Keeshond
Germany · long double coat
Next to the average dog it is outgoing with strangers, dog-friendly, playful, and protective. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise and sheds moderately.
Find out if a Keeshond suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- there is already a dog at home
- people come and go a lot
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- you share walls with neighbours
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
- this would be your first dog
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
The Keeshond ( KAYSS-hond, plur. Keeshonden) is a medium-sized dog with a plush, two-layer coat of silver and black fur with a ruff and a curled tail. Their closest relatives are the German spitzes such as the Großspitz (Large Spitz), Mittelspitz (Medium Spitz), Kleinspitz (Miniature Spitz), Zwergspitz (Dwarf-Spitz) or Pomeranian. The Keeshond was previously known as the Dutch Barge Dog, as it was frequently seen on barges traveling the canals and rivers of the Netherlands. The Keeshond was the symbol of the Patriot faction in the Netherlands during political unrest in the years immediately preceding the French Revolution.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
