Russian-European Laika: photo, characteristics and description of the breed, owner reviews

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

There are few hunting breeds of dogs that are suitable only for real Russian men, who are able to surf the taiga with a couple of crackers and a piece of lard in a bowler hat with a gun over their shoulders for days. And one of them is the Russian-European Laika. Not everyone will have the patience to cope with it, but if someone has got such a dog, he will be in love with the breed for the rest of his life.

Blood story

The Russian-European Laika was bred for hunting. In breeding work, to obtain a new breed, aboriginal huskies from Finland, Karelia, Kostroma, Komi, Arkhangelsk and Votyak dogs were used. In the USSR, the breed was approved in the sixties of the last century with the main reference black and white color and exterior, which the breed inherited from the male Putik. The dog was born from a West Siberian Laika female and a dog from the Komi ASSR. It was a successful experiment of Soviet livestock specialists. A seething mixture of the best qualities of almost all the huskies available in the Land of the Soviets onoutput gave a versatile dog for hunting most popular types of game. Of course, a dog is not a robot, each puppy is born with its own character, which must be taken into account by the hunter when taking a fluffy ball into the house. And do not expect that one dog will be universal for any animal or bird.

Description of the breed

A non-professional due to the prevailing black in color, even looking at the photo of the Russian-European husky, can confuse it with the East Siberian breed. This, of course, at first, superficial glance.

Russian-European Laika is a medium-sized dog with a dry body constitution. Mobile, with an increased orienting reaction, has a balanced temperament. Shows no malice towards the person. When hunting, he walks at a gallop, rarely switching to a trot.

The description of the Russian-European husky begins with a growth metric. This dog is not large and not small - medium. Males at the withers up to 58 cm, females - up to 54 cm. Adults weigh from 17 to 22 kg. They live on average up to 13 years. Dogs of this breed have a thick coat, straight on top, coarse, compacted with a soft undercoat. The neck, withers and shoulders are decorated with a lush collar of outer coat. The coat is shorter on the head, muzzle and ears. On the hind legs forms fluffy pants. The entire length of the tail is equally pubescent, with a little longer hair on its underside, but without dewlap.

Black and white or white and black colors are the calling card of the breed. Russo-European Laika can be either completely white, but with one blackspot, and vice versa. But most of the representatives of this breed "wear" the color in the ratio of ninety to ten or sixty to forty. Often Russian-European Laika puppies are born almost white, which is a positive factor in further breeding to maintain the necessary white balance. In general, white huskies in the hunt can show themselves better, the beast does not immediately recognize them against the background of snow. The advantage of black dogs appeared due to the trend of keeping in city apartments. Mud on white dogs is immediately noticeable.

Exterior flaws

In the classic description of the Russian-European Laika breed, in addition to color requirements, the following unacceptable shortcomings and vices are indicated:

• Thinness or fullness.
• Too massive case.
• Excessively elongated head, too pronounced or flattened stop.
• Upturned muzzle, excessive length or coarseness.
• Large, low-set, fixed ears.
• Round ends of the ears.
• Heavy stilted step.
• Slanted croup, narrow or flat.
• Tan marks on the head differ from the main color.

Character

In terms of nervous balance, they are superior to the Karelian-Finnish ones, but slightly inferior to the West Siberian Laikas. This is more than justified by unprecedented excitement, activity, endurance, excellent hearing, sensitive nose and vigilance. Russian-European Laika requires space, so it is better to keep them in a private house, with the possibilityfree movement around the homestead territory. Content in a city apartment is unacceptable for them. A compromise is possible in the case of frequent and long walks with physical exertion. They need work to be able to throw out their accumulated energy, both physical and emotional. Therefore, if the dog is locked up in the apartment for the whole working day, by the evening the owner will have “surprises” in the form of a gutted sofa, armchair, torn wallpaper, gnawed slippers and haute couture leather shoes. You can buy a cage, but this is an option if this is not practiced daily. If the owner does not have time for long active walks with a husky, it is better to think about choosing another breed. If there is enough time for walking, and the owner of the husky is not a hunter, then the dog’s sports (agility, obedience, and others) become an option. But still, none of the sports of dogs will satisfy the desire of the husky to hunt.

The characteristic of the Russian-European husky is indicated, among other things, by negative qualities. They include willfulness. During the hunt, the husky can go far and not go to the call for a long time. There were cases when the dogs returned, but it is worth noting - on their own, on the third day. That is, the second negative quality is the tendency to escape. And the third is vociferousness. This invaluable quality on the hunt brings a lot of inconvenience in a city apartment. Which again confirms the unacceptability of the content of likes in the city.

