Click the banner ad for more information. The distinctive gray coat is dense and smooth lying. As a hunter, the Norwegian Elkhound has the courage, agility and stamina to hold moose and other big game at bay by barking and dodging attack, and the endurance to track for long hours in all weather over rough and varied terrain.
Bone is substantial, without being coarse.
Lips are tightly closed and teeth meet in a scissors bite. It is thickly and closely haired, without brush, natural and untrimmed. Feet turn neither in nor out. Feet as in front. In the show ring, presentation in a natural, unaltered condition is essential.