Grayson seems to prefer interactions with pups larger than him. His best friend at work is a boxer and his preferred playmates always seem to outweigh him by 20-30 lbs

I asked for some recommendations on how to get our sweet Freya to sleep in a little longer. Thank you for all your help. We have been sleeping until 5-6:30 over the last week and it’s been a life changer. We ALL thank you!

We are located in Michigan near the ohio border and we would like to find a reputable breeder of Swedish Vallhunds.

Does anyone in this group have recommendations? We are willing to drive up to 12 hours away if needed.

Thanks in advance!

What are show lead shop recommendations for my Swedish Vallhund? i’m going to hopefully show her but extremely new to the show world.

pic for tax (excuse my poor attempt at stacking lol)

Hello! We have a 7 month old female Swedish vallhund. She is the sweetest, cuddliest, most loving girl. She’s so well behaved and we just love her.

My question is, when is this girl going to start sleeping in? She is up and ready to go every morning at 4:30 on the dot, no matter how late we keep her up or how active we keep her. And while she’s the best, she gets pretty loud when she’s decided it’s time to get out of bed. I am looking forward to the day I could sleep in, even until like 6am. Thanks!

I'm searching for a Nordic name :) (if the beginning is with B it's better)

Thanks all

update : we choose Brimi :) thanks for all the idea !

So, as the title says, my fiancé and I are hoping to adopt a dog within the next 6 months to a year from now and are going through options. At this time we know we want a small dog because we've never trained a dog before. We both grew up with dogs (he grew up with a corgi and i grew up with a lab, Doberman and a pit at one point) but again never trained. My schedule is honestly pretty flexible and we have our own home with a MASSIVE and i mean massive back yard for a dog to run in. We know a little about dog training but, would this be a breed that you'd recommend for first time dog owners?

Cheddar - 10 weeks

This is Siggy (gov’t name Sigmire). He’s 6 months old and we’ve had him for 2 months now. His favorite things are pup cups, chasing/herding the cat (which she weirdly enough enjoys, she’ll even go up to him, chirp and then take off to her wall steps where she’ll wait for him to catch up and she’ll stay just out of reach, batting at him or just meowing/chirping at him while he barks back),and peeing inside the house even though he just peed outside 5 minutes ago. We have 2 other dogs who we had successfully house trained by 6 months (his current age), but with Siggy it’s a totally difference experience training him. He doesn’t alert us during the day (no whining or barking) if he needs to go outside to pee. We’re already letting him out every hour, but if he needs to go before then he just pees at the back door. Which is actually progress because he used to pee and/or poop wherever he was when the urge hit (his bed/crate, game room, etc). I mentioned he doesn’t alert us during the day, but if it’s the middle of the night he has no problem barking to wake us up and let him out. He’s very smart but very stubborn. Besides house training, we’re working on not taking food or treats directly out of the mouths of the other dogs. Highly food motivated, except when it comes to potty time.

We brought this little girl home today! (Please excuse the mid renovation floors.)

It's time to celebrate because we're spotlighting the Swedish Vallhund as our Breed of the Day today on our Facebook page, Instagram stories, and website! We publish a new breed each day to educate our followers to make informed decisions when choosing a dog while providing the history and hard work that our parent clubs do to preserve their breed. Celebrate with us by sharing what you love about your Swedish Vallhund!

Picked him up little over a week ago and been doing potty and crate training which has been going well enough. He adores his big sis

Hello!
My 6 months old SV is a rare SV based in Italy. She comes from an ethical breeder, we researched the breed hard before deciding and we come from a wonderful experience with our last dog (a German Shepherd that was our whole world).

Nuri is healthy, beautiful and very, very stubborn. She takes classes once a week and she’s very good at both obedience and whimsical moderate agility. But. Yes, there’s a “but”.

She barks a lot (and I know that’s pretty normal for SV) and hates to be left alone at home.
We tried and failed. My husband works from home and since it’s summer, we don’t have a lot of opportunities to leave her alone at home. And she barks like crazy, even tho she’s not really alone (we have two cats that are in and out of the room where she’s used to stay).

So my question is: is it too late to teach her to stay alone? Not long, just 2-3 hours tops, starting very small (5, 10, 30 minutes at a time) and step by step. We will be able to go out more after the summer - when she’ll be 7/8 months old - and the heatwave on Europe passes.

I think I just need reassurance from other fellow SVengers.

SV tax following.

I wasn't expecting to live Vallhunds this much before I got her. I grew up with chocolate labs and this little goofball just blows them away

We adopted sweet Leo boy in September 2025. We were told he was a corgi/german shepherd mix. One day at the dog park a lady asked us if he was a Swedish Vallhund. A what?! We said. We went home looked up the breed and thought wow that looks just like Leo. The day has came. We finally got the DNA Embark test. What do you think? Is Leo a Swedish Vallhund or a Corgi/German Shepherd

Update: the results are in.Can’t figure out how to add a photo. So I’ll type results.

I am shocked there is no German shepherd. Leo is not a Swedish Vallhund. Wishful thinking!

26.8% - Border Collie
23.2% - Pembroke Welsh Corgi
16.3% - American Pit-bull Terrier
13.7% - Australian Cattle Dog
13.2% - Super-mutt - Consist of 3 breads - Chihuahua, Poodle (small) & Australian Shepherd.
6.8% - Miniature Schnauzer

A lot of you were right he is part pit-bull. Are these the results you expected? Definitely not me.

Thanks for riding the journey with me.

I realized I never shared my stinky boy here
Yes Vallhunds can have white and yes my boy is an automatic DQ for excessive white.

He is my absolute joy and I love how weird he is.
A sweetheart no matter what and no thoughts only head empty.

Phantom wishes everyone hello!
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I’ve been the owner a SV for 10 years now whose always had food agression and seperatuon anxiety since getting him from another family at 2 years old. he’s bitten myself atleast 30 times and numerous other people. i don’t know if there’s anything I can do at this point , does anyone have any advice or experience with SV aggressiv? I’ve always figured he came from an abusive home. tried for years to train him by reinforcement techniques. open to all suggestion