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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.
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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.
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.
Join the Primitive Aboriginal Dog
Society International
Issues and challenges which traditional Inuit Dogs and their owners face are not unlike those affecting primitive aboriginal dogs and their supporters found all over the world. The Primitive Aboriginal Dog Society (PADS) International serves as an advocate for these special dogs. PADS Journal is, like The Fan Hitch is for the Inuit Dog, the organization's principle means of communication and keeps primitive aboriginal dog enthusiasts everywhere connected and enlightened. Be it AfriCanis, INDog, Tazi, Dingo, Ovcharka, Inuit Dog or any of the other primitive aboriginal dog, their devotees have something in common and much to share and learn from each other. Please consider becoming a member of the Primitive Aboriginal Dog Society International.
A Nanai hunter with his Amur Laikas (Amur River Basin in Siberia).
According to Primitive Aboriginal Dog Society International Curator,
Dr. Vladimir Beregovoy, “Unfortunately all dogs of this kind were
shot by order of Soviet authorities. They thought they had enough dogs.
It was a great hunting and sled pulling dog. I think the same kind of
dogs must be on the Chinese side south from the Amur River.
The population on the Russian side could be easily restored.”
Photo from the album of K.G. Abramov.
About the Primitive
Aboriginal Dog Society International
For the purpose of information exchange and unification of efforts of aboriginal dogs lovers worldwide, in 1999, Janice Koler-Matznik, in Oregon, USA, created the Primitive Aboriginal Dog Society (PADS). Janice has her favorite aboriginal breed: the New Guinea Singing Dog. Together with Professor Lehr Brisbin, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, USA, she is working on the project for preservation of the New Guinea Singing Dog in New Guinea.
The Primitive Aboriginal Dog Society International, based in Russia and USA, emphasizes preservation of all kinds of aboriginal dogs worldwide. Some of these dogs have disappeared, but still may be discovered and restored. Aboriginal dogs are an important part of the cultural heritage of local people. Also, they are uniquely valuable gene pools of dogs, which may be used in the future for improvement of existing genetically ailing working pure (cultured) breeds or the development new breeds. Studies of aboriginal dogs can shed new light on the histories of migrations and of certain groups of people.
PADS International facilitates the opportunity to communicate, exchange information and share personal experiences regarding primitive aboriginal dogs. Please, note that aboriginal dogs include a wide range of special purposes, such as sledding, herding, sheep guarding and personal protection and hunting small and big game. Remarkable sight hounds, such as the Tazy, the Taigan and the Bakhmul are also included in our list.
Our primary exchange of information is achieved through the PADS International Journal, issued quarterly, or more often, when we have enough articles. Articles published are not necessarily written by PADS members. The first issue was published in April 2004, under the name Newsletter, which we have since changed to Journal in 2010. We will open a PADS International website where an electronic version of the Journal will be published. An internet forum will be also available. PADS International invites you to join us. Our application for membership is available for download here.
Primitive Aboriginal Dog Society International
| Dear Aboriginal Dog
Enthusiast, We would like to invite you to join the Primitive Aboriginal Dog Society International (PADS International). PADS International is an organization concerned with the preservation of primitive aboriginal dogs. Its major purpose is to facilitate the communication between people with common interests in dogs, research, discovery and preservation of primitive aboriginal dogs worldwide. There are many primitive aboriginal dogs in many parts of the world. At present, some of them have become split into two populations: those kept by people without registry and a purebred population. There are a few primitive aboriginal dogs living only with native people unregistered and many of them have become nearly extinct. One major goal is the preservation of primitive aboriginal dogs and the education of the dog loving public about the special value of primitive aboriginal dogs. Sincerely, Vladimir Beregovoy Curator, Primitive Aboriginal Dog Society International 1507 Mountain Valley Road Buchanan, Virginia 24066, USA aliska@hughes.net Marina Kuzina Secretary, Primitive Aboriginal Dog Society International 115407, Russia, Moscow, Zatonnaya st., 2-1-112 +10-(499)-618-6370 logoveg@mail.ru |