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Anyone Heard of a Lundehund?

racuda

Posted : 12/11/2006 12:52:47 PM

I thought this article was fascinating:

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=743

nigguysmom

Posted : 12/11/2006 1:26:12 PM

That's really interesting, they look like adorable pups!!!

t__m

Posted : 12/13/2006 12:49:09 AM

The lundehund is in my dog breed book....
Interesting, my book says that the dog can close its ears to protect its ear passages from dripping water in caves....

Mandy Thompson

Posted : 12/13/2006 1:03:34 AM

are those the dogs used to hunt or were used to hunt puffins and have like weird bendy legs??
then yes i have read about them
neat dogs

fuzzy_dogs_mom

Posted : 12/13/2006 2:26:31 AM

Interesting article and really beautiful dogs. Thanks for sharing.

Joyce

corvus

Posted : 12/13/2006 3:33:58 AM

I love those little dogs. And they're so bizarre. They can bend their heads back to touch their spine.

Mikaela Ritter

Posted : 12/13/2006 1:58:01 PM

I've always loved them ever since I read about them in my dog books way back in the day...they're so beautiful and so unique! Yes, I believe they can fold their ears over to make an almost watertight seal, bend their heads back to touch their spine, rotate their legs out almost horizontal to their body, and they have 6 toes on each foot. I just think they are SO cool!

melindar

Posted : 12/13/2006 4:39:16 PM

I read about these dogs a while back (months before we got Copper). I always thought they were cool. They are just so unique! I think that's why I like them so much!

Kara

Posted : 12/13/2006 5:02:20 PM

That's such an interesting dog. Makes me think if it really is a dog, or a hybrid-thing of an owl-gymnast. I think I have seen a rare-breeds book with these dogs in them, but I do not remember any of the features. sounds like a great dog.

racuda

Posted : 12/13/2006 7:37:03 PM

Yes, they are so bizzare, I just had to tell you all.

Dogs must be really genitically mallable/adapatable. Unlike cats!