History of the Breed

At present the full history of the breed is being researched by several different people, three at least are writing books on the subject and they will hopefully be available soon. Until then we will keep to the original brief that we have been told.

A few individuals had the vision of creating a dog that resembled the wolf but retained the trainability of the domestic dog. In the 1980’s several Inuit/Husky type dogs were imported by them and a few of the progeny of these were bred with Malamute and Husky crosses and German Shepherd Dogs to create a breed with a wolfish appearance that could be easily trained.

They were bred over several generations to create the Northern Inuit Dog we know today.

One of those individuals was a lady called Edwina Harrison. According to a press interview Buck was Edwina’s founding Stud Dog and is behind all our N.I. Dogs.You will find all her dogs somewhere in their pedigrees.

Many other people were involved with the breeding of these dogs and some sold them as wolfhybrids this caused a scare across the country especially after a BBC programme about wolf hybrids and it took a Court case to prove that there was no wolf content in the dogs at all.

Using the original brief a breeding programme is being developed involving TIDA breeders to improve the health and expand the small gene pool of these dogs. This will take time as much research and thought will be involved. The future looks bright for these dogs and with careful planning their wolfish appearance will be retained alongside their friendly personality.