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The Carolina Dog wasn’t known as a specific breed until the 1970s, after Dr. I. Lehr Brisbin, an ecologist at the University of Georgia, took note of the dogs while conducting research at a site near the Savannah River.

Brisbin initially thought the dog was just a stray, but he stopped by the pound and noticed a number of similar dogs being held there. He began to wonder if there were more such dogs roaming the woods—and there were.

Dr. Brisbin wasn’t the first human to notice the dogs, but his observations did eventually lead to a formal breed designation. (You can now register a Carolina Dog with the American Rare Breed Association and the United Kennel