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Finnish Lapphund Dog
Finnish Lapphund Dog
The Finnish Lapphund dog is an intelligent herding breed.
Finnish Lapphund dogs take well to training due to their
intelligence. Some owners and fanciers claim that
"Lappies" even have the ability to think through actions
first. Although small in number worldwide, a noticeable
number of Finnish Lapphund dogs have excelled in
activities such as obedience trials, agility, herding
trials, and pet therapy. Finnish Lapphund dog is friendly
and alert, and makes a good watch dog, due to its
tendency to bark at unfamiliar things.
The Finnish Lapphund dog breed was
originally used to herd reindeer by droving, and barking
helped it to be distinguished from wolves. Even when not
herding, the Finnish Lapphund dog tends to bark with a
purpose, and more rare cases of problem barking can
normally be controlled by training
The Finnish Lapphund dog is one of the spitz-like dogs from
the arctic region. Often called as "The Dog from the Land
of Midnight Sun", this husky dog breed is characterized by
its square typed body and long hair. The Finnish
Lapphund dog breed is said to have had its beginnings as early as
7000 BC.
The Finnish Lapphund dog breed was once called the Lapponian
Shepherd Dog and was officially called the “Finnish
Lapphund dog” only in 1993.
The Finnish Lapphund dog is one of the most popular
breeds in Finland as is sometimes known as the
“Suomenlapinkoira” or simply “Lapinkoira.”
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