Along with alpacas and llamas, these woolly dogs are one of only a few known animals intentionally bred for their fleece in all of the Americas. But the practice of keeping woolly dogs and weaving ...

Fluffy Frenchies. Woolly Bullies. These are just two of the names used to describe long-haired French Bulldogs, a rare and interesting phenomenon in the dog world. As the American Kennel Club’s ...

D ebra qasen Sparrow recalls talking and learning about Coast Salish woolly dogs with her grandfather, Ed Sparrow, in her early days as a weaver. Born in 1898, Ed remembered seeing the now-extinct ...

Caption A classic-style Coast Salish blanket, which includes a mixture of woolly dog and goat wool. The woolly dog wool is in the warp (vertical strands). Accessioned 1858. Collection notes ...

This isn't Vancouver-specific so much as regional; there was a breed of dog unique to the area. The Salish Woolly dog was a breed that lived with the local First Nations for thousands of years.