Talk:Alopekis

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[edit] Hoax

I'm concerned that the Alopekis may be another hoax dog breed, or at least extremely non-notable, like the Tamaskan Dog. The warning signs are all there; it's unrecognised by any kennel club, it's a 'rare' breed and it was once considered to be the same as another breed (which we don't have an article for). The article makes some grand claims regarding the history of the breed, but no reliable sources for them. There is no Alopekis club in Greece or any other country; compare this to the Norwegian Lundehund, another rare breed.

Google hits are initially encouraging [1], but most of the hits are for Greek streets with that name. Compensating gives a far weaker result: [2]. The bulk of the hits seem to be for advert-filled dog sites that allow anyone to submit content. The two external links are sites of this type. One, dogbreedinfo.com contains pictures of very varied looking dogs, all apparently examples of 'Alopekii'. --Nydas^(Talk) 12:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)