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Det hele startede med en Dansk Spids - Så kom en Amerikansk Collie til - Så en Amerikansk Collie mere - Så en Samojedhund, endnu en Amerikansk Collie og til sidst en Dansk Spids mere.
-Så fandt vi nye hjem til de 2 collietæver og anskaffede os en tysk Spids fra Holland og endelig en Dansk Spids mere.
Vi stoppede i år 2010 med at avle på Collien, for at koncentre vort arbejde med den Danske Spids.
Der hersker endog meget stor tvivl omkring oprindelsen af Dansk Spids, men det er vores opfattelse at dens aner skal spores tilbage sammen med den tyske spids. Så vidt vi har kunnet finde er der sammenfald mellem Dansk Spids - Gross Spitz og Eskimo dog. Ved nærmere eftersyn synes der at være et stort sammenfald mellem disse racebetegnelser. - Forvirringen bliver total når man remser alle betegnelserne op - Dansk Spids, Grønlænderspids, Samojedespids, Gross Spitz, German Spitz og Amerikan Eskimo Spitz. Både i Danmark og i Tyskland er der problemer med at sikre artens overlevelse.
About The American Eskimo Dog Breed
History
The American Eskimo dog breed has its origins in the Spitz family of dogs traced back some 6,000 years to the Peatbog dog. The Spitz family of dogs, known as the northern or Nordic breeds, include the Pomeranian, the Samoyed, the Keeshond and Artic sled dogs. The family has wolf-like characteristics with erect pointed ears and double coats.
The American Eskimo dog descended from the Spitz breed that evolved around lakes in Switzerland some 700 years ago. These dogs became known as German Spitz and first arrived to America in the early 1900's. The German Spitz comes in two different sizes. The larger Grossspitz is around 16 inches at the shoulder and is the breed that became known in America as the American Eskimo dog. The Kleinspitz is a small German Spitz with an eleven inch maximum shoulder height.
The United Kennel Club or UKC first registered an American Eskimo Spitz in 1913. In 1923, the UKC renamed the breed to American Eskimo. The first UKC Grand Show Championship won by an American Eskimo was in 1978. The Champion was named PR Richardson's Keta Shelton. (The PR is an acronym for Purple Ribbon.) In 1981, the first American Eskimo to win both the UKC Grand Show Championship and the UKC top award for obedience was named PR Tank Iglu Sweet Love.
In the 1920's through 1950's when the circus was a very popular form of entertainment, American Eskimo dogs were used as circus performers. Performances included dancing to music, performing with clowns, ponies, wire walking and weaving in and out of moving wagon wheels.
This history helps to explain why your American Eskimo can be such an agile rock climber and easily learns and performs tricks for its master. In fact Eskies are known to teach each other tricks and to invent tricks on their own just to please their master.
The German Großspitz/Giant-Spitz
Niche Spitze - is the way one could describe the Giant-Spitz. It was always specific qualities together with the appropriate size and colour that the differentSpitzbreedswere bred for and ensured that they continued for hundred of years.
For the Giant-Spitz it wasitsability to guard and protect, its excellent hearing, its loyalty, its guarding qualities and its mistrust of strangers.
All these qualities were highly rated by their owners.
White Giant-Spitz
In the last centuries the small and middle size various of the Spitz were mainly owned by the lower classes. The white Giant-Spitz was an exception to this, its larger size and elegant looks bringing it in the homes of the higher classes. It was even seen in english landowning families, as can be seen by the portraits of the painter ThomasGainsborough.
This breed even crossed the Atlantic. They owned by german immigrants and their successors until the First World War. For political reasons and the negative connotations of the word "German" they were renamed as "American Eskimo Dogs".
The first American Eskimo Dogs came to Germany and Holland some years ago to bring new blood to the closely related german lines.
German Spitz are descendants of the stone age « Peat Dogs » (Torfhund) « Canis familiaris palustris Rüthimeyer » and the later Lake Dweller’s (Pfahlbau) Spitz; they are the oldest breed of dog in Central Europe. Numerous other breeds have been produced from them. In non-German speaking countries Wolfsspitz are known as Keeshonds and Toy Spitz as Pomeranians.
Sikita!
Sikita, som ses herunder, er Samojedhund/Dansk Spids og har lige afleveret sit 3. kuld hvalpe.
Samojedhunden er lidt længere tid om at blive voksen og Sikita er stadig nederst i flokken. Hun fungerer som tanten, når de andre har hvalpe. Hun er mere selvstændig end nogen af de andre og er for det meste nok i sig selv. Hun er meget bestemt når hun har kødben og finder sig ikke i at andre hunde tager det fra hende. Hendes evner som mor er ikke set bedre, og hun er venligheden selv. Det er store ord, men den helt rigtige til at beskrive Sikita.
Maggie!
Maggie -Vores stolthed. Flokkens førertæve. Kærligt men bestemt sætter hun de andre på plads når der er behov. Maggie er godkendt Dansk Spids og efter sine 3 kuld hvalpe er hun nu gået på pension.
Hope!
Hope, som er Dansk Spids, er resultatet af en af vores egne hanhunde og klart vores håb for at bibringe avlen af Dansk spids et ordentligt skub. Hope er formentlig endnu mere som den oprindeklige Dansk Spids. - Maggie var faktisk en anelse for stor, hvor Hope har den rette størrelse.
Hun kæmper i øjeblikket for at finde sin plads i herakiet og kan være temmelig skrap.
Hope viste sig at have problemer med at parre og er derfor solgt videre til en familie i Århus.
Senna!
Senna er importeret fra Holland og er den tyske variant af Dansk Spids. Hun skal være med til at skabe nyt blod i vores arbejde med at skabe den perfekte Dansk Spids.
Rosetta!
Rosetta stammer fra Broager og er resultatet af en fin lille Dansk Spids tæve og en lille Samojedhund. Dette burde efter vores opfattelse kunne give rigtigt fine resultater. Nu får vi se
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Chief, vores eneste hanhund, og farmands stolthed er en typisk Amerikansk Collie. Han har en stor flok tæver at holde styr på og han nyder det. Hvem ville ikke det? Chief har et fantastisk temperament. Rolig i stort set alle situationer. Selv andre hanhunde er i et vist omfang velkomne, dog ikke under en evt løbetid. Altid en glad hund og vil meget gerne være forrest i alle sammenhænge, hvilket kniber lidt når Maggie løber rigtig stærkt. - Hvilken ydmygelse!