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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 ...
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]
In the 19th century a small type of dog developed in the mountainous regions of the Southeastern United States. Used to hunt small game, these dogs were bred from terriers and hounds . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These dogs became known as the Treeing Feist; feist is a derivation of fist and is a term used in Southern America for a small fierce dog.
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 German Spitz (German: Deutscher Spitz) is a breed of spitz-type dogs from Germany.It is considered a single breed, with five distinct varieties based on size and colour: the Wolfsspitz/Keeshond, the Giant Spitz or Großspitz, the Medium Spitz or Mittelspitz, the Miniature Spitz or Kleinspitz and the Pomeranian or Zwergspitz ("Dwarf Spitz").
The breed predates and is ancestral to the Griffon Bruxellois (Brussels Griffon) and Miniature Schnauzer which was thought to be from affenpinschers crossed with standard schnauzers in addition to other breeds. [8] [1]: 30 The breed was recognized by the AKC in 1935 and the FCI in 1955. [9] [10] An Affenpinscher exhibited at a dog show