Finnish Lapphund

Life span : 12 to 15 years

Availabilty: Easy to get

About Finnish lapphund
The Finnish Lapphund is a medium purebred known for being affectionate, alert, cheerful, courageous, friendly, gentle, intelligent, loving, loyal, quiet, and sweet.To keep it healthy, it will need to get exercise regularly. Known to be multi-talented, the Finnish Lapphund participates in a wide variety of activities such as agility, herding, obedience, and rally.

The Finnish Lapphund is a Scandinavian breed that is closely related to the Swedish Lapphund. Both breeds originated in Lapland, an area that includes parts of northern Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia. The Finnish Lapphund was initially used as a hunting and guard dog by the semi-nomadic people of the area, known as the Sami.

In the 1940s, aficionados in Finland took steps to standardize and save their breed. The Finnish Kennel Club (FKC) recognized the “Lapponian Shepherd Dog” in 1945, with both long-haired and short-haired varieties.

The breed was admitted to the American Kennel Club’s Foundation Stock Service in 2001. It was accepted into the AKC’s Miscellaneous Class in 2009. The Finnish Lapphund was officially recognized for full AKC registration in 2011, as a member of the Herding Group.

They are active competitors in agility trials, mushing, obedience, rally and conformation. One of the most popular breeds in Finland, the Finnish Lapphund is steadily gaining fans world-wide.

Visits to Groomer- Low

Drooling-No

Bath-Rare

Tolerance to heat- Get a heatstroke

Tolerance to cold-Loves snow

Exercise Requirement-Lots

Under Coat- Yes

Colour- White, Wolf-Sable, Black, Sable, Red, Brown

Coat Type- Soft

Hair Length-Flowing

Hair Density-Dense

The Finnish Lapphund generally is a healthy, hearty breed, with an average lifespan of between 12 and 15 years. Breed health concerns include :-


Generalized Progressive Retinal Atrophy (GPRA)

Cataracts

Hip dysplasia

Ear Infections

Allergies

Epilepsy

Temperament
Finnish Lapphund is intelligent, willing, affectionate and adaptable. They have natural herding instincts and a tendency to bark which can be diminished with training. They make excellent watchdogs that will bark at strangers, but lack any tendency toward aggression. Finnish Lapphunds live very easily with children and other dogs.

Training & Intelligence
The Finnish Lapphund enjoys training and working with people. This breed is relatively easy to train, intelligent and enjoys using its finely-tuned observational skills to learn what is asked of it. These are fairly “soft” dogs. They respond best to positive reinforcement and reward-based training, using praise rather than punishment. Finnish Lapphunds have strong noses and excel at scent-related activities, such as tracking, scent discrimination work and search and rescue.

Breeding
Litter Size- 2 to 9 puppies (approximately)

Complication in Breeding-No

Procreation
Finnish Lapphund are healthy and sturdy breed . Generally a dog takes around 18 months to reach his or her full height and structure. It is advisable to breed your dogs after at least two years of age. If you are a first timer at breeding then taking a vets help.