Swedish Vallhund
Sweden · 12–13 in tall · short double coat
Next to the average dog it is heavy-shedding and child-friendly. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise.
Find out if a Swedish Vallhund suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- this is your first dog — the scores point to a manageable one
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- hair on everything would bother you
- 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 Swedish Vallhund, also known as the Västgötaspets and Swedish cow dog, is a breed of dog native to Sweden. The breed's name, Vallhund, when translated into English, means herding dog, as the Swedish Vallhund was originally bred as a drover and herder of cows over 1,000 years ago. In 1942, the dog came close to extinction, but careful breeding and publicity by Swedish national Björn von Rosen and K. G. Zettersten managed to revive the breed in popularity and save it from its likely end.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
