Sulimov Dog

The Sulimov Dog is a breed of dog.

Size Medium Origin Russian

The Sulimov Dog (Russian: Собакa Сулимова) is a Russian Jackal-Dog Hybrid originating from an initial hybrid between a Siberian Husky and a Turkmen Golden Jackal. The primary use of this breed has been to aid airport security as sniffer dogs. They combine the qualities of Arctic reindeer herding dogs, which can work in temperatures as low as -70C, and jackals which enjoy the heat up to +40C.

Half-bred Jackal-Huskies were hard to train and were bred back to Huskies to produce quarter-bred hybrids (quadroons). These hybrids were small, agile, trainable and had excellent noses. They were then called Sulimov Dogs after their creator and may one day be registered as a working breed of dog. Twenty-five Sulimov dogs are used by Aeroflot at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, for functions which include bomb-sniffing. Their breeding program dates back to 1975, but was not applied to bomb detection until 2002.