#one of the full.reg buhund crosses was later also awarded a Champion Quality when shown in an open class against other lundehunds

[fjordfolk]

The Lundehund outcross project is going strong, and the first 2nd generation Norrbotten-outcross was born last week! A perfect litter of two males and two females, all healthy and growing.

The project is being managed by the Norwegian Lundehund club in collaboration with NKK, N.University of Life Sciences, N. Genetic Resource center, and NordGen. It started in 2013.

The stud book was officially opened to project offspring in January '23 after a membership vote. To achieve registration, project dogs must pass an evaluation by a specialist judge proving that they have all of the characteristics of a Lundehund, and no faults foreign to the breed. So far, three 3rd generation dogs have cleared the hurdle - two with Buhund ancestry (different combinations) and one with Icelandic sheepdog. Two of these dogs have already sired 5 fully registered (and by all accounts purebred) litters of between 3 and 5 puppies - in a breed where litter average is 2.75 and 25% are singletons.