📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Small📌 |
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📊Utilization | Small guardian and companion dog |
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✨Appearance | Lupoid. The Schipperke is a sheepdog of small dimensions but very solidly built. Its head is wedge-shaped with a quite well-developed skull, and a relatively short muzzle. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Little Captain Little Skipper |
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🌐Country of origin | Belgium |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 13 - 15 |
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📏Height | 25 cm - 33 cm |
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⚖Weight | 3 kg - 9 kg |
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🌡Temperament | An excellent small guard dog, an exceptional alarm, bubbling with vitality, aloof with strangers. |
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📜History | In the Flemish dialect, Schipperke means « little shepherd ». The common ancestor of the Belgian Shepherds and the Schipperke was probably a sheepdog called Leuvenaar, an early breed, usually rather small and black. |
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