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A. The Inuit Dog’s
place in the natural world
B. The Inuit Dog is not a wolf!
C. Dangerous confusion
B. The Inuit Dog is not a wolf!
C. Dangerous confusion
A. The Name Controversy
B. Defining 'Purity'
C. Mistaken Identity: Promoting a breed vs. avoiding
extinction
D. The Belyaev Experiment
E. Summary
B. Defining 'Purity'
C. Mistaken Identity: Promoting a breed vs. avoiding
extinction
D. The Belyaev Experiment
E. Summary
A. Ancient
history
B. Recent history: The Inuit Dog in service to nations
B. Recent history: The Inuit Dog in service to nations
1. Exploration
2. War
3. Sovereignty
2. War
3. Sovereignty
C. Population decline
A. In the North
B. Below the tree line
B. Below the tree line
A. Inherited diseases
B. Disease prevention and access to veterinary services
B. Disease prevention and access to veterinary services
A. Appearance
B. Behavior
C. Performance
D. The big picture
VII. The Inuit Dog in
Scientific Research, Films and inB. Behavior
C. Performance
D. The big picture
VIII. Acknowledgements
Appendix 1: Partial list of scientific publications about the
Inuit Dog
Appendix 2: Selected (alphabetical) list of other resources
with a focus on Inuit Dogs
Appendix 3: A small sampling of other resources of
interest
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The Fan Hitch welcomes your letters, stories, comments and suggestions. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit submissions used for publication.
Contents of The Fan Hitch are protected by international copyright laws. No photo, drawing or text may be reproduced in any form without written consent. Webmasters please note: written consent is necessary before linking this site to yours! Please forward requests to Sue Hamilton, 55 Town Line Rd., Harwinton, Connecticut 06791, USA or mail@thefanhitch.org
This site is dedicated to the Inuit Dog as well as related Inuit culture and traditions. It is also home to The Fan Hitch, Journal of the Inuit Sled Dog.
Photo: Nadine Gerth
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Appendix 1: Partial list
of scientific publications about the Inuit Dog
The Inuit Dog: Its Provenance, Environment and History
Ian Kenneth MacRury, 1991; published by the Inuit Sled Dog International, US Division
A bibliography of scientific papers about the Inuit Dog taken from references in Ken MacRury’s masters thesis can be found here.
Originally appearing in the British Antarctic Survey Bulletins as well as Polar Record many of these papers (some of which are listed in the MacRury masters thesis), have appeared in The Fan Hitch:
Veterinary
Studies on the British Antarctic Survey's Sledge Dogs:
I. Survey of Diseases and Accidents
A.R.M. Bellars, British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, Number 21, 1969
Veterinary Studies on the British Antarctic Survey's Sledge Dogs: II. Occupational Osteoarthritis
A.R.M. Bellars and M. F. Godsal
British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, Number 22, 1969, pp. 15-38
Ancient DNA evidence for genetic continuity in arctic dogs
Sarah K. Brown et. al.
Pre-Columbian origins for Native American dog breeds, with only limited replacement by European dogs, confirmed by mtDNA analysis
Peter Savolainen et. al.
The Physiology Of Sledge Dogs
by R.J.F. TAYLOR
Polar Record 8 (55): 317-321, January 1957
The Breeding and Maintenance of Sledge Dogs: Part I
R. J. F. TAYLOR
The Polar Record, Vol. 8, No. 56. (1957)
The Breeding and Maintenance of Sledge Dogs: Part II
by R. J. F. TAYLOR
The Polar Record, Vol. 8, No. 56 (1957).
Further Experiments on the nutrition of sledge dogs
H. T. Wyatt (British Journal of Nutrition (1963), 17, 273)
A.R.M. Bellars, British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, Number 21, 1969
Veterinary Studies on the British Antarctic Survey's Sledge Dogs: II. Occupational Osteoarthritis
A.R.M. Bellars and M. F. Godsal
British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, Number 22, 1969, pp. 15-38
Ancient DNA evidence for genetic continuity in arctic dogs
Sarah K. Brown et. al.
Pre-Columbian origins for Native American dog breeds, with only limited replacement by European dogs, confirmed by mtDNA analysis
Peter Savolainen et. al.
The Physiology Of Sledge Dogs
by R.J.F. TAYLOR
Polar Record 8 (55): 317-321, January 1957
The Breeding and Maintenance of Sledge Dogs: Part I
R. J. F. TAYLOR
The Polar Record, Vol. 8, No. 56. (1957)
The Breeding and Maintenance of Sledge Dogs: Part II
by R. J. F. TAYLOR
The Polar Record, Vol. 8, No. 56 (1957).
Further Experiments on the nutrition of sledge dogs
H. T. Wyatt (British Journal of Nutrition (1963), 17, 273)
Avl ved slaedepatruljen SIRIUS
Tobias Daugaard-Petersen, Daniel Haraldsson; Institut for Basal Husdyr- og Veterinarvidnskab Det Biovidenskabelige (LIFE); Kobenhavns Universitet; September 2009
Control Of Disease In Dogs in the Canadian North
L. P. E. Choquettet and W. A. Moynihani; Can. Vet. Jour., vol. 5, no. 10, October, 1964
Population Genetic Analyses of the Greenland dog and Canadian Inuit Dog
Hanne Friis; Veterinary Master Thesis, Hanne Friis Andersen V8650; May 2005
Hunde im Hochgebirge: Wie bleiben sie gesund?
Tony Glaus, Hunde, 5/2005
Muscle plasticity of Inuit sled dogs in Greenland
Nadine Gerth, Steffen Sum, Sue Jackson and J. Matthias Starck; The Journal of Experimental Biology 212, 1131-1139, 2009
Impairment of Cellular Immunity in West Greenland Sledge Dogs (Canis familiaris) Dietary Exposed to Polluted Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Blubber
C. Sonne, R. Dietz, H.J.S. Larsen, K.E. Loft, M. Kirkegaard, R.J. Letcher, S. Shahmiri, P. Moller; Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 2056-2062
Non-invasive measurement of the cardiovascular effects of chronic hypoxaemia on dogs living at moderately high altitude
T. M. Glaus DipACVIM, DipECVIM-CA, K. Hauser , M. Hässig MPH, C. E. Reusch DipECVIM-CA, and B. Lipp; The Veterinary Record, Vol 152, Issue 26, 800-803 Copyright © 2003 by British Veterinary Association
Possible evidence of domestic dog in a Paleoeskimo context
Arnold, C.D.; Arctic, v. 32, no. 3, Sept. 1979, p. 263-265, figure ASTIS record 2810 (citation only)
Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modernArctic dog breeds
S K Brown, C M Darwent, E J Wictum and B N Sacks. 2015. Heredity 24 June 2015; doi: 10.1038/hdy.2015.49