Comparison of Selected Northern Breeds
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Alaskan Malamute
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Siberian Husky
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Samoyed
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Akita
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Skull
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broad
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medium
width
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broad
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broad
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*Stop
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slight
break from a straight line
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well
defined
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well
defined
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well
defined
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Muzzle
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bulky
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tapering
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tapering
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broad and
full
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Lips
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tight
fitting
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close
fitting
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flew not
developed
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not
pendulous
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Ears
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medium, small in relation to head
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medium, thick, well furred
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medium, thick, well furred
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small in
relation to head
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*Ear Set
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wide apart
on the outside
back edges
of the skull
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high set,
pointing straight up
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well apart
but within the
border of the outer edge of the skull
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wide, carried slightly forward over eyes in
line with back of neck
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Eyes
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almond,
oblique
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almond,
oblique
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almond,
slant up
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triangular, small, deep set
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Nose
Pigment
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snow nose
acceptable,
brown in
red dogs,
black in
all others
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snow nose
acceptable
pink in
white dogs, liver in red dogs, black in all others
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black
preferred but other
colors not
penalized
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liver
permitted on white dog
black
preferred
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Bite
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scissors,
large teeth
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scissors
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scissors,
strong teeth
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scissors,
strong teeth
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Neck
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strong and
arched
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med and
arched
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strong,
will muscled
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short,
thick, muscular, crest
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Ribs
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chest well
developed
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well
sprung, not barrel
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well
sprung
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well
sprung
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Topline
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back
straight and gently
sloping to
hips
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level from
withers to croup
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withers
highest, back level
to loin, loin slightly arched
croup,
slightly sloping
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level back
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*Tail
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waving
"plume" over the
back, not
snapped
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round
brush over the back in sickle
curve
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profusely
covered with long hair, ver
the back or side
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hair
straight, course and full carried
over the back or against flank in a
¾, full or double curl
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Size
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M-25",
F-23", ideal but there is a
natural range in size
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M-21-23
1/2",
F- 20-22"
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M- 21-23
1/2",
F-
19-21"
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M-26-28",
F-24-26"
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Proportion
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longer
than tall
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longer
than tall
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just off
square
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longer
than high
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Bone
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heavy
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medium
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heavy for
the size
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heavy
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Pasterns
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short, strong, slight slope
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strong, slight slant, flexible
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strong, straight but flexible
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15 degrees
from vertical
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*Feet
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large, snowshoe, compact, thick pads, fur between toes
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med,
oval, compact, thick
pads, fur between toes
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large, long, flattish, thick pads, feathers
on feet
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cat foot, thick pads
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Hocks
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moderately
bent, well let down
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well
defined and low to the ground
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sharply
defined, 30% of the height at
the hip
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well let
down
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*Coat
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Double: dense, oily, woolly undercoat,
coarse guard coat
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Double soft, dense undercoat, guard coat
straight and smooth
laying
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Double: soft, thick undercoat coarse
standoff guard coat
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Double: soft, dense undercoat, coarse, standoff straight guard coat
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