Canadian Eskimo Dog
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Bitches: 50–60 cm. |
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Bitches: 18–30 kg. |
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The Canadian Eskimo Dog ( English Canadian Eskimo Dog ) is one of the FCI recognized Canadian breed ( FCI Group 5, Section 1, standard no. 211 ). The breed, which belongs to the group of the top , arose from dogs of the Inuit and was originally used as a working dog. The dogs pulled sleds , carried loads in summer and served as hunting dogs . The dogs had to be correspondingly robust. The breed standard describes them as "pack-oriented", meek and loving, but also as dogs with almost excessive zeal in everything they do.
Bitches are significantly smaller, narrower and lighter than males: while at 18–30 kg they reach a shoulder height of 50–60 cm, males at 30–40 kg are 58–70 cm high. The coat consists of very dense undercoat and 7–15 cm long outer coat, which is usually shorter in bitches than in males. Males have mane-like longer hair around the shoulder and neck, which makes them appear larger. Canadian Eskimo dogs have a large, bushy tail that is usually carried curled up over the back. The ears are erect, as is typical of a point. The eyes are dark, narrow and set wide apart.
After the FCI had already canceled the breed, it published a new breed standard on February 28, 2018, the German translation of which was published on October 15, 2018, originally the Canadian Eskimo dog was recognized by the FCI on June 25, 1959.
In a study published in 2015 that examined relationships between North American Arctic dog breeds using autosomal, paternal and maternal DNA markers , the authors concluded that the Inuit dogs from Canada and Greenland (see Greenland Dog ) are not divided into two different breeds should be differentiated, just as works before this had found. Only the younger breed has led to differences - especially visible in patterns in Y chromosomes , but not in mtDNA . The dogs were not bred separately, at least not over several generations.
Since the Klondike gold rush there have been regular winter mail connections in the Yukon Territory as far as Alaska, which were maintained by these sled dogs in teams of at least four, usually six animals and two people; in summer horses and canoeists kept the routes in operation. The National Museum of History and Society of Canada has a large permanent online exhibition about this worldwide unique service from Canada Post . As early as 1988, the Canadian Post issued a series of four postage stamps showing Eskimo dogs. The online exhibition also offers images of the postmarks used. The dogs had to wear moccasins when they were on duty to avoid injuries from sharp ice ax under the snow.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Breed Standard No. 211 of the FCI: Canadian Eskimo Dog (PDF)
- ↑ FCI: Canadian Eskimo Dog (211) . Accessed October 25, 2018
- ↑ SK Brown, CM Darwent, EJ Wictum, BN Sacks: Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modern relationships among North American Arctic dog breeds. In: Heredity. Volume 115, number 6, December 2015, pp. 488–495, doi : 10.1038 / hdy.2015.49 .
