In fact, they're still used in the Middle East to hunt gazelle and in the western United States to hunt jackrabbits. At first glance, you might think we showed you the same rare dog breed twice.

He later undertook crossbreeding with the Sekishu dog, a breed native to the western part of neighboring Shimane Prefecture, which set the foundation of today’s Sanin Shiba Inu. During the 1950s ...