Northern Inuit Discussions

had the northern inuit agm today,all went well ,and was well attended. it was nice to meet a few new faces.

I heard it was well attended Julie and alot of respect has been given to me from those attended well done!

Well done to everyone who attended, I'm so sad to have missed it it sounds like you all had a great time.

does the NI have a website? The only one I could find is closed down for work or something, but it has been that way for a while.....

Yes, The website is down. I know it has been so for a bit but we promise it will be up and running soon. Meanwhile lots of our members have sites of their own which all have lots of Northern Inuit Information.
But we do also have a yahoo forum which anyone can join and speak with breeders and owners and look at over 200 Northern Inuit photos of members dogs.

hopefully it wont be long before our website is ready, theres lots of hard work going in to it, i have a site and the link is in my profile, but it hasnt been updated for a while

I really just wanted to have a quick peek at the standard. I have seen 2 litters of NI's and seen lots of private sites and pics on the ITnet but I have failed to find two breeders that agree on the standard I have even had breeders email me the standard, but they were both totally differant, I don't know which to believe. Some breeders tell me blue eyes are not allowed and one breeder told me that that's what everyone wants and that the NI society register all her pups with blue eyes with no problems. Can you tell me are blue eyes allowed as I think they are very striking with blue, but don't want to buy one if they are wrong??

Well, you need to go to the Northern Inuit Society for the official standard in that case...Any breeder of N.I.D's should be following the standard set by them if they want to breed Northern Inuit Dogs...If you don't want to breed dogs how the Northern Inuit Dog is expected to look then don't, but admit it and say so .

If your not bothered about standard then fine if it bothers you alot and you want to go with people using the standard as written by the Society themselves then go through them to obtain a breeder adhering to the standard.

Blue eyes are most definitely allowed. Blue eyes are not allowed within the Utonagan standard on the other hand but they are not a fault in the NI standard. 'What everyone wants' shouldn't come into it, if blue eyes occur then fine but it shouldn't be what a breeder is using as a sales pitch the same as a breeder who's dogs produce a blue GSD then advertise as 'rare'.

Also, a pure Northern Inuit pup will always be registered with faults and all. They are all registered so long as they are full NI. An NI is still an NI even if it does have faults. Someone should advise to not breed from a dog with 'faults' depending on how big the fault. Maybe put a restriction on. And also anyone wishing to breed should exercise their own judgement. But it is a load of **** to say my pups are to standard cuz they are registered.

I would always advise to look at as many NI as it is possible and get a good feel for what you like and go with a breeder who is firstly, reputable and breeding for health first and foremost and secondly who is producing the type you like. Make sure you ask as many q's you can think of regarding health...You don't want a breeder who is breeding for blue eyes and not thinking about health issues do you. Check their dogs are hip scored and have had other such health checks etc etc.

Health = far more important than anything else like standard or look in my opinion. Start with health first then work your way down the list.

hi i received an email as i had subscibed to this link a while ago. i have bred 1 litter of inuits up to now. before i did this i looked into what and whom i should use and got a mixed batch of advice! when asking questions about what is acceptable again i got a mixed response. there is little consistency when comparing one breeder to another. there are so many contradictions its unbelievable. may i suggest to you that you take into consideration some logical and sensible aspects if you decide on an inuit.meet the parents and get info on the parents parents. look at the temperments and medical history of these. dont just vet the mother, vet the father and the breeder as well. find out as much history on the dogs and look how they are kept, treated, previous litters etc the standard of the northern inuit or any other inuit at this point in time means nothing. the kennel club havent even looked at recognising the breed yet and wont be till november 2006. so it really doesnt matter. use your common sense and go for what you like, after all its your dog. the fact a dog has blue eyes or a patchy coat or a curly tail doesnt matter. if you want to breed then when you choose your dogs mating choice a more suitable to type dog can be chosen. many successful breeders keep bitches that are not to standard or have faults but chosing a good stud to put to the bitch will help. hope some of this helps.

yeah I agree to a certain extent. Especially...Health is paramount...temperament and how the breeder fairs in your opinion of a good breeder...Lastly the look you are most keen on

Loads of us here have links to our own sites where you can see 100's of pics to get a good feel for what you like in the looks dept (but that really is the easiest part).

