Once a cherished companion of Indigenous peoples in the Pacific Northwest, the woolly dog is a fascinating chapter in the history of human-animal relationships. With its distinctive fluffy coat, this ...

VANCOUVER - For thousands of years, a breed of white, woolly dog played an important and cultural role for Coast Salish people in Western Canada but when colonists moved in the animal quickly ...

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Daily exercise, like long walks or swimming, keeps them happy and healthy. The Salish Woolly Dog, a recently extinct breed, was bred by Indigenous peoples for its unique wool. This wool was spun into ...

Textiles artist Emily O’Leary creates amazingly realistic hand-hooked rugs that are shaped like sleeping dogs, appearing much in the way that animal skin rugs have historically decorated floors ...

According to a new exhibition in Amsterdam, centuries of human intervention turned the animal into “a wool-producing machine ...

During December and January, and particularly the last few weeks, Ed, my spouse of too many years to count, has been wearing his ski cap when outside. I’ve been wearing earmuffs or one of my soft wool ...

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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.