The Hare Indian dog was a diminutive, slenderly built domesticated canid with a small head[2] and a narrow, pointed and elongated muzzle.

The tail was thick and bushy,[3] and it curled upwards over its right hip,[2] though not to the extent of the Canadian Eskimo dog.

The fur was long and straight, the base colour being white with large, irregular greyish black patches intermingled with various brown shades.

[2] The Hare Indian dog was apparently very playful, and readily befriended strangers,[3] though it was not very docile, and disliked confinement of any kind.

Like a wild animal it is very mindful of an injury, nor does it, like a spaniel, crouch under the lash; but if it is conscious of having deserved punishment, it will hover round the tent of its master the whole day, without coming within his reach, even if he calls it.

The larger Dogs which we had for draught at Fort Franklin, and which were of the mongrel breed in common use at the fur posts, used to pursue the Hare-Indian Dogs for the purpose of devouring them; but the latter far outstripped them in speed, and easily made their escape.

A young puppy, which I purchased from the Hare Indians, became greatly attached to me, and when about seven months old ran on the snow by the side of my sledge for nine hundred miles, without suffering from fatigue.

[5] When first examined by European biologists, the Hare Indian dog was found to be almost identical to the coyote in build (save for the former's smaller skull) and fur length.