Inuit sled dog

The Inuit Sled Dogs
The roots of the Inuit Sled dog, or Qimmiq, dating back 4,000 years, maybe more. Along with the Inuit, this breed survived the harsh Arctic conditions.

In more modern times, this is an incredibly strong dog took the scouts and clubs. Yet, his presence threatened the arrival of the South of technology and other influences. Southern breeds, crossbreeds threatened the purity of the original Inuit dogs. The advent of snowmobiles Arctic settlements was the final blow.

Recently, some Inuit hunters and others interested in both the North and South have sought to preserve the breed and recover viable numbers of purebred huskies.

Inuit Sled Dog International (ISDI), the network dedicated to this task.

ISD, and a place in the history of modern ARCTIC

Inuit sled dog origin in Asia, probably in the region of present-day Mongolia. Tunit people, known as the Thule culture, accompanied by their dogs crossed the Bering Strait in the waves of migration constant between 900 and 1100 AD. They dispersed to the south and east until they reached Greenland and could go longer, people do not have boats to transport them across the sea until as late as year 1960, raised the family back and forth between Greenland and Canada dog sledding.

As a hunter, the dog sniffed the seal breathing holes and has remained quiet until the seal has been emptied and could have a meal. With his teammates, that would surround a polar bear and keep the principle, sometimes getting maimed in the process, until the hunters arrived. No food was safe from the Huskies unless the cache very well secured, it remains true today.

Her eyes are almond-shaped, wide spacing, small and tilted. It gives the appearance of the wild and sneaky, but it does not. The eyes are dark brown and amber color. They have never * blue. It 'a neck straight, which is both thick and muscular. His chest is muscular. The shoulders are broad and oblique, and the front or back, the dog is standing, not too long legs.

Dog paws are large and nearly round, thickly padded with hair between the toes. Well-developed pelvis and thigh muscles strong form of the body behind. The spine is highly visible and easily felt even well-fed animals.

Inuit Sled Dog Race is a true north, with a close affinity with its ancestor the wolf. No bark, but howling piteously, sometimes can be very annoying to neighbors.

Food needs

Inuit sled dog is a dog primitive, and, like wild canids (wolves, foxes, coyotes), a primitive digestive system. Therefore it can not tolerate certain cereal products very well. Maize and rice are another family of grains, and can be fed safely. The food business must be based on corn or rice, and must contain at least 30% of protein and fat by 20%. This should be supplemented with pure fat (no fat or fat-free liquid) that make up 50% fat in the diet.

ISD a dog sled

Basically, the ISD is a sled pulled by dogs work. One of his main attributes is its ability to take one and half times its own weight over long distances. ISD is a good companion for owners who can not keep one or two DSI, provided they are actively involved in skijoring, snowshoeing or hiking with pack dogs. Three or more of the ISD can easily pull a sled loaded or a basket.

PET POTENTIAL

The Inuit sled dog, "pet potential" is an oxymoron. Ownership of pets have never been as consideration for the breeding of these dogs for their ability to work. Ethnicity behavior more "primitive", the mouth-ness, his highly developed sense of pack hierarchy, the overwhelming desire to do the job, have all the features clearly fits the work environment.