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The Alaskan Malamute (/ ˈ m æ l ə ˌ m j uː t /) is a large breed of dog that was originally bred for its strength and endurance, to haul heavy freight as a sled dog. [2] It is similar to other arctic breeds such as the husky , the spitz , the Greenland Dog , Canadian Eskimo Dog , the Siberian Husky , and the Samoyed .
Two of the more recent successful campaigns to name a state dog have been started by schoolchildren. In 2007, Alaskan kindergarten student Paige Hill's idea created the campaign for the Alaskan Malamute which would convince Representative Berta Gardner to support the bill in 2009, with it becoming law in 2010. [8]
The Alaskan Malamute Club of Wisconsin started offering weight pull matches on snow in November 1971. In 1984, the Alaskan Malamute Club of America expanded these rules to include carts and began offering sanctioned weight pull across the US.
Alaskan Husky [12] Alaskan Klee Kai [13] Alaskan Malamute [14] Alopekis; Alpine Dachsbracke [15] American Bulldog [16] American Bully; American Cocker Spaniel [17] American English Coonhound [18] American Eskimo Dog [19] American Foxhound [20] American Hairless Terrier [21] American Leopard Hound; American Pit Bull Terrier [22] American ...
Canadian Eskimo Dog. Native American dogs, or Pre-Columbian dogs, were dogs living with people indigenous to the Americas.Arriving about 10,000 years ago alongside Paleo-Indians, today they make up a fraction of dog breeds that range from the Alaskan Malamute to the Peruvian Hairless Dog.
Smaller than the similar-appearing Alaskan Malamute, the Siberian Husky pulls more, pound for pound, than a Malamute. Descendants of the sled dogs bred and used by the native Chukchi people of Siberia which were imported to Alaska in the early 1900s, they were used as working dogs and racing sled dogs in Nome, Alaska throughout the 1910s, often ...
Tamaskan dogs are a breed of dog from Finland that have been selectively bred to resemble a wolf or wolfdog. [citation needed] Although their exact origins are uncertain, these mixbreed dogs were primarily arctic breed crosses of Alaskan Husky, Alaskan Malamute, Canadian Eskimo Dog, German Shepherd, Labrador Husky, and Siberian Husky. [1]
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