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- Katie Waldeck
- July 31, 2012
- 2:30 pm
- 160 comments
2. Chinook
Arthur Treadwell Walden, a dog driver during Alaska’s Klondike Gold Rush, created this extremely rare breed while breeding and training sled dogs in his native New Hampshire, where it is now the official state dog. After Walden and his two successive breeders died, the breed experienced a rapid decline. Then, in 1981, with a population of only 11 breedable Chinooks, breeders across the United States stepped up to save the rare pooches. Today, only about 800 Chinooks are registered worldwide, and around 100 puppies are born each year.
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Katie Waldeck
Katie is a freelance writer focused on pets, food and women’s issues. A Chicago native and longtime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Katie now lives in Oakland, California.
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160 comments
+ add your ownVery interesting! Thank you!
I love dogs and would always try to get an 'unwanted' one.My first dog was a blue merle border collie I got him from a farmer for free and my current one is a whippet/saluki she was free cause her owner did not want her after having a child.To take these dogs was the best decisions I made because what these animals gave me is priceless.
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thanks for the show
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Thanks
I could add some: Iceland dog, Mudi, Puli, Harzer Fuchs, Gelbbacke, German Schafspudel and others. Difficult to safe them, as we all are adopting mutts. :-)
Extinction seems to be the fate of these old and highly secilised breeds. Times and circumstances are changing, so are dog breeds. Sad, of course but there are new ones like Bolonka Zwetna.
Thank You :)
Thanks, love them all, but I would never buy an animal, ALWAYS ADOPT!!!
stop over breeding and ADOPT. mutts are just as good (maybe even BETTER)
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