|
Occasionally breeds
thought to have become extinct, or on the edge of
extinction, have been revived by 1 or more people who have
felt that the breed must be saved by whatever means
possible. Invariably this has concerned incorporating other
selected breeds in a cautiously planned program and it has,
reasonably, taken a lot of generations before breeders felt
they had even start to achieve their aim. In some cases
their long term hard work have proved doing well, in others
they have been less so, and the breed which has emerged
seems not fairly to faithfully signify the original.
Alco
In 1840 the Alco was
explains as 'still to be fully made out' and for a long
while was recognized simply from a drawing by Fernandez who
gave it the name Michua canens and, to add extra confusion,
the Alco was also identified Yzicinte potzotli.
Viewed by a number of
as a race of shepherd dog, it had a small head, short neck
and a very large body. Its color was said regularly to be
white and yellow, but according to Buffoon's Natural History
it was white and black, with rufous spots over the eyes.
Surely it was a knee dog kept by womenfolk, but opinion was
that it from time to time returned to its feral state.
1 specimen of the breed was brought to the United Kingdom
from Mexico and upon its death it was stuffed and shown in a
show of Mexican curiosities in London. even though called 1
'of the wild race', when it come into viewed in England a
lot of considered it to be a Newfoundland puppy, although
the connection between the 2 breeds is hard to imagine. This
dog was little with rather a great head; elongated occiput;
full muzzle; pendulous ears; having long. Soft hair on the
body. In color, it was completely white, except a large
black spot covering every ear, and a part of the forehead
and cheek, with a fulvous mark above every eye, and one more
black spot on the rump; the tail was rather long, well
fringed, and white.'
Carrier dog of the
Indians
The carrier dog of the
Indians, also recognized as the Techici of Mexico, was a
long-backed, heavy-looking animal with 'a terrier's mouth,
tail and colors'. The hair was smoother than that of most
terriers, short but not woolly. The ears were produced and
in judgment with the body length the legs were practically
short, but not bent.
Dog of the North
American Indians
Another dog found in North
America was identified the Dog of the North American
Indians. Classified as a watchdog, it was an original breed
but may have been wilder, or at least feral, rather than
really domesticated. Those pictured here in one thousand
eight hundred and forty were described as equal in size to
'a spaniel' and of' straight blood', even though 'hostile to
the white man'. A characteristic feature was the head which
formed an equilateral triangle when calculated from the nose
tip to the tip of every ear. The coat color was alike to
that of the wolf, and although the dog supposedly looked
savage, it was said by no means to utter a howl or a bark. |