There is a show on June 4th in Essex (I think June 4th at least) If you could go there you will meet many NI...If you can't keep your eyes open for other events and visit breeders and their dogs etc.

yes your right its the 4th June (this sunday) there are full details of this show in the showing section on this forum. there is also the one in August in Oldham.

Well how are people supposed to make their dogs consistant and all look the same if they are using dogs just because they have good hips or eyes. Surely if a dog is a bad specimen it shouldn't be used. I'm not saying you should used good specimens with bad health but surely their is an inbetween?

thats exactly right, and if someone wants to hide the fact that their dog is poor then it doesnt matter what breed you have people do it. and at the end of the day only the dogs suffer and perhaps the owners with large vets bills!!! but such is life, all you can do is make sure you do your best when you decide to choose.

Well I'd like to think that breeders have considered this & are aiming to use only good standard dogs (looks wise) that also have good health & temprement to create as you say a good even balance of everything.

Yes some breeders do use dogs with minor faults but thats because put to the right partner minor faults can be bred out, not to mention its not always about how the dog looks but what the dog throws, even the highest standard of dogs can be capable of throwing poor quality pups if put to the wrong partner (for example, if 2 top quality dogs were mated together but both had the same 'bad' recessive gene for a certain feature then it stands to reason that at least some of their pups are going to be born with that particular bad feature whereas the same dog with this particular bad recssive gene was put to a dog that didn't have that same bad recessive gene then none of the pups would get that bad feature, an easy example of this is if you have a yellow eyed dog that has a recessive gene for blue eyes & its put to a yellow eyed bitch with a recessive gene for blue eyes then its likely that some of the pups will have blue eyes, if the same dog was put to a yellow eyed bitch that didn't have the recessive gene for blue eyes then chances are they probably wouldn't have any blue eyed pups.)

From what I have seen a lot of breeders involved in this breed are doing just that (breeding good standard dogs with good health & temp & more often than not getting good quality pups). Yes of course there are going to be some bad/unscrupulous breeders but that is to be expected, there are bad breeders within every breed & it is up the the purchaser to make sure they do their own research on both the breed and the breeders & choose the breeder & pup that is right for them.

So who has the correct standard. Can I get in touch with the NI club about the standard. What breeders can I trust? Who can I go to for help?

If you look on my website in my profile it has on it the official breed standard along with lots of other information.

Alternativly you can contact any of the Northern Inuit Society comittee members & they will be able to supply you with a copy of the breed standard & give you as much information as you require. They will also be able to advise you of reputable registered breeders in your area. Again if you wish to look on the links page of my website it gives contact details of the society president, vice president, chairwoman & registrations officer as well as some of the comittee members websites. If theres anything I else I can help you with feel free to pm or e-mail me I'm more than happy to help.

there are no faulty eye colours in the northern inuit breed, my moon has one yellow and one icy blue eye and gets lots of comments on his stunning eyes, my timbers eyes are so dark as to be almost black and my inukatuk's eyes are a very pale yellowy green, eyes can vary from darkest brown through to amber, yellow to blue or one of each. at the end of the day, health is paramount and also i dont consider any of my dogs to be substandard and i breed from the best of my dogs, but as in any breed, some pups can be born with faults, eg curly tails, ink marked coats and floppy ears, touch wood,ive been very lucky and all my pups have been good ones, but if people want a pet, again, they are more concernedwith good health rather than perfect looks

bluegypsy,the northern inuit dog show is in romford essex this sunday, if your able to, you are most welcome to come and meet us all and the dogs

What Akna has said isn't strictly true - all the websites for genuine Northern Inuits with just one exception are showing the official breed standard.

There is consistency in the breed and all the recent litters have shown this.

Obviously there are people breeding from older dogs/bitches which will still be throwing inconsistent pups.

So long as you are breeding from healthy stock the occasional visual fault isn't a major problem, so long as both sets of parents don't have that fault.

People should be aware that there are a lot of breeders selling pups that aren't genuine and you can never be sure what sort of cross you are getting (some are dangerous and illegal). All Northern Inuit pups will come with the official registration certificate, which is embossed and initialled by our registration officer. So anyone buying should make sure of this before purchasing. don't be fobbed off with any other paperwork.