The Northern Inuit Dog is a breed of dog developed in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. It was bred from unknown breeds imported from North America and crossbred with the German Shepherd Dog, Alaskan Malamute, Siberian Husky, and possibly the Samoyed dog. It was intended to be a family pet that looked like a wolf. It is not recognized by any major kennel clubs but only by its own breed clubs. The breed is quite primitive and are more difficult to train than other, more biddable breeds. In the late 1980s, the founder of the breed, Eddie Harrison, bred several mixed-breed rescue dogs of unknown origin or heritage with Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, and a specific bloodline of German Shepherd Dog, to produce the early Northern Inuit dogs. The breed's intent was to create a dog that closely resembled a wolf in appearance while possessing the gentler, more trainable character of the domesticated dog.
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