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| | American dog breeds -- Newsday.com |
 | | The Alaskan Malamute is the native Alaskan Arctic breed, cousin to the Samoyed of Russia, Siberian Husky (Kolyma River Region), and the Eskimo dogs of Greenland and Labrador. |
 | | Developed as a cold water duck dog, the American Water Spaniel was used through the 19th and 20th centuries as a retriever of wildfowl, a flusher and retriever of upland game of fur and feather and as a personal family companion. |
 | | This type of dog was instrumental in the success of farmers and settlers, and was used for general farm work, hunting wild pigs, bears, and other large game, guarding the homestead, and general companionship. |
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