Canadian Inuit Dog Names

If you have been living under a rock and never read or watched The Game of Thrones, wow, impressive, and the word direwolf probably means nothing to you. However, the direwolves we know and love and not wolves at all, although they look like mean, fast, and deadly wolves. They are specially-trained Northern Inuit Dogs, a crossbreed created to resemble the wolf, that originates from Huskies, German Shepherds, Samoyeds, Alaskan Malamutes, and other Inuit breeds. One of these mighty Inuit doggos is Nymeria, Arya Stark’s direwolf.

When she was just a pup, Nymeria was adopted after Jon Snow rescued the orphan direwolf puppies and gave one to each Stark child, keeping one for himself. Nymeria then became Arya’s dog, and she named her after Nymeria of Dorne, the warrior queen of the Rhoynar. Since Arya is quite skilled with the sword, she wanted to train Nymeria to fight and obey her, which fails at first, but sweet little Nymeria defends Arya from Joffrey Baratheon and bites his little arm. Queen Cersei orders her execution, but Nymeria is replaced by Lady, Sansa’s direwolf.

For a long time, Arya and her beloved direwolf were separated, due to the dire conditions in the Westeros, and Arya’s time overseas and captivity. However, in Season 7, the two meet again. Hot Pie informs Arya that her half-brother, Jon Snow is now a King in the North. This makes Arya change her plans to head for Winterfell instead of King’s Landing, and she takes a tiresome journey up north. When she stops to rest, she finds herself surrounded by a pack of wolves. Among them, she recognizes Nymeria who is now the leader of the pack, as if we expected anything else from Arya’s companion. Arya approaches her and asks the direwolf to come back home with her, but Nymeria refuses and decides to stay with her pack. Then, Arya realizes that her former baby is now a grown woman, well, direwolf, and that she has her path now, disconnected from Arya’s.

In the books, Arya often has dreams about Nymeria, where she finds herself in Nymeria’s skin, walking around and leading the pack of grey wolves in the Riverlands. They have a special bond that nothing can break, not even the years of separation, and they are both strong female characters that have their own lives, but never try to undermine one another, even when the times are tough.