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Highland Elkhounds is situated on 20 acres in the beautiful hills of central Pennsylvania. The people with Highland Elkhounds are Andrea Schokker, husband Steve Graham, and son Aidan Graham. The Highland name came from Steve’s Scottish heritage. Our facilities include a 10-dog kennel with indoor/outdoor access, air conditioning and heat, large indoor areas for each dog and 5 large attached yards for exercise and “hunting varmints.” Our dogs are part of our family and each dog has time inside the house for individual attention, including playing with Aidan or sleeping in the bedroom. We have had an average of one litter every two years and our pups are whelped and raised in our kitchen so they are with the family.
We take great pride in having beautiful dogs with wonderful temperaments that become members of our family or your family. We’re also very involved with preserving and helping the breed. Andrea is the current President of the Norwegian Elkhound Association of American (NEAA) and Steve is the NEAA webmaster. Andrea owner handles most of our dogs, but a busy job as a professor at Penn State means that showing opportunities are limited. Our dogs that are shown more frequently are professionally handled by Tim Thomas of London Kennels (who grew up showing elkhounds) – our dogs love to visit him!
Highland dogs live in many countries and enjoy participating in conformation, agility, obedience, rally, tracking, skijoring, therapy dog visits, and many other exciting pastimes. I hope you enjoy our website!