• They are unique in the dog world for having six toes.
• They can close their ears completely for protection.
• They are born pretty flexible, so they can bend their heads backward and touch the spine.
• Their name comes from the Norwegian word for puffin, also known as sea parrot. That’s because these dogs were originally the puffin hunters.
• When fishermen and farmers started catching puffins with nets, the government raised taxes on Ludenhunds and they were nearly extinct.
• Luckily, a number of purebred Ludenhunds survived on the remote islands. Thanks to those rare islanders, the breed survived.
• Eleanor Christie, an English Setter dog breeder learned about the Ludenhunds and her efforts basically saved them.

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• They are unique in the dog world for having six toes.
• They can close their ears completely for protection.
• They are born pretty flexible, so they can bend their heads backward and touch the spine.
• Their name comes from the Norwegian word for puffin, also known as sea parrot. That’s because these dogs were originally the puffin hunters.
• When fishermen and farmers started catching puffins with nets, the government raised taxes on Ludenhunds and they were nearly extinct.
• Luckily, a number of purebred Ludenhunds survived on the remote islands. Thanks to those rare islanders, the breed survived.
• Eleanor Christie, an English Setter dog breeder learned about the Ludenhunds and her efforts basically saved them.

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