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The Native American Indian dog comes in two distinct sizes and two hair coat lengths and two distinct coat color combinations. They can range in color from silver to black from the tortoise shell color to the sacred color of the Native Americans who referred to the broken pattern coat coloring as the "Spirit Dog". Their hair coat can be short and dense, two layers thick, of which the undercoat is wind and water proof, to long haired overcoat with the dense undercoat. Ears are prick and upright, head broad and wide between the eyes with an angular shaped head tapering down to a slender muzzle.
Intelligence: It has been said
that the American Indian Dogs are smarter than most people.
Thus the phrase “this is not a breed for just anyone”.
Because this statement is true, it takes a person that
understands how to communicate with a working breed that still
has its survival instincts intact to enjoy and be able to
effectively bring an American Indian dog into their family.
The American Indian Dogs want to please you, but it’s
extremely important that they respect you first. This is why
the Founder and trustees of this breed are so adamant on where
their breed is placed, plus on their control of the breeding
program of this unique breed.
Training: As a primitive breed, the Native Indian
Dogs have unlimited potential as far as what they are capable
of doing. As they were developed to do it all; from baby
sitting children, to hunting, herding, hauling, sledding,
retrieving and keeping owners warm at night (hence the term
it’s so cold it’s a three dog night). They do know how to
get their way, so firm, tough love is the way to gain their
respect.
Working Ability: It’s completely up to the
owner/trainer to have the ability to attain that special,
intuitive bond that happens when you’ve gained the respect
of an American Indian Dog. They have the capability to learn
anything, as long as the owner has the ability to communicate
it. The American Indian Dog can excel and adjust to any
working situation, from certified therapy dogs to the ultimate
family sporting companion. American Indian Dogs are currently
involved in Search and Rescue, as drug and bomb dogs, as world
class Frisbee dogs, and livestock guarding and herding, and,
of course, as the ultimate family dog.
Breeding Goals: The American Indian Dogs have
their very own registry and club, “International Owners and
Breeders Association.. This breed club controls all genetics
in the breeding program, registrations and stud book. The
founder/trustees of the breed are not interested in any “big
brother” type registries that allow any back yard breeder to
inbreed and ruin their breed. The founder’s goals are to
maintain the mystical appearance, along with the excellent
working temperament and instincts of the past. Plus to
continue genetics research in order to save the breed and help
them to find the right symbiotic family environments to help
both them and us to deal with our modern world today and hone
our survival instincts.
History: The Plains Indians
traded goods, ideas, people, and dogs for hundreds and even
thousands of years. All the working dogs from all four
directions were bred and used as the main working breed within
the plains groups. These slightly different types were the
common Indian dog, the southwestern (like the Tahltan),
southeastern, village Indian dog, hare and of course, the
plains type. Through our 40 years of research, this is what
the old plains dog were. So our goal is to bring back the
originals by selectively breeding all the descendants of these
old types together, plus giving the American Indian Dog breed
the variables necessary to actually save them into the future,
and keep them as they were.
Grooming: American Indian Dogs can be found in all
the old colors from black and its dilute lead/blue to
silver/grays to red and creams (all colors). They all have
that ‘primitive sable’ effect with yellow, blue & gray
eyes. – Coat lengths can vary from a medium long to a short
coat. People that are allergic to most canine breeds are not
allergic to our Native American Indian Dogs.
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