Comments on: The Evolution of the Techichi Dog http://videodogblog.com/355/the-evolution-of-the-techichi-dog/ Enjoy Video's of Your Favorite Dog Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:01:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dayle Ann http://videodogblog.com/355/the-evolution-of-the-techichi-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Dayle Ann Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:01:42 +0000 http://videodogblog.com/?p=355#comment-473 I don't know where the claim that chi's are one of "only a couple indigenous breeds in the western hemisphere". The chi as we know it is recent, for one thing, having been developed in the late 1800s from a Mexican dog crossed with other tiny breeds, primarily from Asia. Conjecture that this happened earlier is just that, conjecture. A Mayan man from southern Mexico told me that dogs like mine (a 10 pound, muscular chihuahua from the US Southwest) are know as "techica" where he is from. He does not have a domed head or protruding eyes like the bred dogs, and he is gentle if a bit certain of himself. The natives of the Pacific NW, where I grew up, once had several breeds of dog, all of which are now extinct. One of them was a lap dog with long white hair that was used to spin and weave cloth for blankets and winter clothing. All are extinct now, due to the forced relocation of native peoples by whites. I live in New England now, and have been told that natives here are known to have had companion dogs, recognizable from tribe to tribe. Some of these dogs were interbred with European dogs and changed the character of those dogs. Natives throughout North America kept dogs which they recognized as unique, and the northern people in particular had dogs that they bred for specific purposes, such as sledding. I do not know if South American natives had dogs, but mesoamericans certainly did, based on art that distinctly shows several types of dogs, the presence still of dogs in rural areas that resemble the descriptions of dogs present at the time of Spanish arrival. One unfortunate thing is that so many of the native breeds either died out as native cultures were disrupted or were deliberately killed by European intruders. The other unfortunate thing is that by and large, Euro-Americans are ignorant of much of the history and culture of indiginous people, both past and present. I don’t know where the claim that chi’s are one of “only a couple indigenous breeds in the western hemisphere”. The chi as we know it is recent, for one thing, having been developed in the late 1800s from a Mexican dog crossed with other tiny breeds, primarily from Asia. Conjecture that this happened earlier is just that, conjecture. A Mayan man from southern Mexico told me that dogs like mine (a 10 pound, muscular chihuahua from the US Southwest) are know as “techica” where he is from. He does not have a domed head or protruding eyes like the bred dogs, and he is gentle if a bit certain of himself. The natives of the Pacific NW, where I grew up, once had several breeds of dog, all of which are now extinct. One of them was a lap dog with long white hair that was used to spin and weave cloth for blankets and winter clothing. All are extinct now, due to the forced relocation of native peoples by whites.

I live in New England now, and have been told that natives here are known to have had companion dogs, recognizable from tribe to tribe. Some of these dogs were interbred with European dogs and changed the character of those dogs.

Natives throughout North America kept dogs which they recognized as unique, and the northern people in particular had dogs that they bred for specific purposes, such as sledding.

I do not know if South American natives had dogs, but mesoamericans certainly did, based on art that distinctly shows several types of dogs, the presence still of dogs in rural areas that resemble the descriptions of dogs present at the time of Spanish arrival.

One unfortunate thing is that so many of the native breeds either died out as native cultures were disrupted or were deliberately killed by European intruders. The other unfortunate thing is that by and large, Euro-Americans are ignorant of much of the history and culture of indiginous people, both past and present.

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