Is it true that the German Shepherd dog is part wolf?

No. German shepherds have only been bred with German shepherds to make more German shepherds. They have not been bred with wolves for approximately edit: 120 years. They descended from them hundreds of years ago, and have been so inbred they could not possibly be considered part wolf. read more

German shepherds have not been part wolf in a long time. If you are talking about any purebred dog, it is not part wolf. Even the majority of mutts are not part wolf, despite people loving to claim that they are. read more

" Yes - but not for the reasons you think you have found. And after an average of 39 generations since Horand it is a TINY TINY part. The Deutsch Schäferhund (German Shepherd Dog = GSD) derives from strains of the German Sheep Dogs ( = GSD!) first entered in a conformation show at Hanover in 1882. read more