Salish Wool Dog

Salish Wool Dog
A Salish Wool Dog in a 19th-century painting of Coast Salish weaving
OriginWashington state and British Columbia
Breed statusExtinct
Dog (domestic dog)

The Salish Wool Dog, also known as the Comox dog or Clallam Indian Dog,[1] is an extinct breed of white, long-haired, Spitz-type dog that was developed and bred by the Coast Salish peoples of what is now Washington state and British Columbia for textile production.[2]

  1. ^ "Dogs of the American Aborigines". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "World Small Animal Veterinary Association World Congress Proceedings, 2005". VIN.com. 30 March 2015.