Lagotto Romagnolo
Italy · 16–19 in tall · 24–35 lb · medium double coat
Next to the average dog it is low-shedding, dog-friendly, quiet, and not for small children. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise.
Find out if a Lagotto Romagnolo suits youA good fit if…
- there is already a dog at home
- this is your first dog — the scores point to a manageable one
- you would rather not vacuum daily
- people come and go a lot
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
The Lagotto Romagnolo is an Italian breed of dog. It is a traditional breed of the once-extensive marshlands of the Delta del Po, in the eastern part of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, where it was used as a gun dog, specifically as a water retriever. After the drainage of large areas of wetland habitat in its area of origin in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it came to be more often used to hunt for truffles. In the twenty-first century it may be kept as a companion animal.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
