#indigenous dogs

[egg-bird]

do i sometimes make dog ocs? yes. do i sometimes jam my dog-thoughts into the silm? yes. i must combine all my interests all the time.

so here’s part of my ideas for 1st age arda landrace dog breeds. plains gazehound, based mostly off the tazi, taigan, indigenous afghan hounds, coyotes, and some of northern lines of american indian dogs.

here’s the fic.

[zaryathelaika]

Pavel's puppy-matcher published a new book assembling articles from Journal of the International Society for Preservation of Primitive Aboriginal Dogs (PADS). It's about 900-pages long.

Explore the rich history of man's best friend and the diverse perspectives on the topic of primitive and aboriginal dogs with "The Dogs of Our Ancestors."  With contributions from a range of international authors, this hardcover volume features essays and articles offering a wealth of knowledge on topics such as the rich history of native dogs, the evolution of different breeds, their unique characteristics, their crucial relationship with humans throughout history, and the legacy and preservation of these disappearing breeds. Published originally as the Primitive & Aboriginal Dogs Society's on-line journal – PADS International – this extensively researched and well-referenced material, with thorough descriptions and insightful analysis, is perfect for anyone looking to broaden their knowledge about aboriginal dogs that are invisible to the cultured-breed experts.  The book features a foreword by Vladimir Beregovoy, the curator, editor and contributor of the journal, PADS International. The hardcover format is unabridged, with over 900 pages featuring color and black-and-white images throughout, making it an essential addition to any library on dog literature as well as an invaluable resource material. Get your copy now and join the conversation about the preservation of aboriginal dogs, their role in today’s world, breeding, and so much more.

[zaryathelaika]

The reference about colonization of laika types can be found here:

Popov, Aleksander V. “Hunting Laika” [PDF, 1.91 MB]. Journal of the International Society for Preservation of Primitive Aboriginal Dogs 31 (2012): 29 – 37. Retrieved March 2, 2024. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015 via Wayback Machine. Would put the screenshots up in the reblog post, but there are too many quotes to draw from and they are from different stages of Russian history. But yes, Moscow was (and continues to be) extremely paternalistic towards Indigenous peoples.

A majority of “indigenous dog breeds” are colonized in some way. Options include:

Given an arbitrary kennel club standard based on a limited population owned by aristocratic white people.

Stolen with their history completed rewritten and mythologized.

Created by white kennel club people and falsely attributed an indigenous past through breed myth.

Have their populations no longer under control of the population that made them in the first place.

Has its actual name replaced with a slur

“Breed split” where the actually indigenous dogs still owned by indigenous people have to go through meticulous trial and breeding to be accepted by the kennel club.

All of the above and more!

[sealhaus]

Dog gods

Half of my illustration and design final

[araneaes-boudoir]

Willie-Jack 🤎🪶🍂

check out more of my art on my Instagram @ jessa.drew.this

[patrocles]

Indigenous Guest Stars - RESERVATION DOGS (2021 - )

[zaryathelaika]

Forever quoting this:

— Bogatov, S.V. “Hunting For Profit Versus Hunting For Sport” [PDF, 910 kb]. Journal of the International Society for Preservation of Primitive Aboriginal Dogs 17 (2004): 29. Retrieved January 19, 2023. Archived from the original on January 19, 2023 via Wayback Machine. A lot of recreational hunters really don't understand the window of opportunity for commercial hunting (can be short as two weeks) is very short compared to sport hunting (can be half the year or most of the year).

speaking of working dogs. so many people can't tell apart a dog with correct working drive vs neurotic mess with no off switch. "my dog is soo drivey" your dog can't sit and do nothing for 5 minutes without chewing a hole in the wall.

[mannyblacque]

The young ones and the elders.

[artmctalon]

Naru and Sarii (fan art)

A quick sketch of Amber Midthunder's character from the 2022 movie Prey (plus her dog), that I did on a lazy Sunday night after binging a bunch of online content related to the Predator franchise.

It may be a prequel installment for an action-horror-scifi franchise, but Prey has some really darn good representation of Comanche culture, and I was particular enthralled by effort and attention-to-detail that was highlighted in interviews and behind-the-scenes videos I was consuming on YouTube. Producer Jhane Myers put a lot of creative work in to get things right, and I think it's great seeing that indigenous persons were for once exercising creative control of a movie about them.

Btw, I definitely dig Sarii the dog too :)

Speedpaint video:

[kameasorrells]

A quick study of Deer lady from Reservation dogs 🧡🧡🧡

[zaryathelaika]

Well, made it 350 days or 50 weeks until first estrus. A few weeks shy of her birthday on September 15. Was hoping to wait until February or March. Basal breeds [archived] such as laikas, tazis, taigans, desert-bred salukis, Central Asian shepherds etc typically take longer between 1 years old to 2.5 years [archived] old for their first season then once a year henceforth.

If you want to help with diapers, then feel free to contribute through PayPal.

[darkwood-sleddog]

i really gotta wonder what goes through the heads of people that are adopt don't shop EXCEPT when it comes to service dogs. as if this somehow makes them noble? as if service dog users are the only people in the world that deserve dogs with stable temperaments or dogs that are bred with thought towards their health and structure? it's a really bizarre way of thinking that really, to me, harkens to the ARAs that are anti sled dogs until it's somebody doing it for fun only or until you mention indigenous people. are you so afraid of looking ignorant for your ill held beliefs? is challenging your currently held beliefs about what's 'morally right' for dogs that uncomfortable?

there are so many other jobs that dogs currently DO for us that require balanced, stable, healthy, purposeful dogs (including companionship!) and on top of all this dogs deserve to exist with thought and care put towards their existence. Dogs do not deserve to only exist if they're random happenstances from backroad strays or somebody's ill conceived backyard litter with zero health testing. dogs deserve responsible breeding just as much as humans deserve to have dogs with responsible breeding. how is this remotely hard to grasp?

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

so i made the best discovery today

[sealhaus]

Character + pet (I guess former pet) assignment for school

Reclusive Museum archivist scarifies dead dog to a dead god as a lest resort, dead god is so delighted by this that he decides to use the dog as a vessel and torment the poor guy for offerings. So he ends up having to go on some wacky adventure through the underworld to get his dog back.

[alinahdee]

choose your meme

[a-dream-seeking-light]

D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai arrives at Emmys showing solidarity for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.