We are also home to a few Nenets (Reindeer) Herding Laikas
I have always been more of a medium to large breed dog person. But, always on search for a small breed that could capture my heart. That is what led me previously to the Norwegian Lundehund, a fun little spitz breed. As amazing as my journey in that breed was, the Norwegian Lundehund suffers from serious gastrointestinal issues that almost the entire breed carries. I eventually had to step away from the breed as the heartbreak of PLE became more than my heart could bear.
As comes with experience also comes age. It is common for dog breeders and handlers of medium or large breeds to move towards a smaller breeds as they get older. This is very common actually. My hopes that I could fall in love with another small breed was always there but most smallee breeds are just not what I prefer.
In 2021 I imported the first pedigreed Nenets Herding Laika to ever arrive in the USA. This dog was Western Command Curan. He is on the larger side for a Nenets and closer to my smallest female Yakutian Laikas im size. He would go to my good friend at Mystic Winds in Pennsylvania and sire several of the first purebred Nenets to be born in the USA. Over those next years Mystic Winds would work on building the breed here with dogs they imported and bred from these litters.
In 2023 the Nenets started to return to my kennel and we are actively helping with the breed here again and eventually I will be more focused on them. Especially as I get older over the next 15 years or so I will be cutting back on the bigger dogs. Don't worry, I'm not getting away from my Yakutian Laikas and Siberian Huskies. So, I am now again helping with building the breed here in the USA while holding back pups for my future generations in the breed as I slowly (very slowly) shift to less of the bigger dogs.
We currently do not breed and place Nenets Herding Laikas ourselves. Sometimes co-bred litters are born here but those puppies are currently placed by Mystic Winds. If you are interested in a Nenets Herding Laika please contact them. Even our Texas born puppies are placed through Mystic Winds at this time.
https://www.mysticwindskennel.com/
