elkhound
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
elkhound see Norwegian elkhound .
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Norwegian elkhound
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
... 50 lb (18.1-22.7 kg). Its thick, close-lying, gray coat is composed of a soft, woolly undercoat and a coarse outercoat. The elkhound was used by the Vikings as a herder of flocks and hunter of such game as elk, bears, mountain lions, and lynx. Still used to ...
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Breed of toy dog developed from the same sled-dog ancestors as the Keeshond, Samoyed , and Norwegian elkhound. It is said to have been bred down in size from a 30-lb (14-kg) dog in the duchy of Pomerania in the early 19th century. Spirited ...
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Keeshond
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... cream-colored, and the outer hairs are black-tipped. Undoubtedly of Arctic origin, the Keeshond is related to the Norwegian elkhound, the Samoyed, the chow chow, and, most closely, the Pomeranian. In Holland it was so common a sight in the barges on the Dutch ...
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chow chow
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... black tongue, other authorities contend that it is a basic breed and the progenitor of the Samoyed, the Keeshond, the Norwegian elkhound, and the Pomeranian. Whatever the truth of its origins, it was used as an all-purpose hunting dog in China 2,000 years ago ...
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