LAPPHUNDS

During centuries, lapón has been the dog of the town from which it has taken even, the name. By its extreme versatility, he was used to carry out diverse tasks like the guard and the care of the herds, the hunting and, more rarely, to throw of the sleigh with light loads: therefore an excellent aid of that one Arctic town in via of extinction. The origins of this race, are certainly common to those of the other great Spitz that later, adapting and settling down in the diverse polar regions, has given rise to commonly defined like “Nordic races”. The Lapphund today is very spread in the northern regions of Sweden where it is only used for the guard, whereas little it is known in his country of origin.

It is a dog of beautiful aspect, size not very great and good power, that one moves with great agility and vivacity: it never must seem too light. It is equipped with an abundant coat, with dense and rigid outer hair that could be defined as “of brush”, like all the races of the also provided north and of a fine and dense subhair, perfectly impermeable. The most common color is the black, but there is unit of dark and white brown color, case in which the spots must have noticeable limits good and drawing up precise in the necklace, the chest and the feet (nevertheless, the followers of this race, prefer the uniform layers). The tail can be short, even from the birth. Raised to the cross: Males of 45 to 50 cm., females of 40 to 45 cm. Head. With cone form. Dark truffle, preferably black coal. Straight nasal cane. Adherent lips. A little short snout, of conical form, that is drained and sharpened towards the truffle. Skull bent and wide between the ears. Set of teeth with scissors closing. Well marked Stop. Slightly salient superciliary arcs. Eyes. Quite great and distanced well horizontal, to each other, On guard nonoblique. Dark brown color. Ears.

Wide in the birth, distanced well to each other, short, raised and pointed but with the sometimes folded end. Neck. Of median length, tidbit, powerful, with papada. Previous extremities. Short with respect to the body. Strong forearms and in correct seriousnesses. Body Thorax longer than high. Straight back. Belly slightly dissuaded. Later extremities. Also correctly plumbed. Corvejones and knees slightly angulados. Feet. Forts, extended, with closed and bent fingers. Hair between the fingers. Tail. Coiled on the back, covered by dense hair. It can be short from the birth or to amputate itself partially. Coat. Abundant outer hair, to brush, dense and rigid, short on the head, the snout and the forcebody of the extremities and in the neck. Fine, dense and impermeable Subpelo. Color: brown dark, black, brown-target. The chest can completely be white or to present/display a white star or a white necklace.