📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Small📌 |
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📊Utilization | Companion dog |
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✨Appearance | A cheerful little dog, with a lively gait and very loose, white corkscrew-curled hair. The head is carried proudly; the eyes are dark, lively, and expressive. The tail is carried gracefully curved over the back. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Bichon Bichon à Poil Frisé |
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🌐Country of origin | |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 12 - 15 |
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📏Height | 23 cm - 30 cm |
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⚖Weight | 5 kg - 8 kg |
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🌡Temperament | A true companion dog that can be taken anywhere without trouble. It is neither nervous nor barks often, very sociable towards both people and dogs, even if it does not know them. It has a great capacity to adapt and is very attached to its masters. |
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📜History | The Bichon Frisé was brought to France from Italy during the Renaissance. It resembled a very small Barbet and was named 'barbichon', later shortened to 'bichon'. In the 17th and 18th centuries, these little dogs were depicted by renowned painters, accompanying kings, nobles, and other notable figures. The breed regained popularity under Napoléon III, known at that time as the 'Ténériffe'. It almost disappeared after the two world wars but was revived by passionate French and Belgian breeders. |
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