Historical Elkhound Material

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Heritage, origins, old lines, and archival comparisons.

Historical Elkhound Material, Working Dog Philosophy

Vendela The Viking Dog

I have a great short clip of Vendela, daughter of GAEDA. This is a cool video post that Julie had over on Instagram and I wanted to share it. It’s a really neat compilation of times with Vendela. We have a granddaughter of GAEDA in our breeding program from the sister to Vendela, Vida. Her …...

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Genetics and Lineage, Historical Elkhound Material, Training & Development

Hiking on the bear trail with Elkhounds

Jamthund Aila, Norwegian Elkhounds Tuva and Tekla, along with Norwegian Elkhound pups Mia, Tiera and Kofu. I recall the great hike I had with these tremendous dogs. Fully skilled in bear work and working in bear rich terrain. I would do Desna training using these three mentor dogs, Aila, Tekla and Tuva to train and …...

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Historical Elkhound Material

What is a bear dog?

Let’s face it, the majority of folks have really no real knowledge of what a bear dog is. As I am the only breeder of the Original bear dogs, the Jamthund, or as some know them, the Swedish Elkhound not many in North America have even seen one. For centuries these dogs have served the …...

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