A Young Full Blood Elkhound Showing True Instinct and Lineage Intelligence (Ark × Revna – Montana Whelping, Stewardship Program) Reidar, the young Full Blood Elkhound male from the Ark × Revna pairing whelped by Linda in Montana, is beginning to…
Today I took Murdock out into the Northern Alberta bush for a short off‑leash hike, and at just sixteen weeks of age he showed the kind of natural instinct and calm working ability that always reminds me why these Elkhounds…
The Norwegian Elkhound pup is the beginning of a heritage working dog whose instincts, temperament, stamina, and social intelligence are already present from the earliest days. A true Elkhound pup is not a blank slate. It is the expression of…
A Working Elkhound in Real North American Forestry Every once in a while, a family sends an update that doesn’t just describe a dog — it describes an entire architecture. Gifford, a Jaegar × Kalia son placed nearly nine years…
A Kamia‑Exclusive Lineage Designation and the Last Living Repository of the Ancient Northern Elkhound The term Golden Ring Elkhound exists in only one place in the world today: Kamia Kennels. It is not a registry term, not a show-ring label,…
Why This Clip Matters This four‑minute segment, filmed roughly four years ago on the bear trail in British Columbia, captures the essence of the Jamthund bear‑line architecture. It features: The terrain is dense bear country — the same region where…
Why This Clip Matters Today This video was taken almost five years ago on the bear trail in British Columbia. At the time, I was hiking with two of the greatest mentor females I have ever worked with: With me…
Why I’m Showing This Clip Now With two historic litters arriving — Moki × Riatta and Teeko × Karia — this seven‑minute clip from years ago is the perfect way to show people exactly what kind of behavioural architecture these…
Presence and Structure Jaegar stands as one of the most complete working males ever produced in the northern Elkhound architecture — a dog of immense physical presence, flawless proportion, and enduring capability. His skeletal density, long stride, and calm, intelligent…
When I look back across the entire span of our preservation work, there are a handful of dogs whose influence is so profound that the entire architecture of the modern Norwegian Elkhound in North America shifts because of them. Pretty…
