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The
Alaskan Malamute evolved from the ancient dogs
that accompanied prehistoric man in his
migrations from Asia, across the Arctic to
Greenland and back. The migrations, covering
thousands of years also produced a natural
evolution of species that varied from the long
coated varieties found in Greenland to the lesser
coated, longed legged varieties found in the
forest and lake areas of northern Canada.
Early
Russian and English explorers often reported a
superior and better kept type of work dog kept by
the “Mahlemut” (Malemiut, Mahlmuit,
Malemuit) tribes around the Norton Sound area of
Alaska They were less “wild”, more
tractable and capable of an enormous amount of
work..... Click To Read
Full History
Canadian Eskimo
Dog
History
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The
Canadian Eskimo Dog is generally considered to be
a very old dog breed, possibly as old as over
1,000 years. It was first bred by the Thule
people. Therefore it is related to the Greenland
Dog, so much so that some authorities consider
them the same breed. It was, and still is (to a
very limited extent), used by the Canadian Inuit
as multi-purpose dogs, often put to work hunting
seals and other arctic game, and hauling supplies
and people.
In
the 1800s and early 1900s this breed was in
demand for polar expeditions. When snowmobiles
came into use the population numbers started
rapidly declining, because snowmobiles are faster
and need less care. In the 1950s there were
approximately 20,000 dogs living in the Canadian
Arctic, and had been accepted for showing by both
the AKC and CKC, however in 1959 the AKC dropped
the breed from its registry because of extremely
low numbers. By 1963 there was supposedly only
one dog registered with the CKC, and when this
dog died there were still no others
registered...... Click to
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The Eurasier
is a relatively new Spitz-type dog breed
originating in Germany.
In the
1950’s, in Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, the
Wipfel family, Julius and Elfriede, chose to
undertake the creation of an ideal,
family-oriented breed of dog...... Read More
The
Siberian Husky was developed over a period
of around 3,000 years by the Chukchi and related
peoples of Siberia, the breed was developed to
fulfill a particular need of the Chukchi life and
culture. In one of the most inhospitable climates
in the world, with temperatures plummeting to
(-100C) in winter and with winds up to 100
mph, the Chukchi relied on there dogs for
survival, as they were a remarkable tool of
ingenuity. In teams as
large as twenty or more they could travel
out over the ice sometimes covering as much as
100 miles in a single day to allow a single man
to ice-fish and return with his catch, by sled
dog standards they were small the large
size of the teams minimized per-dog pulling
power, while smaller frames maximized endurance
and low energy consumption. (Even today, in long
races, Alaskan Huskies the Siberians
cousins require twice the amount of food the
Siberians consume)
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