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The American Eskimo Dog is a breed of companion dog, originating in Germany. The American Eskimo Dog is a member of the Spitz family. The breed's progenitors were German Spitz, but due to anti-German sentiment during the First World War, it was renamed "American Eskimo Dog." Although modern American Eskimo Dogs have been exported as German ...
Today, most Native American dog breeds have gone extinct, mostly replaced by dogs of European descent. [1] The few breeds that have been identified as Native American, such as the Inuit Sled Dog, the Eskimo Dog, the Greenland Dog and the Carolina Dog have remained mostly genetically unchanged since contact in the 15th century. [25]
The Greenland Dog (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Qimmiat, Danish: Grønlandshund) is a large breed of husky-type dog kept as a sled dog. They were brought from Siberia to North America by the Thule people 1,000 years ago, along with the Canadian Eskimo Dog. The Canadian Eskimo Dog is considered the same breed as the Greenland Dog since they have not ...
A dog owned by a person of Eskimo (Yupik, Inuit or Aleut) ancestry; Any Arctic sled dog type, long haired dogs used for pulling sleds; Canadian Eskimo Dog, a selectively bred dog breed registered with the Canadian Kennel Club; American Eskimo Dog, a breed of companion dog originating in Germany; Greenland Dog, also known as Esquimaux Dog
The name Klee Kai comes from the Athabaskan words meaning “little dog”. [3] The breed was originally developed in Alaska by Linda Spurlin in the 1970s. [3] The breed was created using the Alaskan Husky, a small amount of Siberian Husky, a slightly larger amount of American Eskimo Dog, and some Schipperkes. [3]
He envisioned UKC-registered dogs occupying a wide range of uses, from working, to companionship, to hunting. [3] Bennett found a niche among the owners of working dogs, such as herding and hunting dogs. [4] [5] The first dog registered with UKC was an American Pit Bull Terrier, Bennett's own dog, named Bennett's Ring. [6]