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The Alaskan Malamute is a wolfhound, classified in the "Spitz" and "primitive kind" (Group 5 according to the classification F.C.I.) group of dogs.
The Alaskan Malamute takes its name from the Inuit tribe of Mahlemiut, tEskimo language MIUT means "people", while nobody knows what the word "mahle" stands for. Probably it was a geographic name, so "mahlemiut" means "Mahle's people". This tribe lives in Alaska; a big country that belonged to the Russian Empire and was sold to USA in 1867.
The Malamutes were fed with fish and caribou (wild reindeers) and they didn't eat once a day, but once in three or four days; that's the cause of their particular assimilation and digestion, different from other
breeds like German Shepherd, Doberman, etc.
It's a powerful dog, solidly grown upon a deep chest, a strong and compact physique but not too short, with a guard hair thick and coarse, of sufficient length, in order to protect the under hair, thick and wooly, that measures from 2,5 to 5cm when in full hair.
The head is large; the ears are triangular with round off tips, upright when they're in attention.
The snout is of an average size, not too sharp-pointed neither too pudgy. Their almond-shaped eyes must be brown, the darkest possible. The tail, in a straight line with the spine, must be too rolled up, hairy, like
a fluttering feather. The breed standard count males 63,5cm high at the withers/shoulders and 38kg heavy, and females 58,5cm high at the withers/shoulders for 34kg.
It's a very tender, sociable, inclined to play, loyal and devoted mate. The Alaskan is a great communicator that "talks" with whimpers and sometimes yawls, but it doesn't bark at all!