Ortiz showed pictures of Dakota to wolf expert Dave Mech. His e-mail opinion was, "Looks like a dog to me; possibly it has some wolf but hard to say."
"My only hope is that the animal doesn't get destroyed ultimately," said Philipp. "Because it seems like the animal, whether it's a wolf or mixed-breed or whatever it is, seems to be, by all reports, a nice animal."

Moral of story: be careful when confiding with in-laws

I'd trade my son-in-law for an actual 4 footed wolf any day. It would probably be more trustworthy and wouldn't tell my grandchildren that I was a stupid bitch and swear every time he talked about me to them.

If that's the picture then it is a dog, probably a German Shepperd mix, or just a white coat GS. Wolves tend to be bigger with longer muzzles.