r/NorwegianElkhound
▲ 77 r/NorwegianElkhound
Taika’s adaptive camouflage
If it wasn’t for that smile and tail wagging, you wouldn’t even see her.
u/Jbressi — 4 days ago
Meet my spitz bull
His name is Fruit Bat! (Aka Fruit, Mr. Fruit, Fruity, Bat Boy, Fruit Loop, & Stinky Peanut) he’s an American pitbull terrier/Norwegian elkhound/Keeshond/American bulldog mix. Hence “spitz bull”. He’s barky, he’s bitey, and he’s a little pistol. Always going a thousand miles per hour. He’s SO incredibly smart. He got all his looks from his momma (elkhound/keeshond). He was rehomed to me by a coworker because he was too bitey for their kids. But I love my little mutt so much and just had to share him!
u/Toxxxicwastex — 5 days ago
Harry and Kayla are the cutest sweet hearts! They are large dogs and came in together
This is Harry. He is a 6 year old Norwegian elkhound mix and is animal ID is #A5771635. Harry is so beautiful and he reminds me of a wolf!! He has beautiful light blue eyes and such a sweet personality, he deserves so much love!!
This is Kayla. She is a 5 year old Siberian husky and her animal ID is #A5771636.
Kayla did seem a bit on the shy side but I think it's just the environment she is in.
She seems very calm and mellow and I think she would love a nice comfy couch to sleep on!!
@palmdaleanimalslaco
Located at Los Angeles County Animal Control- Palmdale Ca
For updates, more information and exit plans, please contact the shelter directly.
Phone: 661-575-2800 or
661-575-2888
Address:
38550 Sierra Highway
Palmdale, CA 93550
u/399OE — 10 days ago
▲ 14 r/NorwegianElkhound
Barking!
Hi all! We have a 4 month old Elkie pup. He’s an absolute dream with a beautiful personality and I love him to bits. The only issue is, barking.
Yep, I know the breed bark! I’ve multiple vocal spitz breed experience. But I am planning to show him, and I’ve been told by other show Elkie enthusiasts that “they only bark with pet owners because they let them”. He will bark non-stop, incessantly with excitement whenever we are at any event, at a show, or even if someone wants to say hello to him on the street. It’s frustration barking and excitement barking. At home he’s great, no barking or only a little while playing with our other dog.
His barking got us taken out of puppy class, we also go to ringcraft where he also barks almost nonstop still, after 5 sessions.
We have had a few trainers we know (unpaid) and a really experienced Elkhound owners try to spend a bit of time with him but they do even worse than me. He’s so excitable. We’ve tried positive reinforcement, corrections with lead, verbal corrections.
It’s making me feel very sad because I know he must get over this for show - and for us to be able to take him places with our other dog without dirty glares.
Can anyone offer some techniques? We absolutely don’t need him to never bark at all - and would never expect that - just not to bark nonstop and work himself into a state while showing, and out and about. Thanks!
u/meezerface — 12 days ago
▲ 295 r/NorwegianElkhound
Elkhound Pup
Hey everybody. So this is my boy Lloyd! We adopted him about a month ago, in Ontario Canada. Elkhounds are pretty rare here, have never seen another one. He was rescued from a puppy mill, and we were told hes part Elkhound and part Australian shepherd. Everyone keeps saying he's a German shepherd, but we don't think he is. Looks like an Elkhound to us, but we're not totally sure.
Anyways, this is Lloyd. He's 6 months old, and pretty stubborn, but also super smart and pretty well behaved for a pup.
u/mikestavros — 14 days ago