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5/1/05
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No, there is no such thing. I have seen that website also. There is a breed Klee Kli. Invented in Alaska. They have been advertised as mini Siberians. They are actually a cross between American Eskimo and probably some Siberian and over the years produced a small spitz dog. This website shows dogs that look to me like Pomeranian crosses.
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Cindy
Aleut Siberians
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5/5/05
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Actually there are several folks working to miniaturize siberian huskies, they are not currently a recognized breed.
Contrary to many beliefs one does not have to outcross with any other breed to achieve a miniature in any breed, one merely has to select smaller and smaller dogs. There are many huskies naturally born not standard sized, some larger and some smaller.
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Bree
Miniature Siberian Huskies!
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5/5/05
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Actually there are several folks working to miniaturize siberian huskies, they are not currently a recognized breed.
Contrary to many beliefs one does not have to outcross with any other breed to achieve a miniature in any breed, one merely has to select smaller and smaller dogs. There are many huskies naturally born not standard sized, some larger and some smaller.
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Bree
Miniature Siberian Huskies!
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5/5/05
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Actually there are several folks working to miniaturize siberian huskies, they are not currently a recognized breed.
Contrary to many beliefs one does not have to outcross with any other breed to achieve a miniature in any breed, one merely has to select smaller and smaller dogs. There are many huskies naturally born not standard sized, some larger and some smaller.
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Bree
Miniature Siberian Huskies!
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5/6/05
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Well, bigger or smaller they would still be Siberian Huskies. Not a different breed. Unless they have been outcrossed with something else. And the purpose of turning them into toy dogs is? There's enough problems in the breed that people don't need to be adding to it.
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Cindy
Aleut Siberians
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5/10/05
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They are not a different breed. Not at all.
The only purpose for miniaturizing them would be to make them more manageable for people. As we all know many folks fall in love with huskies and can't handle or contain them, by reducing their size you make them fit in with people better. You end up with dogs who are more likely to stay in their homes or more easily rehomed if they do end up losing their homes. Don't get me wrong, I adore all huskies, no matter what they're size, making them smaller is giving folks an alternative;We ALL know people will find a way to get what they want no matter what if they have their minds set on it.
A dog 12 inches in size is NOT going to scale a 5ft fence most likely and he's more likely to be taken out with the owner and less likely to be bored and have a party while they're gone.
(You know husky parties, couch cushions served as appetizers...)
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Bree
Miniature Siberian Huskies!
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5/12/05
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Linda S. Spurlin. Original Breeder (she says) of the Alaskan Klee Kai
The World of The Alaskan Klee Kai
In the mid 1970's my husband and I had come down from Alaska to visit his relatives in Oklahoma. Of their various farm dogs, one of them was a 17 pound gray and white female husky. They called her 'Curious' because she was a curiosity to them. I thought this little creature was so cute that I asked if I could take her back to Alaska with us. They seemed quite pleased to be rid of an extra dog, and thus I acquired my first little husky. It seemed as though everywhere we went, people flocked around the vehicle to exclaim and marvel about this little dog. We went into a restaurant and discovered it empty because the patrons were over at the window looking out at our little dog! I knew I had to find a way to duplicate this little wonder.
Unbeknownst to me, my brother-in-law and his wife in Fairbanks, Alaska had an accidental mating between a small dog and an Alaskan Husky, who
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Jessica
Mountaineer Farm Siberian Huskies
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5/12/05
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who were the ancestors of the dog I now had possession of. They too knew they had a good thing started. However, with all due respect, they had much softer hearts than I, and their breeding program suffered for it. I, by then, had by trial and error successfully bred a few more 'curiousities'. Then in the early 1980's my brother-in-law chose to stop breeding his little dogs and sold them to me with advice his family would not allow him to follow. His words had been my silent belief all along, but now I followed them openly and religiously. He said, "Breed the best, and cull the rest." With my now larger gene pool I began to see results of this hard core approach quickly and this served as encouragement to be even stricter with my breeding program.
