Norwegian Buhund

The Norwegian Buhund is a breed of dog of the spitz type. It is closely related to the Icelandic Sheepdog and the Jämthund. The Buhund is used as an all purpose farm and herding dog, as well as watch dog.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Buhund

 Native Dog Breeds of Norway: Norwegian Buhund

• native_dog_breeds_norway-norwegian-buhund.pdf

A discussion on the Norwegian Buhund: Judges-L

• http://judgesl.com/Buhund/Buhund.htm

Norwegian Buhund Club of America: Judges Education Presentation (PowerPoint)

Norwegian Buhund Club of America Breed presentation.pdf

original PDF source: http://www.buhund.org/content/files/NBCA_Breed_presentation.pptx (Internet Archives)

• Norsk buhund
• Buhund norvégien
• Buhund noruego
• Norwegischer-Buhund

Country of origin: Norway

There are numerous breed standards.

The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed.

Three of the major international standards are:

The American Kennel Club

The Kennel Club, UK

FCI (Federation Cynologique Internationale)

1. Swedish Insurance Data

• Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds.
  This breed has information on Veterinary Care and Life Insurance.

  Norwegian Buhund:

  2006-2011

  2011-2016

2. Finland: FKC Database: Norwegian Buhund:  http://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx?R=237

3. US: OFA: Breed Summary report: https://secure.ofa.org/regSums/NORWEGIAN BUHUND.pdf

Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:

1. The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch (Category 1)
   1. Breed Health Coordinator - webpage report
2. Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
3. Norway: Breeding Strategy: http://www.buhund.no/xnbk/avl/RAS v1_Godkjent tom 01012019.pdf

Health Surveys

THE HEALTH SURVEY NORWEGIAN BUHUND 2020 | Norsk Buhundklubb

Internal Resultater-fra-Helseundersokelsen-2020.pdf

Norwegian Buhund Club of the UK
Health Survey 2021

Internal NBCUK-Health-Survey-2021.pdf

Norwegian Buhund Club of America: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buhund.org

We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.

Norway: Norsk buhundlkubb: http://www.buhund.no/

US: The Norwegian Buhund Club of America: http://www.buhund.org/

UK: The Norwegian Buhund Club: http://norwegianbuhund.co.uk/ 

Finland: Suomen Seurakoirayhdistys ry: http://www.suomenseurakoirayhdistys.fi/