Norwegian Lundehund

The Norwegian Lundehund is a small, rectangular Spitz type dog.

Also, fox terrier, Norwegian lundehund, and Spitz blood were combined to create the Sulimov dog.

Norwegian Lundehund Association of America, Inc.

Norwegian Lundehund was breed to hunt puffins and only saved from extinction due to a few remaining dogs in Lofoten.

Norwegian Lundehund or Puffin dog is one of Norway's seven species of dogs, and the rarest one.

The Norwegian Lundehund originated from this part of Norway, where it natively would have climbed along cliff paths to hunt puffins.

Catching puffins involved the use of the unusual puffin dog, also termed the Mostad dog or the Norwegian Lundehund.

The limbs and spine of Singers are very flexible, and they can spread their legs sideways to 90 , comparable to the Norwegian Lundehund.

The Norwegian Lundehund is a polydactyl: instead of the normal four toes per foot, the Lundehund normally has six toes, all fully formed, jointed and muscled.

The Norwegian Lundehund Association of America, Inc. is recognized by the AKC as the Breed Parent Club for the USA.

This includes six new breeds: Entlebucher Mountain Dog, Norwegian Lundehund, American English Coonhound, Finnish Lapphund, Cesky Terrier and Xoloitzcuintli.

Breeds commonly affected by lymphangiectasia and/or protein-losing enteropathy include the Papillon, Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier, Norwegian Lundehund, Basenji, and Yorkshire Terrier.

Dogs, like other canids, normally have four claws on their rear paws; a fifth is often called a dewclaw and is especially found in certain dog breeds, including the Norwegian Lundehund and Great Pyrenees.

The Norwegian Lundehund was approved into the American Kennel Club's Miscellaneous Class on July 1, 2008, after a unanimous vote by the AKC Board of Directors on November 13, 2007.