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Welcome
to our web site! I have been breeding Keeshonden since 1985, and I
pride myself on providing new owners with the best-quality puppy and personal service. I breed several
dogs once a year so litters are available at varying times. Parents are OFA certified and CERF certified. My males
DNA is registered with the AKC.
This website is about a breed of dog called Keeshond. First a little history about
the breed.
The Keeshond has an arctic origin. In the eighteenth century the Keeshond was known as "a dog of the people." In its veins runs the blood of the Samoyed, Chow Chow, Elkhound, and Pomeranian. At the beginning of the French Revolution, it became the symbol of the common and middle-class Dutchmen who were led by the patriot Kees de Gyselaer. The breed then suffered a long period of neglect. They were first introduced into the UK by Mrs. Wingfield-Digby and did not become popular again until 1920, when it arrived in the US. This typical Spitz type breed was used to guard canal boats. It became known as the Dutch Barge Dog, although in Victorian England it was perhaps rather unkindly referred to as the overweight pomeranians. Keeshonden are compact little animals with a strong resemblance to its ancestor the Samoyed, with oblique chestnut eyes, erect triangular ears, and its medium-length tail rolled on its back. It has a cream or pale gray undercoat and a luxurious outer coat that comes in shades of gray with black tips and stands away from the body. Its coat always appears to have just been washed and combed. The markings are quite definite and there are definite pale spectacles around its eyes. |
