THE FOUNDATION STOCK SERVICE
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specialty insurance documents across a vast product line to ensure state and corporate compliance. Hamiltonstovare have been in the Foundation Stock Ser- vice since 2011. Prior to the Foundation Stock Service rec- ognition, the breed had a small but devoted population in America. Hamiltonstovare were first developed in Sweden in the 1860s by Count Adolf Patrick Hamilton, who went on to found the Swedish Kennel Club. The breed was developed using English Foxhounds, Harriers and now extinct German hounds. The purpose of the breed is to hunt native foxes and hare, singularly and never in a pack. They are devoted to their people and have a high prey drive. Their hunting style is to drive game to the hunter instead of driving the game to a den. Hamiltonstovare are very popular within Sweden and Norway, where they are still used to hunt hare and foxes. When Hamiltonstovare aren’t hunting, they are expected to be perfect family pets and do whatever is asked of them. Hamiltonstovare should be versatile family pets ready for anything. They love watching TV but are ready to go on a 10 mile hike at a moments notice. Hamiltonstovare in America excel at just about anything but they are currently known for being great service dogs and show dogs. The breed has been within the UK for a while and they have a devoted follow- ing there. Hamiltonstovare are not like other more popular scenthounds in America in that they are more business-like in demeanor within the show ring and total goof balls outside of the ring. The are very serious about their work be it perfor- mance sports, conformation, service dog work, therapy dog work or hunting. At home, they are very smart and arrogant clowns. They constantly make their owners laugh with their antics, from their extensive vocabulary to their upside-down sleeping habits. The breed are notorious back-talkers to their owners, be it a hum of pleasure to a roo of indignation. Ham- iltonstovare are incredibly perceptive to their owners and form incredibly close bonds to their people. Once they have bonded with their people, nothing can break that bond. Ham- iltonstovare have been known to alert to impending medical issues and panic attacks instinctively. Judging the Hamiltonstovare should be treated as a privi- lege to be able to see a national treasure from Sweden. They should never be lumped in with other scenthounds as they
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