about the prcd-PRA DNA test (First identified October 2008)      
about the BVA/KC Hip, Eye and Elbow Schemes
  see below:
*about the Norwegian Elkhound (Grey) Glaucoma Gene Test (first identified June 2014)
Below at Four Months
BARBELKA SZAFIR
SIXTH HOMEBRED GENERATION OF BARBELKA NORWEGIAN ELKHOUNDS
Page last updated: 10/05/2023
Born on the 16th February 2011
Sire: Am Ch Ellyka’s On a Nordic Track
Dam: Ch Barbelka Nowinka JW
We made the complex arrangements, and eventful journey to the USA in December 2010, for Mum to meet Dad.

Hip Score: 3/4, Hereditary Clear for prcd-PRA,
Clinical Clear Eye Test March 2015,
DNA tested Clear NEG Glaucoma July 2014 (mutation first identified June 2014)*.
And Early Retinal Degeneration, Dwarfism and Von Willebrands TypeII.

‘Our Dogs’ Top Norwegian Elkhound Puppy 2011
5 weeks old
6 weeks old
7 weeks old
8 weeks old
Below:
12 weeks old
Below :
16 weeks.
Five Months old
Above: Safi 11 months old.
 
Above and below 18 months old with cousin Peni
Left: 2 years 3 months.
Right: at nearly 18 months old.
Left: 6 months 3 days old, after winning Best Puppy in Breed at Welsh Kennel club Championship show.
Below Right: Five Months old.
Left: two years, right: 27 months
Above: Four years old/  Taken at Crufts March 2015 by Stuart Horner (Stu-Art)

Safi - 4 ½ years old and friends October 2015

NECGB championship show 2015 - 4 years of age