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A fluffy dog breed from Greenland - Greenland Dog
The Greenland Dog is white large dog, similar to the husky-type dog which hunting polar bear and seal. The breed is ancient dog, thought to be directly descended from dogs brought to Greenland by the first Inuit settlers. The bone structure is a powerful, strong with wedge-shaped head, slightly tilted eyes and small, triangular ears covered with thick fur that prevents frostbite. It has strong, muscular, short-haired legs.
Cute little white Greenland puppy
The tail is usually rolled along/across its back, but it may also hang down in a wolflike manner. When it lies down and curls up to rest, the tail often covers the nose. Its coat is of medium length and consists of two layers. The inner layer consists of short wool-like fur, the outer layer of longer, coarser, water-repellent fur. A characteristic of most Greenland Dogs is the “?lo”, a triangular shaped area on the shoulders. It is named after a common woman’s-knife from Greenland which is of the same shape.
A beautiful Greenland Dog adult female
Male are significantly larger than females at between 58 and 68 cm (23–27 in) at the withers; females are between 51 and 61 cm (20–24 in). In Greenland this breed exists in much the same condition as it had when originally arriving there, and is kept as chiefly as a working dog valued for its strength and speed rather than a malleable temperament.
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