Kalaallit qimmiat (Qimmeq) Grønlandshund Grünlandshund Esquimaux Dog Greenland Husky
Origin
Greenland
Traits
Height
Males
23.6 inches (60 cm) (minimum)
Females
21.6 inches (55 cm) (minimum)
Coat
Thick double coat
Color
All colors from fawn to black (excluding albino and merle)
Kennel club standards
Dansk Kennel Club
standard
Fédération Cynologique Internationale
standard
Dog (domestic dog)
The Greenland Dog (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Qimmiat, Danish: Grønlandshund) is a large breed of husky-type dog kept as a sled dog. They were brought from Siberia to North America by the Thule people 1,000 years ago, along with the Canadian Eskimo Dog. The Canadian Eskimo Dog is considered the same breed as the Greenland Dog since they have not yet diverged enough genetically to be considered separate breeds, despite their geographic isolation.[1]
Today, the breed is considered nationally and culturally important to Greenland and efforts are made to safeguard its purity. In western Greenland north of the Arctic Circle and the entirety of eastern Greenland, it is illegal to import any dog from outside (except for police and assistance dogs with a special permit), and since 2017 all dogs have to be microchipped and registered in the Greenland dog database. In the southwest, such restrictions are not in place and the purity of dogs is not monitored.[2][3][4] As the population has been falling (c. 15,000 in Greenland as of 2016), a number of projects have been initiated in an attempt of ensuring that Greenland's dog sledding culture, knowledge and use, along with the breed itself, are not lost.[5]
^Hanne, Friis Andersen (2005). Population genetic analysis of the Greenland dog and Canadian inuit dog : is it the same breed?. Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Department of Animal Science and Animal Health, Division of Animal Genetics. OCLC 476638737.
^"Hold af slædehunde". Sullissivik. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^"Dyrlæge: Det har vi lært af slædehundesagen". Kalaalit Nunaata Radioa (Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation). 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^"Veterinær- og Fødevaremyndigheden i Grønland informerer". Naalakkersuisut (Government of Greenland). 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^"Antallet af grønlandske slædehunde er halveret: Her er redningsplanen". Videnskab.dk. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
The GreenlandDog (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Qimmiat, Danish: Grønlandshund) is a large breed of husky-type dog kept as a sled dog. They were brought from...
such as Canada, Greenland, Siberia, Chukotka, Norway, Sweden, and Alaska. A 2017 study showed that 9,000 years ago, the domestic dog was present at what...
qimmit (Inuit language word for "dog"). The GreenlandDog is considered the same breed as the Canadian Eskimo Dog since they have not yet diverged enough...
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populations: the Siberian husky and Greenlanddog, and to a lesser extent the Shar Pei and Finnish spitz. The Greenlanddog shows 3.5% Taimyr wolf ancestry...
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breeds that are associated with high latitudes: the Siberian husky and Greenlanddog that are also associated with arctic human populations, and to a lesser...
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blue-black tongues. This dog falls within the same genetic group as the chow-chow, the akita, the shiba inu, the malamute and the Greenlanddog. Adult shar peis...
used, depending on their function. They can be used for dog sled racing. Traditionally in Greenland and the eastern Canadian Arctic the Inuit had the dogs...
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go ice fishing and there are annual dog-sled races in which everyone with a team participates. However, Greenland has now become somewhat of a tourist...
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been known under various names, including Samoyed Spitz, Wolf Spitz, Greenland Spitz and White Spitz, which made it difficult to keep track of the breed...
and Greenlanddog that are also associated with arctic human populations, and to a lesser extent the Shar Pei. An admixture graph of the Greenlanddog indicates...
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