Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Didier, The Lagotto looks like a very interesting race indeed. Beautiful dog, too. Philippe Op 11-mrt-07, om 22:19 heeft Didier Ludwig het volgende geschreven: > >> Better now after you reload it? > > Yes definitely! > >> About the Groenendaeler: the photo was taken at about 500m from >> Ch?teau Groenedael, where this beautiful dog was 'invented'. >> Philippe > > My family and me were having long discussions about what new dog we > want to buy. The Groenendael was evaluated, too, but the final > choice went to a smaller dog. We ordered a "Lagotto Romagnolo" from > a breeder. That's an italian truffle dog, or better said, THE > truffle dog there is. Looks a bit like a poodle. That will give me > a lot of walks, photographs, and hopefully truffles! We've had an > old, big and heavy Sarplaninac (Yugoslavian shepherd dog) which I > had bought over there before the war. But this breed is way too > strong and strong minded to let go out with children alone. Though > it was a female dog, she did not miss any occasion to show who is > the boss, and dominated every other dog if he did not surrender > immediately. Nothing special about a dog that is breeded to guard > sheeps from wolves, but not easy to handle in urban environments. > > Didier > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >