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The Hokkaido (北海道犬, Hokkaidō-inu or Hokkaidō-ken) is a type of canine beginning from Japan. Different names for the variety incorporate Ainu-ken, Seta, Ainu canine, Hokkaidog. In Japan, its name is now and again abbreviated to Dō-ken (道犬). The Hokkaido is local to the prefecture of a similar name in Japan.

Other name: Hokkaido-Inu, Dō-ken, Ainu-ken, Seta, Ainu dog, Hokkaido-Ken,

Origin: Japan

Appearance

The canine is medium in size, with little, three-sided, upstanding ears. The little eyes have a rising three-sided frame. The Hokkaido has a layer of long, solid fur, and a second, more limited layer of delicate fur. Colors incorporate red, white, dark, streak, sesame, dark and tan, and wolf-dim. Guys are commonly 50 cm (20 in) tall at the shrinks, females somewhat more limited, with weights in the 20 kg (44 lb) range. Canines reproduced on mainlands beyond their local Japan might be more modest.

History

The Hokkaido canine is remembered to have started from the medium-sized canines brought by workers from the primary island of Honshu during the 1140s. In 1869, the English zoologist Thomas W. Blakiston gave the variety the name Hokkaido. The variety was valuable in the quest for overcomers of a Military undertaking that was trapped in weighty snow crossing the Hakkōda Heaps of Aomori Prefecture in 1902.

In 1937, the Ainu canine was assigned in Japan as "an uncommon animal categories safeguarded by regulation" by the Service of Training and it was concluded that the authority name of the variety would be Hokkaido-Inu. Be that as it may, the canines are quite often called Hokkaido-Ken among the Japanese public.
The variety is very uncommon external its local country.

Health

The Hokkaido dog has a very high rate of Collie eye anomaly (CEA). About 1/3 of Hokkaido are affected by CEA while 2/3 are carriers