Canaan Dog
Canaan · 19.5–23.5 in tall · 40–55 lb · short smooth coat
Next to the average dog it is vocal, independent, heavy-shedding, and not for small children. Day to day it needs a moderate amount of exercise.
Find out if a Canaan Dog suits youA good fit if…
- this is your first dog — the scores point to a manageable one
Think twice if…
- you share walls with neighbours
- hair on everything would bother you
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
The Canaan Dog (Hebrew: כֶּלֶב כְּנַעֲנִי, romanized: Kelev kna'ani, lit. 'Canaanite dog', Arabic: كلب كنعاني, romanized: kalb kanʿāni) is a dog breed developed in the early 20th century from semiwild pariah dogs that were the descendants of animals present in the region since biblical times. It is the national dog of Israel and can be found in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and the Sinai Peninsula. As of 2012, there were 2,000 to 3,000 Canaan Dogs across the world.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
