I ♥️ Dogs,
specially mine!
This is Ralph 🐶
Ralph is a 9 years old German Spitz living in Dublin, Ireland. He was born and raised in Brazil, and recently flew over to live with his pawrents. He's is a sweet and chunky boy exploring new places and making new furiends. He registers all his adventures on his Instragram profile.
About his breed:
The German Spitz breed is believed to be descended from Nordic spitz-type herding dogs that were
the
common
ancestor to
other breeds such as the Samoyed, the Finnish and the Swedish Lapphund. It is believed these Nordic dogs
spread
throughout Northern Europe and as far as Britain during the Middle Ages with the Vikings, the earliest
mentions
of spitz
dogs in German literature date from AD 1450. In 1750, Count Eberhand zu Sayre Buffon wrote in his National
history of quadrupeds that spitz dogs were the ancestor of all German breeds.
They were originally kept on farms for a number of roles including herding and guarding, as the centuries
progressed some lines were bred to be smaller for other duties and eventually as small companion dogs.
The German Spitz is a long-haired, double-coated breed of spitz-type dogs, the five varieties vary
significantly
in
size. The breed standard states all variants have a double coat with a long, straight and outer coat and a
short, thick,cotton-wool like undercoat.
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breed.
This page was coded by his mommy, Nat Aguiar.