Carolina Dog

Carolina dog
OriginUnited States
Traits
Height 17.75–19.5 in (45.1–49.5 cm)
Weight 30–55 lb (14–25 kg)
Color Preferable: red ginger with pale buff markings over the shoulders, and pale white along the muzzle.
Kennel club standards
United Kennel Club standard
Dog (domestic dog)

The Carolina dog, also known as a yellow dog, yaller dog, American dingo, or Dixie dingo, is a breed of medium-sized dog occasionally found feral in the Southeastern United States, especially in isolated stretches of longleaf pines and cypress swamps. Efforts to establish them as a standardized breed have gained the Carolina Dog breed recognition in two smaller kennel clubs and full acceptance into the breed-establishment program of one major kennel club.

Originally a landrace breed, the Carolina dog was rediscovered living as a free-roaming population by I. Lehr Brisbin Jr., though originally documented in American dog-related publications in the 1920s. Carolina dogs show admixture with dog breeds from east Asia.

Despite the name, it is not the state dog of North Carolina (Plott Hound) or South Carolina (Boykin Spaniel).

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