Advert in this weeks free Ads-Shiba inu X akita,look like mini Akitas..I hope the bitch is the Akita not the other way round!!!!
Archer

Wonder if they used a ladder or did they dig a big hole.
Ja:)kie

Well that is what everyone tells me my Elkhounds are. Strnge that a breed that has probably been in this country since around 1870 is not recognised at all, and everyone knows what a newcomer since 1980 is :D

Barbara, it's location discrimination....
Japan is more exotic than Norway (which increases desirability) :rolleyes:
Or someone still has a grudge against the auld Viking raids :D :D :D

I just think dog breed popularity a very strange thing. there are popular breeds that do not make the easiest of pets, and other breeds that are more suitable for many people that are heading for extinction, or have a very small nucleus of owners and breeders.

Why for instance are Springer Spaniels so popular yet fields with that lovely conker couloured coat are fairly rare?

Why have smooth fox terriers become such a rarity, even at shows, and the ubiqitous jack russel is ever popular, despite some horendous conformation and temperament in quite a number of the ones of my aquaintance!

Why has the large impressive Akita taken root, and the large Swedish Jamthund, a relative of the Elkhound not even arived in the UK. I am told that they have a very laid back temperament even compared to Elkhounds.

A very interesting example is the Leonberger and the Estrela Mountain dog, they look very similar, and can easily be mixed up even for those in doggy circles, yet the Leonberger is enjoying steady rise in numbers in the show world, and the Estrela is languishing?

The two Laphund breeds in the UK the Swedish and Finish. The former came firt I beleive, yet is struggling, The Finns on the other hand are making progress???

Any other examples you can think of??

Hmm, well the Miniature schnauzer is much more popular than the med. Standard size. Even though, ime, the Standard tends to be a bit more laid back and less 'terrier' like. It seems much easier to incorporate into family life than the mini...but it could just be the few ones that I've seen that happen to be that way. :rolleyes: