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When I think happiness, I think about the chance I have to spend time in the middle of nowhere with my dog and the way he looks so excited when I call him! #vastgotaspets #bergersuédois #swedishvallund #spitzdeswisigoths #dogstagram #instadog #dogsofinstagram #educationcanine #comportementalistecanin https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTs5HAoKo0/?igshid=1slbxzgg2hhhe
Flew Nel today with the hubby and @octobertiger. Sadly the field that had been full of sparrows was mowed sometime in the past two weeks, so most of the birds were gone. We got one sparrow flight, and Nel gave me my first quintuple of grasshoppers. Can’t help but laugh. At least we all had a good morning. Strider even got to dig a hole. 😂😂😂
Hi, I wanted to say I really love your breed posts I find them so informative and really eye opening as to all the things out there that you would never know about a breed by looking at them! I was wondering if you wouldnt mind doing a Swedish Vallhund, I was did some research on the breed as looking at getting one and can't find too much wrong with them? thought this was a bit unusual maybe you could shed some light on their heritable traits etc Thanks so much!!!!
The Swedish Vallhund are not very common here, but they are one of my favorite dog breeds and possibly the only dogs I’d consider breeding myself in the future, so I’ll talk about them briefly.
Please note the disclaimer. Theseposts are about the breed from a veterinary viewpoint as seenin clinical practice, i.e. the problems we are faced with. It’s notthe be-all and end-all of the breed and is not to make a judgementabout whether the breed is right for you. If you are asking for anopinion about these animals in a veterinary setting, that is what youwill get. It’s not going to be all sunshine and cupcakes, and isnot intended as a personal insult against your favorite breed. Thisis general advice for what is common, often with a scientificconsensus but sometimes based on personal experiences, and is not aguarantee of what your animal is going to encounter in their life.
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The anatomy of the Swedish Vallhund is similar, but not as extreme as the corgi, and some of them are still born with tails, which is something I highly approve of.
Progressive Retinal Atrophy is a concern in the breed, with about a third of these dogs affected. This results in blindness as the dogs age, though sometimes it’s limited to night blindness. It’s genetic, and we now have genetic screening tests available, so breeders can work on reducing the risk of this condition. Even so, blindness is not the end of the road for a dog, many of them learn to cope with low vision really well.
Their short stature should make them prone to intervertebral disc disease, but I’ve never seen one with this condition. They do not seem to be as commonly affected as the similar corgi.
I would also expect them to be more prone to medially luxating patellas, where the kneecap does not sit in the correct position, but again it’s not something I see clinically.
They seem like pretty sound dogs from a health perspective, but they do have a genetic bottleneck in their history when the breed was reduced to 5 dogs. I would have expected more genetic issues, or immune mediated issues, but the afflictions of this breed in health surveys and mortality reports don’t seem to be all that different from the average dog population. So I wonder if they’ve been lucky, or if there’s just information I’m missing.
Birthday boy waiting to eat his improvised salami and chicken cake! #instadoggo #dogstagram #spitzdeswisigoths #swedishvallund #vastgotaspets #birthday https://www.instagram.com/p/B13vsTpIFkf/?igshid=1722a453yrwky
Some pics from yesterday. The field gets a little better every day with more opportunities at sparrows. We flush at least one bird every time we go out. Sometimes two! There were a lot more yesterday. I think as the weather cools the flooding we got this year will help support a lot of smaller migrating birds. Perhaps giving us a chance at some snipe and woodcock if we are lucky!
Fun stuff! With the help of a falconer friend I discovered a dairy farm! I went there yesterday and got permission to fly Nel around. It’s an amazing spot. Nel is wary of the cows and the buildings but I have hope he’ll be over that in a week or two. I’d love to see him chase some starlings or pigeons. I’ve had a pretty dull season so I’m excited to get the ball rolling. Strider got to do some lure coursing for the first time today at my boss’ house. He went for his first official swim afterwards and seemed to enjoy it. He kept getting back in the water! Been a busy break from work. I wish it could last longer.
Strider photo dump! He hit 11 months today. ❤️
Nel update. Day before yesterday we hunted with the dog for over an hour. Nothing flushed so I tossed a large quail that Nel managed to carry (jerk) across a stinky muddy creek. Yesterday I flew the pants off the nerd until sundown. Something finally clicked in his little imprint brain and he started chasing game!!!!! I'm thrilled that he finally seems to want to buzz around and watch me and hunt instead of baby out on my shoulder and kill dumb quail. Maybe, just maybe, I'll make a gamehawk out of this nerd yet!!! ❤️ Edit: also funny story. If you hear of any traumatized fishermen that were attacked by massive falcons, that's Nel's fault. He just wanted to say hello and probably perch on some dude's shoulder. 😂😂😂
