It is from these early village dogs, more specifically the Coastal Eskimo Dog and the most northerly village dog of the time the Alaskan
Interior Village dog, that the Alaskan Husky was derived.
Both the Coastal Eskimo Dog and the Alaskan
Interior Village Dog descended from the ancient dogs of nomadic hunter gathers that used the Bering Land Bridge to migrate across the Bering Strait into Alaska over 14,000 years ago.
Over time, he was responsible for further dilution and replacement of the Alaskan
Interior Village dog, by mixing in his imported Siberian Huskies.
Thus started the demise of the Alaskan
Interior Village dog.
Not exact matches
In the mid 1800's, Russian traders traveling along the Yukon River acquired several sled
dogs from
interior villages because they found them to be superior in hauling heavy loads compared to their native sled
dogs.