

Yes, we will uphold this litters registration and you will be able to breed as long as you follow the TDR's rules of DNA profiling and hip scoring and the NTCA's new rules about CERF (eye) testing.

What should we tell people that are interesting in buying a Tamaskan or a Tamaskan Wolfdog?

You should point them in the direction of the Tamaskan Dog Register or the National Tamaskan Club of America, you can also point them to this forum for information and help.

For health reasons Tamaskan should not be bred on consecutive season, also Tasha was way too young the first time she was mated and because of this expecially needs a rest. Also males should be at least 13months old before they are first used at stud, immature sperm can cause problems with a litter.

Rules taken from the Breeders contract.

Brood bitches will NOT be bred from before 15 months of age. Or over 8 years of age.

Stud Dogs should NOT be used at stud until 12 months of age. Or over 10 years of age.

Breeder agrees that Tamaskan Registered breeding stock will not be called or passed off as any other breed of dog except Tamaskan and any offspring resulting from same shall not be called by any other named breed.

Breeder agrees that any mating should be to a registered Tamaskan Dog and no other breed except in the case of accidental mating which produces cross breed puppies which should be known by no other name than cross breed.

Breeders are not to sell puppies under the age of 8 weeks

Breeders will not sell or offer for sale puppies to any commercial outlet such as pet shops, puppy farms etc.

Breeder MUST have all breeding dogs hip scored.

Breeder agrees to provide The Tamaskan Dog Register legible photocopies/scans of the Hip Score promptly upon receipt of same and well in advance of any mating

The Breeder shall NEVER breed bitches in successive seasons, but shall wait one year between litters unless a breeding does not produce a litter or a litter is stillborn

Out of the 12 rules on the breeders contract, Kevin has broken 9 of them.


We don't know for sure how old Tumble is as we don't know who bred him or where he has come from, we just know he is not a Tamaskan and that Kevin claims he is a Utonagan. The picture on the Rightpuppy website arrived about 4 or 5 months ago and the pup looks only to be 3 or 4 months on the picture, so at the most I would say Tumble is 9 months old, but I would def say he is too young to have been used at stud on Tasha.

I can confirm that Tashas last litter was born on 16/12/2007, she had 10 pups born alive, at that time she was 13 months old.
Most breeds including the Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute do not allow bitches to be bred from until they are 2 years old, our age of 15 months is very low in comparison.

A 13 month old is still a puppy and is not fully mature (if human it would be an 8 year old), also please know that puppies take 62 days in pregnancy so Tasha was approx 10 months old when she was mated. Asking an 10 month old pup to carry 10 puppies is going to be damaging to her, also please know that her litter sister (of the same age) Tundra was mated at the same time and her pups were born a month later.
Moose the sire of these litters was also 11 months old at the time of mating.

The TDR had no hip results in for any of these dogs and Kevin gave the argument that these matings were accidental. The TDR gave him the benefit of doubt and registered his first litter. After Kevin sold a puppy to Karen a known puppy mill and sold 2 more pups at 6 weeks old instead of the 8 weeks pups should be sold at and then offered a third (we recieved a complaint about this) after a warning, we put Kevin on suspension. His kennel was investigated by the TDR committee, we realised just how many litters he bred a year, he also had a kennel visit and we were in contact from a well respected shiba inu breeder, however it wasn't until several Tamaskan breeders received abusive emails about his suspension that his breeder certificate was revoked and he was expelled from the Tamaskan Dog Register breeders list.

Very soon after his expulsion he purchased more dogs which were not Tamaskan and continued to breed, calling his new dogs Tamaskan to begin with, then wolfdogs, then Tamaskan wolfdogs, the dogs that he breeds are not pure Tamaskan but he is using the Tamaskan name to sell his pups.

Other people have obviously noticed things wrong with this kennel, see the link below.

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Rightpuppy has recently (although he states he did it in 2007) started a new website called The Tamaskan Club of America, please note that this club has nothing to do with The Tamaskan Dog Register or The National Tamaskan Club of America and their puppies will not be registered with us, therefore when the Tamaskan Dog finally gains recognition they will not be among those chosen for registration.
If you notice, Rightpuppy is the ONLY breeder registered with his club.

Rightpuppy has recently added a new breeder (he is up to two now) to his list of registered breeders.
The kennel name Blustag.
This of course has nothing to do with the real Blustag Tamaskan Kennels , co-founder of the Tamaskan breed, owned by Lynn and based in the UK. This once again is false advertising, he is stooping to new levels to sell his pups.
Please do not be confused, if you are trying to visit the real Blustag website the address is

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It has also been noticed that Kevin at Rightpuppy has written defamatory and libel comments about Tarheel Kennels, a registered breeders of Tamaskan Dogs with the Tamaskan Dog Register. He even went so far as to post their address and email on his site and encouraged people to email them, this has now been taken down.
We believe these comments have been made against Tarheel purely because they are in the same state as Rightpuppy Kennels and therefore are the most threatening to his puppy sales. They are also due a litter of puppies in early 2009