▁ad mi xture ▁in ▁their ▁creation . ▁One ▁bre ed ▁is ▁the ▁" wol am ute ", ▁a . k . a . ▁" mal aw olf ", ▁a ▁cross ▁between ▁an ▁Al ask an ▁Mal am ute ▁and ▁a ▁tim ber ▁w olf . ▁Four ▁bre eds ▁were ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁intent ional ▁cross es ▁with ▁German ▁She ph erd ▁D ogs ▁( one ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁intention ally ▁b red ▁w olf - dog ▁cross bre eds ), ▁and ▁have ▁distingu ishing ▁characteristics ▁of ▁appearance ▁that ▁may ▁reflect ▁the ▁varying ▁sub species ▁of ▁w olf ▁that ▁contributed ▁to ▁their ▁foundation ▁stock . ▁Other , ▁more ▁unusual ▁cross es ▁have ▁occurred ; ▁recent ▁experiments ▁in ▁Germany ▁were ▁conducted ▁in ▁the ▁crossing ▁of ▁wol ves ▁and ▁P ood les . ▁ ▁The ▁intent ▁behind ▁creating ▁the ▁bre eds ▁has ▁r anged ▁widely ▁from ▁simply ▁the ▁desire ▁for ▁a ▁recogn izable ▁companion ▁high - content ▁w olf dog ▁to ▁professional ▁military ▁working ▁dogs . ▁ ▁The ▁S aar lo os ▁Wolf dog ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁Dutch ▁bre eder ▁Le end ert ▁S aar lo os ▁crossed ▁a ▁male ▁German ▁She ph erd ▁dog ▁with ▁a ▁female ▁European ▁w olf . ▁He ▁then ▁b red ▁the ▁female ▁off spring ▁back ▁with ▁the ▁male ▁German ▁She ph erd ▁Dog , ▁creating ▁the ▁S aar lo os ▁w olf dog . ▁The ▁bre ed ▁was ▁created ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁hard y , ▁self ▁reli ant ▁companion ▁and ▁house ▁dog . ▁The ▁Dutch