Friday, May 15, 2009

So the other day Michelle and I saw some really adorable puppies in a pet store window and got to talking about if we got a dog one day what kind we would get. I could invision the kind of dogs i like but didn't know the names for sure. But after a bit of internet searching, these are the ones i came up with:


#3 Siberian Husky




#2 Alaskan Malamute


#1 Samoyed



They're all pretty similar i guess. I guess i like the wolfish looking ones.

Oh, wait. i just read this on wikipedia:

Recent DNA analysis of the breed has led to the Samoyed being included amongst the fourteen most ancient dog breeds [2], along with Siberian HuskiesAlaskan Malamutes, the Chow Chow, and 10 others of a diverse geographic background. The first Samoyed was brought to United States by fur traders in 1906. The Samoyeds have been bred and trained for at least 3,000 years. Like the former two other dog breeds, the Samoyed also has a wolf-like appearance, and has also sometimes crossbred to wolves to produce a wolf-dog hybrid.

3 comments:

7aura7 said...

Wow, you don't pick the low maintenance dogs, that's for sure :)
A guy we work with has THREE huge Malamutes. (All indoor dogs...) They are absolutely gorgeous. When he brought them in as puppies, there was a stampede of people wanting to see them.

Michelle A. said...

Can't wait! I want one now! :)

M said...

love samoyeds. in fact, i love all these dogs too. they are all part of the spitz family (like pomeranians, which is what i want...or else a samoyed or a finnish lapphund). you can check out the others in the family here...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitz#List_of_Spitz-type_dog_breeds.