A Scandinavian Hound also known as a Eurohound is a crossbred dog, from the Alaskan husky and a pointer. They first successfully entered the competitive sled dog racing world in Scandinavia. It is one of the most formidable. sled dogs in the world, combining the husky's centuries-honed sledding ability and a pointer's enthusiasm and athleticism in amounts dictated by careful breeding.

Crossbreeding between two established breeds with two tightly bred but unrelated gene pools is done for the purpose of heterosis (hybrid vigor) but also can include breeding the first generation cross back to one of the purebred breeds in order to enhance specific traits. In the Scandinavian Hound, a first generation cross (fifty percent pointer, fifty percent Alaskan Husky crosses) have short coats, suitable for sprint races, which don't involve resting or sleeping on the trail. When the first generation cross is crossed again with the Alaskan Husky, the resulting generation can have thicker coats, suitable for longer distance teams.

The Alaskan husky sprint dog has been tightly bred for performance since sled dog racing began in Alaska. The German Shorthaired and English pointer gene pool is restricted by the fact that they are registered breeds, but they too were bred for performance; the Scandinavian pointers from which the first Scandinavian Hound came had been used historically for sled dog racing and hunting.

As the Scandinavian Hound is a carefully bred performance dog rather than a purebred modern breed, its appearance can vary. Fairly common features of fifty percent crosses are half-dropped ears, black with white blazing or solid with patches of spots. Some completely spotted dogs appear as well. Once the percentage of pointer drops, the dogs start to look more like Alaskan huskies.

The Scandinavian Hound like the Siberian Husky is an eager and energetic sleddog one of the main differences is that they do tend to be more reliant off the leash than a Siberian Husky although this is not a guaranteed trait.