Broad spectrum instinctive skill is facilitated by combinations of genetics from multiple dogs. The better the quality of instinctive skill in each of the lines making up the background of the pup, the more consistent and apparent the instincts will be in the pup.

Here at Kamia Kennels we strive to have extremely deep genetic instinctive skill in every lineage and if we can organize these genetic lines into combinations we know beyond any doubt that no matter what situation the pup encounters, the instinctive skill is so deeply ingrained the behavior of the pup is literally 100% predictable.

For a person getting a dog it’s not all that important to understand how genetics contribute, how they are passed down, or how multiple dogs combine genetic traits. Really what the person needs to understand especially at the purchasing stage is what is the predictability, or what are they about to get from the expected pairings.

Each dog that is in the background contributes so the more dogs that can be identified and the traits and behaviors studied and have been observed, the greater the result of the exact same in the pup.

Here is an example: a rescue dog will almost entirely be made up of dogs you will know nothing about. Behaviors, background, responses to situations, you will have ZERO ability to know anything about the Instinctive behavior. Instinctive behavior is what the dog goes to in almost all situations to react in any situation. All situations in life of a dog are first and foremost perceived and reacted to by instinct, then and only then do they go to training. So if you have ZERO ability to know anything about the instinctive nature of the ancestors of the rescue dog, your predictability of behavior is pretty close to nothing as well. A total friggin disaster if you are going to rely on the dog to be around children, or young people.

An example of a pup that you can intimately examine at multiple genetic points, meaning we take a Kamia Kennels pup, how many dogs can we “see” “Watch” learn about, know about in the background of the pup. What were the behaviors, how much data do we have, how many hours in situations, how may dogs react in all situations and what was the response.

We take our new Foundation female Ember. She has 12 Elkhounds in our immediate raising, working, observation with thousands of miles of hiking, working, living over decades of time. Just on those in a 4 to 5 generation. Extreme predictability with proven results on behavior in all the dogs, all the time. Nothing random.

Stretch that out by hundreds of dogs, all proven, all chosen for excellence with now hundreds of thousands of miles, years and years, decades and decades of behavior. Multiple Master Breeders awarded for excellence will almost all 20 plus years, many 30, with 50 year breeders in the background. 50 Years working with related bloodlines lining the background. Not 1 single unknown dog, no random dogs, no unknown behaviors. Behavior so predictable it’s exactly the same today as it was 100 or 200 years ago, even further, but we at least have data and results back at least that far. We know it goes further.

There is absolutely no comparison for a family looking for predictable known responses from instinctive behavior between literally any dog, any breed with a Preservation bred Kamia Elkhound. But the sheer madness of comparison of a rescue to a Kamia is incomprehensible.

When you are selecting a dog for your family take the time to understand genetic integrity, genetic depth of instinctual response. Instincts are what the dog is going to revert to under stress, or virtually any situation, its always going to go to instincts first, then training. Instincts in all but the very best most hard core trained dogs take over. Meaning, unless you can really, really train, the dog will abandon the training and go to instinctive behavior very fast.

Most people can’t train a good dog, let alone a dog they have no clue about so always, always, always look to get a dog that has the best instincts for your situations regarding your family.

The Elkhound is the oldest known family dog in existence today. It does not take much figuring to know that the odds of getting a great instinctive behavior will come from an Elkhound. The Kamia Elkhounds are the absolute best of the best, so it simply means the odds are literally the best you can get.

For a guy like me who has put his life on the line to his dogs over and over and over and relied on the instincts of those dogs for anyone to go to a rescue dog with a family is like insanity. Rescue dogs are primarily 98% filled/funded/supplied by puppy mills. So in my lifetime I hope to end this total insanity of lying to people getting rescue dogs and telling them lies, not sharing the truth that almost all rescue’s are puppy mill dogs. I hope to end that. But for now, I will focus to share the difference between a preservation lineage Elkhound like our Kamia dogs with the totally unknown time bombs of the rescue world.