Breed Priorities – Norwegian Buhund

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418 – November/December, 2025

By Nikki Riggsbee

The Norwegian word “bu” means farm or homestead and is an appropriate part of the name of the Norwegian Buhund–an all-around farm, herding, and watch dog. His origins trace back to the Vikings who took this breed along on their adventures.

The Buhund is one of several northern Spitz breeds characterized by their thick, double coat, wedge-shaped head, pricked ears, and tail curled tightly over their backs. The Buhund comes in two colors, wheaten (from pale cream to orange) and black. It is related to the Icelandic Sheepdog and Jamthund.

The Norsk Buhund Club originated in Norway in 1939. The breed entered AKC’s Foundation Stock Service in 1996, and earned full recognition in the herding group in 2009 as AKC’s 160th recognized breed. It is currently ranked 184th of AKC’s 205 breeds, based on the most recent registration statistics.

We found thirty-one Norwegian Buhund experts to invite to take a survey on evaluating their breed. Sixteen agreed to participate and help with this project. Thirteen sent in completed surveys. The contributors have been in the breed for over eighteen-and-a-half years on average. Those who also judge have been approved to do so for an average of seventeen years.

Norwegian Buhund Virtues

The experts prioritized a list of characteristics taken from the AKC Norwegian Buhund breed standard. Below is the list in sequence by the average of the experts’ ranks, with 1 being the most important.

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418 – November/December, 2025

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