Tag: Norwegian Elkhound
Choosing a Hiking Dog – Obviously Elkhounds
I had a lady one time she was new to hiking with dogs, impressionable, trying her best to get good intel on the subject. She made the mistake of taking the advise of a “Learned Colleague” instead of an actual practiced and experienced remote terrain handler of hiking dogs. She did not buy a hiking …...
Elkhounds – Old Genetics VS New Genetics
All Elkhounds have some remnants of the ancient genetics. The newer “Show line” Elkhounds have been bred to a closed breeding pool for decades now, lots of them with very little diversity and always focused on a “set look” and style. They did this as the “Breed Standard” was what they followed even...
Past Elkhounds Influence On Elkhound Pups Today
The pups a breeder has today has influence going back at least ten generations. Major influence from the past five generations. At Kamia Kennels we understand the influence of the past generations and are carefully selecting behaviors and instinctive traits in our outcross genetics and of course we carefully monitor all our existing...
