Laikas, occurring on Russian territory, belong to northern primitive breeds retaining traits of their wild ancestor, the wolf, in the appearance and behavior. They are dogs with pointed muzzle, slightly rangy or nearly square body and often gray or gray mixed with red like in the wolf coat color predominate. They are small to medium size pariah- type dogs that originally accompanied humans since prehistory worldwide, until they became replaced with lop-eared, specialized for certain style of hunting, cultured breeds. Pale red and white dogs may have brown noses and lips. Dogs with either coat color have so-called 'zonary' pattern of distribution of pigment in each guard hair. This means guard hair has alternating bands (zones) of white with black, brown or red color.