Comments on: Interactive Map: Discover Ancient Breeds

By: Doggy Diva

Doggy Diva — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:44:33 +0000

All of the Asian breeds featured are descendants of Primitive Nordic Spitz breeds. Yes, Atilla the Hun brought the Nordic dogs to the East. Look at the Finnish Spitz and Finnish Lapphund(Chow Chow and Shiba Inua), Karelian Bear Dog (Akita), and other primitive spitz for their influence in all the spitz type breeds. The most primitive dog, the Basenji, is not considered a spitz but may have been breed with wolves to create the beautiful and unique qualities of the Nordic Spitz brees.

By: Rogue

Rogue — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:19:14 +0000

what about deerhounds – http://deerhounds.blogspot.com

By: kendra

kendra — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:55:41 +0000

aren`t dalmatians really old to?

By: Andra

Andra — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:30:32 +0000

Yes, would like to see the Anatolian Shepherd, Ibizan and Azawakh hounds from Africa as well – genetically the Azawakh/Sloughi/Saluki are quite similar – eek on Afghans though! Smooth Salukis as beautiful too… saw a grizzle one at coursing once and he was awesome!

By: Me, Myself, and I

Me, Myself, and I — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:40:57 +0000

These videos are really interesting and educational for me. They helped me answered some of my questions i had about evolution.

By: sasuke

sasuke — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:49:44 +0000

I want a husky!

By: Bucket

Bucket — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:54:29 +0000

What about the anatolion sheepard no mention they are siad to be 4 to 5000 years old

By: Paul Jones

Paul Jones — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:02:51 +0000

Saluki come in feathered and smooth varieties (according to AKC and to my experience in eastern Turkey). Sloughis are not yet recognized breed, but those called Sloughis are exclusively North African. The hounds in the video are salukis – one smooth. See also http://www.akc.org/breeds/saluki/index.cfm

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:20:44 +0000

The dogs depicted with the Bedouins appear to me to be Sloughis, not Salukis; Salukis have long, silky feathering on their ears and tails, whereas Sloughis have short hair, like the dogs on the TV program. Otherwise, the two breeds appear to be almost identical. I could be wrong, but at least when I look the two breeds up, that is what I get!