General announcements, website updates, events, media mentions, and important notes that don’t fit into the academic or operational categories. A clean place for all the “need‑to‑know” updates for Kamia families and followers.
For years, families have followed the Kamia journey through this blog — the pups, the updates, the stories, the lineage notes, and the old-male pack. Behind all of that is a long-term program that has been running quietly in the…
Moki × Riatta — A Historic Preservation Litter in the Making The great state of Texas is about to witness one of the most important Norwegian Elkhound preservation matings in North America. Down in Seabrook, TX, two phenomenal Elkhounds —…
ARE MAKING A SIGNIFICANT COMEBACK IN TEXAS** The Historic Riatta × Moki Litter — A Decade in the Making There are moments in a restoration program where everything comes full circle — where the past, the present, and the future…
And Why Our System at Kamia Is the Last Functioning Example of It People often assume that somewhere out there — in sled dogs, livestock guardians, hounds, or primitive breeds — someone must still be running a true old‑male pack…
The Difference Between a Dog From Architecture and a Dog From Breeding Most people today buy a dog from a breeder. Very few people buy a dog from a lineage. Almost no one buys a dog from a functioning ancient…
Kamia Kennels — Canada The Full Blood Elkhound is not a modern invention, a show‑ring construct, or a cosmetic interpretation of a northern dog. It is the original working Elkhound — the landrace northern hunting and utility dog of Scandinavia…
Across North America, the true Norwegian Elkhound—the ancient northern working dog of the Vikings—survives in only one place: within the Kamia Kennels Preservation Program. The defining sires of the breed today are not found in show‑ring pedigrees, registry lists, or…
For generations, the Norwegian Elkhound has stood as one of the great northern working dogs—an animal shaped by mountains, weather, instinct, and partnership with people who lived close to the land. Yet in North America, the original Elkhound has become…
There are many Elkhounds in the world, but there is only one population that carries the name Full Blood Elkhound, and that lineage exists exclusively at Kamia Kennels. The term does not describe a color, a pedigree, or a marketing…
