Yakutian Laika
Russia
Males 53-58 cm Bitches 52-55 cm
The Yakutian Laika (Russian Якутская Лайка ) is one of the RKF, the Russian Kennel Club, recognized and bred Russian breed of dog. It belongs to Group 5, section 1: Nordic Sledge Dogs. In the RKF the breed standard was established in 2005 has the number 5 (57). From the FCI, the breed is not yet recognized.
Origin and History
The Yakutian Laika is a typical northern dog primitive type. The roots of the breed are in the Kolyma region of Siberia. Representatives of the breed were included in the well-founded by Leonard Seppala breeding of the Siberian Husky. The fur trader William Goosak had 1909 dogs of various Siberian peoples imported to Alaska.
The breed was threatened until the nineties of extinction. Founded by Vladimir Djatschkow and Lena Sidorowa the race within Yakutia could now be obtained. A breeding pair was imported by Erwin van Wel in 2002 to Germany.
Yakutian Laika can as a sled dog, used for herding and hunting. The Yakutian Laika was used in ancient times by the peoples of Yakutia in the hunt for mammals and birds; the dogs were their indispensable help. This is a versatile dog with an excellent sense of smell, hearing and vision, strong hunting instinct and endurance.
Description
The Yakutian Laika is a lightweight but strong, well proportioned medium-sized dog with developed for life in the Arctic climate coat. He is an active, agile, curious dog with a friendly and docile character very sociable and absolutely not aggressive. Males are 53-58 cm high ( optimum 55 cm). Females are 52-55 cm high ( optimum 54 cm). The body structure is strong, with well developed bones and muscles, slightly longer than tall. His head is wedge-shaped in proportion to size of dog. Rounded, sufficiently high forehead, large and a bit longer than the muzzle, clearly stop. The length of muzzle measures about ½ length of the skull. The lips are rounded and dry, closed scissors or level bite. The eyes are wide, used almond shaped, not prominent, not sunken. They may be of different colors blue, dark brown or each eye. The eyelids with black or brown eye rims deducted depending on the color of the nose. In white dogs the eye rims should be pigmented with interruptions. The ears are wide at the base, triangular, movable and pricked or semi - pricked ears, thick and hairy with a dense undercoat. The ears can be easily folded backwards. The hair is thick, with a dense undercoat, shiny, straight and tight. Good dense hair on the legs; important the neck / collar is lush developed. The tail is bushy with thick hair. The colors are patched in all colors black and white, gray and white, spotted with red spots and red and white. Errors are uniformly black in color, each uniform color other than white. Your gait is a fast, resilient, active trot, when the dog is running fast.
Nature
He is prey aggressive towards people and the soft and gentle wink. Yakutian Laiki are not demanding and the tough arctic climate of the North. Under the harsh conditions in Yakutia they are excellent working dogs; they can work from dawn to dusk in small groups. The peoples of the vast territory of Yakutia are since ancient reindeer herders and hunters, and dogs were always their indispensable help. In the polar coastal regions of the Yakutian Laika was primarily used as a sled dog.
Use
Its main purpose is the pulling sleds and hunting.