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The Canadian Eskimo Dog or Canadian Inuit Dog [2] is a breed of working dog from the Arctic.Other names include qimmiq [3] or qimmit [4] (Inuit language word for "dog"). The Greenland Dog is considered the same breed as the Canadian Eskimo Dog since they have not yet diverged enough genetically to be considered separate breeds, despite their geographic isolation.
This category is an aggregate of the articles pertaining to the dog breeds, which originated in any of the provinces and territories of Canada Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dog breeds originating in Canada .
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]
All-encompassing kennel clubs are also referred to as 'all-breed clubs', although "all" means only those breeds that they have decided to recognize, and "breed" means purebred dogs, not including dog hybrids and crossbreeds or mixed-breed dogs. A club that handles only one breed is known as a breed club.
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 ...
Eskimo dog might refer to: 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
This is a partial list of Canadian Inuit. The Arctic and subarctic dwelling Inuit (formerly referred to as Eskimo ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous Canadians inhabiting the Northwest Territories , Nunavut , Nunavik ( Quebec ) and Nunatsiavut ( Labrador ) that are collectivity referred to as Inuit Nunangat .
Greenland dog Greenland dog Puppy of Greenland dog. The first dogs arrived in the Americas 12,000 years ago. However, people and their dogs did not settle in the Arctic until the Paleo-Eskimo people 4,500 years ago and then the Thule people 1,000 years ago, both originating from Siberia. [8] Dogs first appeared in Greenland around 4,000 years ago.