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Native American Indian Dogs are a "re-creation" of the type of dog that traveled with the Native Americans. This re-creation is based on pictures, disposition and descriptions written in the many books that are available for research. It is unfortunate that many dog people have been manipulated in believing that a dog is not a breed unless recognized by the AKC. So, if you are looking for an AKCbreed, then this dog is not for you. While I will not go into details as to why this dog will never be allowed to become an AKC breed, you can research this yourself by looking here. . Search for the article by Seppala breeder Doug Willett. He is not alone and many breeders of purebred dogs are now using "outside” registries for documentation of their dogs and bloodlines. Why did I choose to re-create these dogs? I
have always had a special connection
with animals. My best friend and teacher for 15 years was "Linda"
a coyote/shepherd cross that found me while I played in a riverbed in
California.
I wanted to be like her and would spend my evenings learning about
coyotes
and their brothers the wolves. I
read everything that I could about body language and habits. It was at
the library that I learned that the Native American people used to
travel
with wolves and wolf dogs, and I was hooked. If I wasn't out playing
with
Linda, I was in the library learning about Indians, coyotes and
wolves.
During that period of time that I was growing up, there was a great
deal
of prejudice against the Native American people, and no one admitted to
being anything else but a White Anglo Saxon American, period. Admit to
anything else and you were literally considered a
communist.
My Grandmother Cleo was not about to tell me or even her own son that
her
husband (my Grandfather) was 1/2 Cherokee or more correctly called
"Tsalagi".
My Grandmother left my Grandfather when Pop was 5 years old, and it was
taboo to discuss the fact that Grandma had married a half-breed.
See this site
for reasons that people chose not to disclose their Native American
ancestry
This fact was not
disclosed until Grandfather sought out Pop
in 1991. He told Pop about his heritage, and the pieces fell
together
about why my brother and I had an eerie bond with animals. We
could
catch and tame wild skunks, weasels, raccoons and even bats and never
get
bitten. Wild animals had no fear of us. It all made sense to me
how
we could handle and tame wild animals and we seemed to communicate, a
gift
that I still have, and I attribute it to my ancestors. Wishful
thinking?
Perhaps, but fact nonetheless. Pop on the other hand did not have the
"gift"
and the wild skunks that we would hide in the garage always sprayed
him.
My brother and I received many spankings for our pranks as children.
It was less than two years
later and Grandpa died, and I began a
quest to research the life styles of my relatives easily a accessible
on
the internet. I Learned of the dogs that traveled with the Native
Americans. I purchased books through the Teddy Roosevelt museum
as
well as old books which were being sold on E-Bay.
According to references in
books written
about Native Dogs, a Hidarsa woman by the name of "Buffalo-Bird-Woman"
explained the breeding guidelines of their tribe for the Sioux Indian
Dog,
she confirms practices were used that would ensure the development of a
particular type of dog, and not just allow two dogs to
breed.
Producing a non uniform mutt. The culling practices performed by
the Native Tribes were harsh, but it insured that only the fittest was
allowed to survive and produce. Some Native breeders continue use
these strict culling procedures today.
My goal is to continue
produce physically
and mentally healthy puppies that represent both the smaller, long
legged
"Plains Indian Dog" as well as the larger "wolfy" looking dogs
such
as the "Hare Indian Dogs pictured below.
For
Juanita
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