Carolina Dog
| Carolina Dog | ||
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| Not from the FCI recognized | ||
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American Dingo, Dixie Dingo, North American Native Dog, Indian's Dog, Yellow Dog, Yaller Dog |
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| Withers height: |
45 to 61 cm |
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| Weight: |
15 to 20 kg |
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The Carolina Dog is a non- FCI recognized dog breed from the United States that exists in both human hands and the wild. The Carolina Dog is recognized as a breed by the United Kennel Club (UKC).
Scientific discovery
This breed of dog was not discovered until the late 1970s by Dr. I. Lehr Brisbin Jr., a zoologist at the University of Georgia , discovered while working on the banks of the Savannah River . A stray white dog with brown markings wandering along the bank of the river caught Brisbin's attention at the time. Brisbin initially thought this dog was one of the many strays in the area, but as he discovered more and more of these dogs in traps and in the forest, he began to wonder how many of these dogs could be in the wild. Brisbin later found another female dog in a shelter and took in other dogs in the years that followed.
Origin and history
Based on genetic analyzes of the mitochondrial DNA , it can be assumed that the Carolina Dog is a descendant of East Asian dogs that reached North America along with the Native Americans across the Bering Land Bridge . The population appears to have only minimally mixed with dogs brought to America by the Europeans.
description
The coat colors are very diverse, from single-colored (mostly deep red-brown, with lighter areas around the mouth and on the underside) to multi-colored in different color structures. The most common colors are red-brown (light and dark), white with spots, brownish, beige, sand-colored, yellow and orange. The physique is typical of pariah dogs: long-legged, slim, square-shaped, straight back, close-fitting throat skin, slightly sloping croup like in the dingo , but also the Canaan dog or the Korea Jindo dog .
behavior
The Carolina Dog is considered adaptable and, despite its wild origins, is a lovable pet if you respect its independent personality. You should also bring a large portion of canine intelligence with you when getting involved with a Carolina Dog. He is considered to be very intelligent, happy, eager to discover and easy to motivate. Due to his origins, he is very shy when there is a lack of socialization, when he is well brought up he is very friendly, but reserved towards everything foreign.
These dogs develop a close relationship with their owner and are cuddly, sensitive and very affectionate within the family. Like many dogs, they observe the facial expressions and gestures of their human pack members very closely and pay just as much attention to the pitch of the voices. As a result, they deal with sick and needy people differently than with healthy people.
The bitch can be in heat up to three times a year (but the rule is more likely once or twice a year), which in the wild is embedded in seasonal reproductive cycles and leads to a high number of puppies. According to Brisbin, this is done to ensure rapid reproduction before diseases such as B. heartworm infestation would strike. Some pregnant dogs dig burrows and give birth to their young there. After giving birth or during the gestation period, the bitch pushes sand over the excrement with her snout .
In autumn, these dogs also dig "snout holes", hundreds of small holes that fit exactly on their snouts. Bitches show this behavior more often than males. These holes are arranged in certain patterns. The reasons for this behavior are unknown.
The pack dynamic was also new to the researchers, puppies are cared for together. Hunting takes place in a very effective pack formation. When hunting snakes, they use a whip motion that "breaks" the snakes in midair.
They are also considered to be very flexible and skilled in their movements and are good climbers.
habitat
These dogs live in isolated pine and cypress swamps in the southeastern United States, in very sparsely populated areas.
Recognition as a breed
The Carolina Dog is not recognized as a breed by the FCI, but is recognized by the United Kennel Club (1995). The UKC has classified them as pariah dogs: Group 3. Sighthound and Pariah Dog. This group also includes, for example, the Basenji and the Thai Ridgeback .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Breed standard on the UKC website ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ B. van Asch, AB Zhang, MC Oskarsson, CF Klütsch, A. Amorim, P. Savolainen: Pre-Columbian origins of Native American dog breeds, with only limited replacement by European dogs, confirmed by mtDNA analysis. In: Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society. Volume 280, number 1766, 2013, p. 20131142, ISSN 1471-2954 . doi : 10.1098 / rspb.2013.1142 . PMID 23843389 .
