Meet my four Norwegian Buhunds who are a big part of my daily life! Thank goodness for a little obedience training! I wanted a group photo for my website, so I placed the dogs where I wanted them and told them to stay and than got their attention from behind the camera by raising my left hand up and saying " did someone see a mouse! Mouse is the magic word! My dogs love to hunt mice and rats and will kill them if they catch them. The dog laying on the left front is CH. Kyon’s Freidige Lille Mann CD HIC, better known as Bu. He is 9 yrs old. Laying in front right side is CH Bergen’s Gifu Signy HIC, better known as Secret. She is 8 yrs old. Sitting on the left side is Kyon’s Fantastisk Lille Joey HIC, better known as Joey. Joey is 5 yrs old. Sitting on the right side is Luckydice Best Bet Brody, better known as Brody. Brody will be 2 this Nov 25/09. Brody is the son of Joey and Secret and to date has obtained 4 Championship points with very limited showing.

" ABOUT NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS "

The Norwegian Buhunds origin is Norway.
Norwegian Buhunds are traced back 1000 years to the Viking times. Buhund remains were found buried in Viking grave sites with their masters.

They are an under medium sized herding dog of the Spitz type.

Size; Height at withers: Males 43-47 cms ( 17"-18.5")

Females 41-45 cms ( 16" -17.5")

Weight: Males: 14-18 kgs ( 30-40lbs)

Females: 12-16 kgs ( 25-35 lbs)

The Norwegian Buhund is an alert and active dog. They require lots of attention and love from their families. They tend to bark if they want to convey a message. The Norwegian Buhund is an intelligent quick learning dog, and requires obedience training to make sure it keeps good manners throughout its life. Some individual dogs can also be very strong minded at times.

Talents of this breed are, Herding, tracking, agility, obedience trialing, hearing assistance, hunting rodents and performing tricks. Make great watch dogs too!

“PHOTO INFORMATION”

Photo taken on Sept 15/09 at 3:31pm at home ( Vancouver island, BC, Canada) on back deck with available light.
Taken in 16 bit Raw, Adobe RGB and aperture priority.
Camera; Canon 20D
Lens; Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di Lens.
Tripod; Manfrotto, including joystick head.
Taken at 1/400’s, f/9, – 1/3 EV, at 37 mm, manual col bal 5600 kelvin, iso 800.
Histogram adjustment in Lightroom and a little cropping on all sides in Photoshop CS2. Sharpening via lab mode, duplicate layer, lightness channel, unsharp mask- amount 30, Threshold 3, Radius 3.