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Swedish Lapphund


Group:
Working Dog Group

Size:
medium

Lifespan:
-

Exercise:
medium

Grooming:
-

Trainability:
high

Watchdog ability:
high

Protection ability:
-

Area of Origin:
Sweden

Date of Origin:
-

Other Names:
none

Original Function:




History

The Swedish Vallhund is considered to be one of the genuine Swedish breeds even if it is not quite clear how it is related to the Welsh Corgi.

It is hard to say if the Vikings brought dogs of this spitz type to Sweden from England. Modern cynological research points to that the breed was developed in Sweden.

The honour of making the Swedish Vallhund recognized and registered as a Swedish breed goes to Count Bjorn von Rosen. In the beginning of the 1940s he noticed the existence of these dogs.

By making an inventory of the existing dogs in the county of Vastergotland and especially around the city of Vara he found a small but evenly typed group of dogs. They were the start of a serious breeding programme that was mainly in the hands of the headmaster KG Zettersten. He succeeded in breeding for an even type without losing the herding instinct.

Temperament

Small, powerful, fearless, watchful, alert and energetic.


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