SSNEC:

 

The Sacramento Sierra Norwegian Elkhound Club, Inc. was started November 19,1992, by a small group of elkhound fanciers that were interested in preserving, protecting, and advancing the Norwegian Elkhound breed. The membership has steadily grown since then and now has approximately 30 members.

 

Our club gained sanction from the American Kennel Club as a fully licensed breed club in 1999. We have held a Regional Norwegian Elkhound Specialty show every October since 2000. We have also put on conformation, obedience, and rally fun matches as a service to the dog community. We have held Canine Good Citizen tests, nail trimming clinics, and participated in DNA sampling studies. In addition, we have visited schools with our dogs to help educate children on how to care for dogs.

 

Our members are involved in conformation shows and obedience trials, tracking tests and agility competitions, and animal assisted therapy. Our membership includes a licensed breed judge, a licensed tracking judge, a professional handler, two professional groomers, several breeders, and just regular folk who love Norwegian elkhounds. Our members have served other local, regional, and national dog clubs in many different capacities.

 

SSNEC has a very active rescue program where Norwegian elkhounds needing a new home are matched up with potential adopters. We have placed over fifty elkhounds in new homes over the last twelve years.

 

Membership meetings are generally held on the third Thursday of each month. We welcome new members that are interested and willing to work toward the goals of the Club and who love the Norwegian elkhound. Please contact our club president at
Sacramento Sierra Norwegian Elkhound Club

 

5447 Diablo Drive
Sacramento, CA 95842
916-334-7186

 

Our Mission:

 

The mission of the Sacramento-Sierra Norwegian Elkhound Club, Inc. is to protect and advance the interest of the Norwegian Elkhound breed in the following ways:

 

To put on conformation shows, obedience trials and tracking tests according to the rules and regulations of the American Kennel Club.

 

To promote an interest in the Norwegian Elkhound as a breed and encourage their training to develop their natural qualities.

 

To collect and distribute among club membership information on subjects such as training, breeding, conditioning, judging and similar topics.

 

To hold meetings where programs of interest to members may be given and discussed and where business of the club may be transacted.

 

To encourage the ethical and informed breeding of purebred dogs and to adhere to the breed standard.

 

To encourage the spaying and neutering of all animals whose structure, temperament and/or health make them unlikely to produce quality offspring.

 

To operate a rescue program to save Norwegian Elkhounds from unsuitable environments and to place them with owners who will provide for their welfare.

 

To work with the national breed club (Norwegian Elkhound Association of America) to promote and protect the welfare of the breed.

 

Club Organization:

 

Board of Directors:

President - Dan Lawer

Vice-President Lillian Gamble

Secretary - Wayne Sheldon

Treasurer - Carl Burson

 

Additional Board Members:

Rita Burson

Betty Lawer

Ed Mazzeo

Sue Mazzeo

 

Club Positions:

Breeder Referral - Yayoi Kushida

AKC Public Education Coordinator - Rita Burson

AKC Legislative Liaison - Wayne Sheldon

Council of Dog Clubs - Wayne Sheldon

Rescue - Sue Green

Sunshine - Wayne Sheldon

Historian - Yayoi Kushida

Moose Dog News Editor - Lillian Gamble

Website Coordinator - Lillian Gamble

SSNEC Specialty - Dan Lawer

View SSNEC's Constitution and Bylaws.