Norwegian Elkhound puppy

Welcome to my blog, where most of the topics will be about our Norwegian Elkhound puppy Torean Alaistair. Torean is nine weeks old today, and boy, how much he has changed in the three weeks he has been with us, and how much joy he has brought into our lives! The challenges have been worth it, namely avoiding his now very sharp puppy teeth! But that will be for another blog post. First I would like to put our story out there, about Torean, and about us. My husband was the one who got me interested in the breed, and once I started researching I fell in love with them as much as he had. Owning a Norwegian Elkhound had been his dream for over five years, and once he left the service it seemed like the time for us to start looking for the puppy that would make his dream come true. The biggest challenge we faced was trying to find a breeder that was within driving distance because like everyone else, we wanted to know that we were making the right choice. Finding a good breeder was also hard, I was either never answered, or they could not answer the questions that seemed important when deciding on an Elkhound. Were the parents friendly? Were they used to being around smaller animals such as cats, of which we have a few. Were the breeders  working with their dogs to breed out hip dysplasia which seemed to be a problem for Elkhounds? It took over eight months of searching. Just when my husband and I were ready to take a break from searching the right breeder came along, and she was everything we were hoping for. She answered my questions, she had a deep knowledge of the breed, and she was willing to answer any and every question and worry we had about choosing a puppy. We were sold within a week, and six weeks later we made the journey to go pick Torean up. I hope you enjoyed our first post,  and I hope that you'll  enjoy our future posts. The story continues....