Country of origin

Finland
FCI standard number 189 E

Used as

Sheep tender, farm guardian, housedog, watchdog

Size

Male dogs have a shoulder height which varies between 46 and 52 cm's. At females, this varies between 40 and 46 cm's.

Coat

Abundant, especially the male dogs. Upper coat is long, straight and rough. On the head and in front of the legs the coat is shorter. A soft and dense under coat. All colours are admitted, but the base colours have to dominate.

Care

Particularly in moult a shegherd rake can be extremely suitable to remove the loose hair of the undercoat.

Nature

Friendly, intelligent, social, watchful, works gladly for its boss, active, affectionate, hard for itself and vigorous.

Education

The Finish lap dog is intelligent and eager to learn, that's why he becomes the ideal student. In the different branches of the dog sport, including fly-ball or adroitness, he can belong to the bests.

Sociality

This dog is very social by nature. He has a very good contact with children and normally spoken he can endure very much of them.

But he can also get very well along with other animals. The Finnish lap-dog is watchfull in the sense that he announce strangers, but he won't defend you and your property, he has a to gentle character for that.

Exercise

The breed needs reasonable exercise, running beside the bicycle is one of the possibilities, but he also enjoys long walks in the forest. Because of his shepherd dog properties he will allways stay near to you during a walk.