In what year was the Yakutian Laika officially recognized by the RKF in Russia?
2004
Despite its origins stretching back thousands of years as an aboriginal landrace, the formal standardization and recognition of the Yakutian Laika occurred relatively recently. The breed achieved its official recognition status within Russia under the RKF (Russian Kynological Federation) in the year 2004. This marked the beginning of efforts to codify its appearance and temperament into a written standard. Following this initial domestic acknowledgment, the breed subsequently gained inclusion in the FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) and the AKC’s Foundation Stock Service, both occurring in 2017, demonstrating a modern effort to stabilize a population that had previously been shaped almost entirely by utility and environmental selection in isolation.
