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Mackenzie River dog
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 — Obs.
a breed of small dog weighing 15 to 20 pounds and piebald in black and white or brown, found among the Indians of northern British Columbia, the Yukon, and the Mackenzie country.
See: bear dog
Quotations
1833
We can here afford to spare only a few lines regarding the Hare Indian, or Mackenzie River dog. (Canis familiaris, var. lagopus).
2
See 1963 quote at Mackenzie River husky.
Quotations
1896
Some great stories are told of the loads drawn by the Mackenzie River dogs, whose tails are docked short, to give a more workman-like appearance, and keep the meek and lowly from advertising their shrinking nature and spoiling the appearance of the train by sticking the offending member between their legs.