If there are children in the house, likes will be great friends for them, even for very young ones. They have a low sensitivity to pain, which allows them toendure the molestation of children. Laika will never offend a child, on the contrary, subconsciously they seek to protect and protect them.

A Russo-European Laika puppy is taught to pets, especially birds and rabbits, from a very early age, in order to prevent "encroachments" in their direction in the future.

Security qualities

The Russian-European Laika is a dog that is distrustful of strangers, although it does not have active aggression towards humans. If an ill-wisher tries to get into a dwelling or courtyard, he will definitely be barked. Only to fill up the villain on the ground and hold the neck until the owner approaches, there will be no like.

Caring for the Russian-European Laika

Unpretentiousness in content becomes one of the main arguments for hunters in choosing a breed. They are kept mainly in enclosures with a warm booth. In apartments, it is necessary to allocate a spacious place with your own couch, and in no case be allowed on beds and armchairs for the purpose of education.

Even if the dog has its own aviary and a yard with a fence, where it can move freely, active walking is required. It is also necessary to provide her with physical activity. It will not be superfluous to maintain communication with her (it does not matter that dogs do not understand words). Otherwise, the husky will develop nervousness.

Although the dog is unpretentious in care, you still have to comb out thick hair. Bathing procedures are not necessary for her, they bathe huskies no more than 2 times a year. But ears and eyes need constant care and monitoring.

Teeth are brushed twice a week, either with a toothbrush or a special fingertip. Otherwise, tartar, caries and, as a result, loss of teeth may develop. And a dog without teeth is a disabled person.

The eyes of a he althy dog are alive and shining. Slight gray discharge in the corners of the eyes in the morning is an acceptable phenomenon. So the dog's body cleans the organs of vision from dust. And yet, you should monitor them, and for the purpose of prevention, wash weekly with a decoction of chamomile. At the same time, the dog is not allowed to walk outside until the eyes (the hair around them) are dry.

Claws are trimmed once a month. In general, paws after each walk or hunt should be checked for damage. Unfortunately, broken glass, canned food cans in the forest are the norm for our country. Not to mention the city. Since the husky must be taken out to a forest or a field outside the city, the need for treatment from ectoparasites is natural.

Performance

The characteristic of the Russian-European Laika breed is primarily its ability to work in the field. It is used for almost all types of game. Likes work on a fur-bearing animal, a boar, a bear. Trained dog for upland, waterfowl, including wading birds. Works on them like a spaniel does. Precocity in work is a fairly common occurrence in the behavior of puppies of this breed. As a result of the appropriate training, already at the eighth or ninth month of age, they are looking for squirrels, capercaillie, almost on a par with adult huskies.

First dressings

FittingRussian-European huskies start from 4-6 months, since already during this period they show the makings of a hunter. In the absence of experience in training huskies, it is imperative to contact a specialist (trainer). A course of behavior with an animal in the forest must be completed, since the life of a dog in real conditions on a hunt depends on the correct training during training.

He alth

It's safe to say that the Russian-European Laika is a dog with good he alth. It is characterized by endurance, resistance to various types of diseases. No diseases that are inherited by likes have been found yet.

To keep your dog he althy, you will certainly need to provide him with a full range, exercise him physically, feed him a balanced meal with enough vitamins and give him plenty of water. In this case, a metabolic disorder becomes unlikely.

Food

What is the difference between feeding the Russian-European husky? Nothing. Prefer natural food or premium dry food. In a natural diet, 60 percent of the serving should be meat and offal, the rest in a balanced amount - vegetables, cereals, vitamin supplements as needed. It does not hurt to pamper sometimes with a sugar bone. Laika is not a picky eater, but that doesn't mean she's okay with throwing table scraps into a bowl.

Opinion of hunters about the breed

On forums dedicated to hunting with dogs, there are manyreviews of the Russian-European like. Most of them are positive. The owners note that these are serious dogs. Not everyone dares to start them, fearing aggressiveness. But they do not show aggression, but behave very self-sufficiently. They live with most owners in enclosures with booths. According to the owners, the wool of the husky deteriorates due to poor conditions. Proper training is also important. You can teach your dog not to pay attention to chickens and other domestic animals. This allows the poultry to freely walk around the yard. Many say that huskies are good dogs, but not for keeping in apartments.