Avlång hund
The Norwegian Lundehund Norwegian: Norsk lundehund is a small dog breed of the Spitz type that originates from Norway.
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Its name is a compound noun composed of the elements lundemeaning puffin Norwegian lunde"puffin", or lundefugl"puffin bird"and hundmeaning dog. "Avlång hund" breed was originally developed for the hunting of puffins and their eggs on inaccessible nesting places in caves and on cliffs. The breed was at the brink of extinction in the s and preservation efforts have since been underway.
The Lundehund was a valuable working animal for hunting puffin birds along the Norwegian coast as food for over years.
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Interest for the breed declined when new methods of using nets for hunting puffins were incorporated and a dog tax was created. Aroundthey were only found in the isolated village of Mostad spelled Måstad in NorwegianLofoten. The breed was nearly extinct around World War II when canine distemper struck Værøy and the surrounding islands, reducing the population to just two dogs.
This created avlång hund severe population bottleneck. The Norwegian Lundehund is a small, rectangular Spitz type dog with several unique phenotypical traits.
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Dogs of this breed are able to bend their head backwards along their own spine, similar to the New Guinea singing dogBornean dingo and Australian dingoand turn their forelegs to the side at a degree horizontal angle to their body, much like human arms. Their pricked, upright ears can be folded shut to form a near-tight seal by folding forward or backward, protecting them from dirt and parasites.
The Norwegian Lundehund is a polydactyl : instead of the normal four "avlång hund" per foot, the Lundehund normally has six toes, all fully formed, jointed and muscled. The outercoat is dense and rough with a soft undercoat. The Lundehund is adapted to climb narrow cliff paths on the island of Værøya where it originally would have hunted puffins. Some general information can be found on the Norwegian Lundehund Association webpages.
The breed is being tested in Tromsø airport by the Norwegian Air Avlång hund and Airport Management as a solution to airplane bird strikes. The dog is used to search for bird eggs around the airport for disposal. The Lundehund is an active breed that requires a fair amount of exercise.
It is a good family dog, and tolerates children well if properly socialized. The Norwegian Lundehund population shows signs of inbreeding depression including reduced fertility due to small avlång hund size, inbreeding avoidance behaviors and low sperm quality. Norwegian Lundehund are predisposed to develop intestinal lymphangiectasia, commonly known as Lundehund Syndrome, a protein-wasting enteropathy that causes intermittent diarrhea, vomiting, weight loss, and ascites.
There is no cure, though the disease can be managed; however, many dogs experience repeated acute episodes of Avlång hund Syndrome throughout their lives, resulting in extensive medical treatment and poor quality of life. Due to the severity of population bottlenecking, the Norwegian Lundehund is now undergoing a cross-breeding program spearheaded by the Norwegian Lundehund club with assistance from a group of geneticists.
The program aims to employ a strategy of breeding the Norwegian Lundehund with select individuals from various other Nordic dog breeds including the Norwegian BuhundIcelandic Sheepdog and Norrbottenspets in order to reduce deleterious recessive genetic disorders. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version.
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See also [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. National Geographic. Archived from the original on July 9, Retrieved Journal of Heredity.