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Jessica
Mountaineer Farm Siberian Huskies
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5/12/05
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One day a good friend brought her mother to meet me. This woman changed my life as I knew it. I allowed her to take a few pictures of my dogs to take back to Colorado with her. Then she began a full scale assault to convince me that the world needed these dogs and that it should begin with her! I firmly believed that the gene pool was too small, and that my breeding program was not ready for the rest of the world. However, with 30 dogs to feed and provide veterinary care for, I was eventually tempted into selling the first miniature husky to my friends as a Christmas gift for Eileen Gregory in 1987. Then began the flood of letters, telephone calls, and newspaper reporters. The paperwork grew. We had to think up a name for the little huskies. We finally derived the name Klee Kai from the Eskimo words meaning 'little dog'. My kennel records became so extensive that Mrs. Gregory offered to store the information on her computer. Our long distance telephone bills became enormous a
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Jessica
Mountaineer Farm Siberian Huskies
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5/12/05
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enormous as we charted information on each dog. Every puppy from every litter was carefully inspected for conformation, medical soundness and personality. The puppies were weighed, measured, and re-evaluated regularly. Fortunately, the majority of buyers respected our dreams of a genetically sound dog and were extremely helpful by following our guidelines. They sent pictures, called us to update information, brought their dogs to visit, and spayed or neutered at our recommendation. The Wasilla Veterinary Clinic, in Wasilla, Alaska, patiently answered my countless questions over the years and thus aided us in loading even more information into our bulging computer program.
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Jessica
Mountaineer Farm Siberian Huskies
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5/12/05
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I knew eventually, that even though my goal for my little dogs was just to have them be a beloved little companion dog, that there would be those who would purchase them who would be interested in showing them. This would require recognition by a major kennel club. Although my heart was not in it, my files show that my first contact was with AKC in 1988. Since that time, the Alaskan Klee Kai has received full recognition by the Federation of International Canines, the American Rare Breed Association, Canine Rarity Shows and of course the Alaskan Klee Kai Association of America. Our most recent recognition has been by the United Kennel Club. The United Kennel Club has agreed that for the first several years they will only acknowledge Alaskan Klee Kai whose pedigrees can be traced through the Alaskan Klee Kai Association of America because of our strict rules regarding each Alaskan Klee Kai being granted breeding privileges only after being inspected to be sure they are entitled
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Jessica
Mountaineer Farm Siberian Huskies
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5/12/05
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The Alaskan Klee Kai Association of America's Board of Directors has always respected my concerns to encourage better breeding habits among responsible owners and thus continue to better the breed. I firmly believed, and still do, that only the best should be allowed to breed, and my own sales contract reflected this with a strict spay/neuter clause. However, as the world of the Alaskan Klee Kai changed, I found I did not bend as easily. I longed for the days when my friends and I created the Breed Standards over pots and pots of coffee. What I really wanted was to see a wet nose pressed against an elderly cheek, instead of someone telling me that I was playing God if I did not allow their inferior dog to breed.
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Jessica
Mountaineer Farm Siberian Huskies
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5/12/05
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Although I no longer breed the Alaskan Klee Kai, I still closely monitor their progress and offer my services in an advisory capacity to the Board of Directors for the Alaskan Klee Kai Association of America. The Alaskan Klee Kai was first incorporated in Alaska in 1990 under the name 'Klee Kai of Alaska' which was later changed to 'Alaskan Klee Kai'. The Parent Club and offices were moved to Colorado after my retirement. I am proud of the support of the Board of Directors who, thanks to the wonderful world of e-mail, are in constant contact from various locations including Alaska, New York and several points in between.
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Jessica
Mountaineer Farm Siberian Huskies
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5/12/05
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In closing, I would like to offer this pearl of wisdom. May you have the good fortune of becoming even half as wonderful as your dog already thinks you are.
Thank you for your interest,
Linda S. Spurlin, Developer of the Alaskan Klee Kai
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Jessica
Mountaineer Farm Siberian Huskies
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5/12/05
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Personally I think they look like pomeranians.
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Jessica
Mountaineer Farm Siberian Huskies
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