While the Finnish Lapphund has been found around Northern Scandinavia (and the Karelian district...

• Type:
• Spitz Breed
• Pure Breed

The Finnish Spitz (also known as Suomenpystykorva) was declared the national dog of Finland in 1...

• Type:
• Spitz Breed
• Pure Breed

A descendant of the Rat Pinscher, which became extinct in the 1800s, the German Pinscher was pri...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The German Spitz is thought to be descended from the Northern sled and herding dogs which arrive...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The Hungarian Puli is an ancient breed, who's origins actually come from central Asia. The breed...

• Type:
• Flock Guardian
• Pure Breed

The Japanese Shiba Inu is the smallest of the Spitz-type dogs of Japan. Spitz dogs evolved in th...

• Type:
• Spitz Breed
• Pure Breed

Despite the fact that the breed is less than one hundred years old the origin of the Japanese Sp...

• Type:
• Spitz Breed
• Pure Breed

The Keeshond (pronounced ‘Kazehawnd’; plural Keeshonden) is a member of the northern Spitz famil...

• Type:
• Spitz Breed
• Pure Breed

The Korean Jindo is a very ancient breed which, until recently, was found only in its place of o...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The origin of the Lancashire Heeler isn't very well documented, but the general consensus seems ...

• Type:
• Herding Breed
• Pure Breed

The Norwegian Elkhound is descended from the ancient Spitz family of dogs which evolved thousand...

• Type:
• Spitz Breed
• Pure Breed

German in origin, the Schnauzer’s ancestors date back to the Middle Ages and dogs bearing a stro...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

A relative newcomer to the Western world the Shar Pei, (which translates as ‘sand-skin' in refer...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

Tibetan Terriers originated high in the Himalayan Mountains in the remote country of Tibet. Ther...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

Dogs similar to Whippets are depicted on ancient artefacts and in 12th and 13th century works of...

• Type:
• Sight Hound
• Pure Breed