The Kunming dog is a breed of wolf-like dog originating in China. The Kunming dogs are the old German shepherd dogs introduced in the 1950s. They have been trained as military assistant dogs to perform a variety of tasks such as detecting mines. The Kunming dogs are the old German shepherd dogs introduced in the 1950s. They have been trained as military assistant dogs to perform a variety of tasks such as detecting mines. They have been trained as military assistant dogs to perform a variety of tasks such as detecting mines. Some are also trained to be fire dogs and rescue dogs. Most of the exact dog breeds used in the gene pool for the Kunming wolfdogs are ambiguous due to the lack of proper pedigrees and the fact that a majority of them were crossbreeds, although the German Shepherd and some wolfdog crosses are known to play a huge part in the breed's origin. The Kunming wolfdog was created in the early 1950s to meet the need for military dogs in Yunnan.