INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE ABORIGINAL TYPE AND WORKING ATTITUDE IN ARCTIC BREEDS
Arctic Breeds, the perfekt wilderness- and outdoor dog!
To be able to preserve our breeds as active outdoor dogs worldwide, we needed a platform that brings together people from different countries for collaboration and knowledge exchange. That is why the network PAWAB started. As well as the need of a collective library of knowledge from all over the world.
The network is a complement to each country's breeding associations. We saw a need to cover the vacuum that is not taken care of today, the international cooperation, the bridge between the countries.
If you want to help with the breed management or just want to learn more, you are welcome as a member. You just complete the member request form (the membership is free), which includes co-operation goals. These goals constitute a common vision and aspiration for what we want as a goal with our breedmanagement. What brings us together is that we strive towards a common goal, to preserv the breed with its arctic and working abilitis.
The full name of the network is:
"INTERNATIONAL NETWORK TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE ABORIGINAL TYPE AND WORKING ATTITUDE IN ARCTIC BREEDS,
but the abbreviation we use is P.A.W.A.B and that stands for:
Preserve. Aboriginal. Working. Arctic. Breeds
As the network is an international association, our main language is English
However, we hope that you will bear with the fact that the English is not always perfect as the admin group does not have English as their first language.
We have members from countries around the world. Our members live and work in, among others, the following countries
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands, USA, Canada, Mexico, Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, Australia, France...
The purpose and goals of the network
The main purpose of the network is to contribute to preserve and protect the historical cultural heritage surrounding our Arctic breeds. And to create contact networks between enthusiasts worldwide and contribute to better international cooperation.
We want to preserve the older more original and functional type of our breeds with a wide enough genetic variation for them to continue to be viable into the future.
The network is based on non-profit activities and aims to benefit the survival of our breeds in a world where the genetic variation and availability of unrelated breeding material is becoming less and less in our respective countries in terms of the working part of the respective breed population (Samoyed and Alaskan Malamute). In the case of Greenland Dog and Yakutian Laika, it is more about preserving the small genetic population that exists today and preventing them from moving towards a future of show breeding. As well as to spread information about the working polar dog and create a consensus on what is important in a breeding strategy to preserve the origin and survival of our breeds as a working dog on an international arena.
Most breeds with a working background exist today as split breeds, often a so-called show variety and a more original variety that can still work. We look with concern at how the number of breeders and male dog owners who actively work to produce functional dogs with an unchanged appearance and retained characteristics has greatly decreased and today is a minority in many countries, therefore we believe that this network is important to coordinate the work between countries to help and support each other.
Members of the network are working for the future of the entire breed and not just based on their own gain and interest. The members of the network do not breed dogs primarily for financial gain, but strive to do what is best for the survival and preservation of the breed into the future.
Members of the network work primarily to preserve the historical heritage of the breeds and the characteristics required for them to be able to perform their traditional work satisfactorily.
As for other general dog sports, the network regards these as part of good dog ownership but does not see them as part of breed management as they do not belong to the traditional work of the breeds.
The network takes care of our polar breeds and varieties. If your breed is not in the network today and you feel that you want to become the breed's ambassador and coordinate the information about your breed, contact the network and we will find a good form of cooperation.