Japan Village Dog

Illustration courtesy of the Swedish Kennel Club

Japanese Village Dogs are true survivors! For thousands of years they’ve carved out a life amongst the varied terrain of their homeland—ranging and breeding independently, they have figured things out on their own with little interference (and maybe a few scraps) from the people nearby!

Fun Fact

Dogs likely first arrived in Japan with the Jomon people, over 9,500 to 12,000 years ago.

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