▁standard ▁dog / cat ▁ra b ies ▁v acc ine ▁on ▁a ▁w olf dog . ▁The ▁US DA ▁has ▁not ▁to ▁date ▁approved ▁any ▁ra b ies ▁v acc ine ▁for ▁use ▁in ▁w olf d ogs , ▁though ▁they ▁do ▁recommend ▁an ▁off - label ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁v acc ine . ▁Wolf dog ▁own ers ▁and ▁bre ed ers ▁pur port ▁that ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁official ▁appro val ▁is ▁a ▁political ▁move ▁to ▁prevent ▁cond oning ▁w olf dog ▁ownership . ▁ ▁Tem per ament ▁and ▁behavior ▁Wolf d ogs ▁are ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁gen etic ▁tra its , ▁which ▁results ▁in ▁less ▁predict able ▁behavior ▁patterns ▁compared ▁to ▁either ▁the ▁w olf ▁or ▁dog . ▁The ▁adult ▁behavior ▁of ▁w olf dog ▁pu ps ▁also ▁cannot ▁be ▁predicted ▁with ▁compar able ▁certain ty ▁to ▁dog ▁pu ps , ▁even ▁in ▁third - gener ation ▁pu ps ▁produced ▁by ▁w olf dog ▁m ating ▁with ▁dogs ▁or ▁from ▁the ▁behavior ▁of ▁the ▁parent ▁animals . ▁Thus , ▁though ▁the ▁behavior ▁of ▁a ▁single ▁individual ▁w olf dog ▁may ▁be ▁predict able , ▁the ▁behavior ▁of ▁the ▁type ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁is ▁not . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁high ▁w olf - content ▁w olf d ogs ▁are ▁very ▁curious ▁and ▁are ▁generally ▁no ▁more ▁destruct ive ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁curious ▁or ▁active ▁dogs . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁vari ability ▁inher ent ▁to ▁their ▁ad mi xture , ▁whether ▁a ▁w olf – dog ▁cross ▁should ▁be ▁considered ▁more ▁dangerous ▁than