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This dog's intelligence level is extremely high. They are highly trainable and eager to please their human companions. They are loyal and protective of their families and are totally dedicated to their human owners. They are very good with children and other animals, including other dogs, household pets, as well as livestock. The coat is hypoallergenic. They have no "doggy" smell and those who suffer from pet allergies can usually own these animals. The inner hair coat sheds only once a year. The average life span is between 14 to 19 years of age. Contact the dog breeders below for your next family friend.
The Native American Indian dog is a very rare, almost extinct
breed of dog that was used by the Native Americans to pull
travois and pack a backpack loaded with the family’s
possessions' across thousands of miles of the North American
continent.
These dogs were used for hunting everything from quail to
rabbits, bear to beaver, elk to caribou to moose and were even
taught how to fish by the Native Americans. They were used to
baby-sit the elderly and very young and guard the village from
intruders. They accompanied the women and children while they
were gathering berries, roots, herbs and other food sources
and protected them from man and wild beast alike. They played
a very vital role in the lives of the original Americans and
were their sole beast of burden until the horse was introduced
by the Spaniards.
The U.S. government almost succeeded in making this breed
of dog extinct in the 1800's. The Montagnais Indians who
resided in the Northern most western side of Canada had a dog
type they used for hunting and sled pulling. Their dogs were
described as a mongrel shaggy beast, prevailing dark brown to
black, of a rusty, worn hue with a slight admixture of white.
Majestic View's Whitney is a descendant of the Montagnais and
in the mid 1800's dogs of Whitney's color now called a
tortoise shell color were often sold for as much as $30.00
each. The Indians used this coat coloration of dogs in
religious ceremonies as well as hunters and beast of burden
animals.
The Native American Indian Dog does not do well as an
apartment dog or a total housedog. They need a fenced in area
where they can run and play at will and do not adapt well to a
"closed crate" crate training method. If locked in a
crate, they think they are being punished and don't understand
what they did wrong and why they are being punished. A large
yard is ideal. They prefer the outdoors, your bed or the
couch, or wherever their owners happen to be.
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. The eye ranges in color from brown to amber and almond
shaped with a sparkle of intelligence looking out on the
world. The tail can be tightly curled as in An Alaskan
Malamute or Siberian Husky but preferable breed standards tend
towards a long tail held down with sometimes a slight kink or
bend in the end.
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