For centuries, this breed was used as a draft animal. A dog could pull between 45 to 80 kg a day over a distance of 25 to 110 km. But it was also used as a hunting dog, tracking the breathing holes of seals for the Inuit hunters. As a hunting dog, it also attacked the musk ox and the polar bear for the Inuit hunters, keeping both at bay. In summer, the dog was used as a pack dog, capable of carrying up to 15 kg.
CLASSIFICATION FCI: Group 5 Spitz and dogs of primitive type
Section 1 Nordic Sled Dogs
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The breed has an independent history from 1100 to 2000 years in the Thule culture of the Inuit (Eskimos), who, according to the Dorset culture, populated the coastal and island regions of what is now Arctic Canada. The Canadian Eskimo dog belongs to the Lace family, but its origin is lost in the prehistory of the Inuit, including the migration of the Mongolian race from the Asian continent to North America.
The existing strain of the Canadian Eskimo Dog comes from a breed originally bred in the Northwest Territories by the Eskimo Dog Research Foundation.
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