This site is mostly about the habits of Norwegian Elkhounds, a very hungry sort of dog.
Besides always being very hungry, Elkhounds have some other identifying characteristics:
- Origin: Norway, a very long time ago. Norwegians call them either “Norsk elghund”, referring to their favourite food, the northern European elk (called moose in other places), or simply “Gråhund”, in reference to their usual colour. There is also an all-black variety, (“Elghund sort”) but Stella hasn’t met anyone from that side of the family.
- Character: Friendly, expressive, talkative, adventurous, boisterous, curious, scheming. They like meeting new dogs and people, although they will question them at length about who they are. Humans think this questioning is just mindless barking, not realizing how important it is to introduce oneself and establish proper relations.
- Things they like (in order): Eating, barking, shedding, digging, rolling in snow or grass, exploring (humans call this ‘running away’), hunting for tasty animals, going to coffee shops, car rides (especially when they go past a food window), camping adventures (which usually combine all of the above)
- Things they don’t like: hunger, vacuum cleaners, car washes, being locked up, being left alone