L. P. Sabaneev (edition 1986) described two dog breeds discovered in 1877 in the Pamir Moutnains by scientific expeditions of the Turkestan Society of Lovers of Nature. One of them is “Javzy (Asian longhair bird dog); a small male over three years old. Height at the shoulder is 18 inches, length from base of tail to tip of muzzle is 28 inches, tail is 10 inches (1 inch = 2.54 cm); coat color of body is dark coffee brown turning paler on fringes; nose is pale coffee brown; eyes are dingy green resembling color of French mustard; iris is brown. Body slightly bulky, but well proportioned and beautiful, emphasizing strength and endurance of the dog; tail is straight and slightly longer proportionally to the dog’s size; ears are small, set like in European Setter; nose is small, pointed, as a result of which muzzle in lateral view looks wedge-shaped. Ears, tail and thighs have rather long furnishing of wavy hairs. Hair over entire body is short and rather thick, on the abdomen hair is longer than on other parts; perhaps the dog is well coated for a harsh climate. Generally, appearance of the dog strongly resembles Setter. If not for it’s sturdy body and peculiar wedge-shaped muzzle, the Javzy, would seem to be a true Setter, but in miniature. I would never expect to find a definitely cultured dog breed in such an inaccessible, remote mountains of Central Asia…

Introduction The New Guinea Singing dog is a wild dog from the mountains of Papua New Guinea. They have been displayed in zoos since 1956. In North America, a few Singers are now being kept as house pets. However, New Guinea Singing Dogs (Singers) are tamed wild animals and sharing your home with one requires special considerations beyond those needed for domesticated dogs.

Once upon the time, children played with a dog and tied him up to a post. Aha! People said he can pull, and they harnessed the dog to pull sleds. This story is from Koryak people’s myth.

Recently, there was a two-year celebration of the Kamchatka Sled Dog as a purebred. On February 26, 1992, Russian Cynological Federation recognized our local dog breed. What is the origin of this dog?

What is his modern state? Does he have any future? I hope answers to these questions are interesting to people of Kamchatka and especially to those, who consider the breed their own. Now, not every part of the country in has its own breed. How many breeds created by wise people’s selection have vanished forever? Maybe someone, knowing more about the Kamchatka Dog, will take care of him and make a positive contribution to his future.

To the temporary Standard of the Kamchatka Sled Laika Since time of obtaining Kamchatka by Russia and until 30th of XX Century, explorers paid attention to this dog as a major domesticated animal of settled aboriginal people during their entire known history. Transition to purebred breeding of northern dogs has proven to be productive with hunting Laika breeds, but it has never been applied to dogs of extreme north and Russian Far East. With the increase of accessibility of major centers of distribution of sled dogs, primitive methods of breeding became inefficient. This resulted in degeneration of aboriginal dogs. Now, the state of aboriginal sled dogs became critical. Introducing scientifically substantiated methods of pure breeding became urgent. The Temporary Standard of Sled Dog of Kamchatka should become a tool for this kind of work.

A Short History Of The Samoyed Dog As A Registered Breed

The breeding of the Samoyed in The Netherlands starts in 1924 with the import of the bitch Mooswa of Farningham and the male Ikon of Farningham. They were later registered in Holland as Farningham Ikon of Samoya who would become the founder of Dutch bloodlines. The name Samoya refers to the name of the first Samoyed kennel in Holland. In 1926 the first litter bred of these two is born. More imports followed, most of which came from the Farningham kennels. In 1932 the Dutch Samoyed Club was established. One year later, the name was changed into Polar Dog Club to shelter one Siberian husky as well, but in 1963 it was renamed with its former name. From then the club solely occupyed itself with the Samoyed breed. During the 1930s the club flourished and breeding was done on a large scale – 24 different kennel names are counted during this period. Ikon’s influence was firmly rooted in the Dutch population: from 1926 to 1936 he sired 21 litters producing 123 offspring.