Spinone Italiano

If you are looking for pets that are gentle and devoted and would want to please its owners, you would want to have a Spinone Italiano. It is usually a choice for family pets, especially for those families who can spend time to love and dedicate to a pet. This breed is also suited for owners who have no or less experience in taking care of dogs. Training is not as hard as compared to other breeds.

This breed learns rather quickly and receptive. Early training can make it a sociable dog. Spinone Italiano has strength of character, and can be entertaining and playful at the same time. It is also laidback, serious and sensible. Training a Spinone Italiano is very much needed so it can have a confident and stable temperament. It also needs regular exercise and attention. It is good to secure a place for play for this large dog, so it won’t get anywhere when unleashed.

This breed likes to swim, dig and jumps as a past time. It needs a place where it can really go around and securely without getting lost. It needs to exercise and play, when unleashed. It is also known as a sensitive dog and the trainer has to be positive.

These breed loves children, and its size can be a big problem for little children as its size is bigger than them. It also gets along very well with other household pets, and are naturally cautions with strangers, but relatively polite. This dog is effective and can bark to raise an alarm. It can scare of robbers or burglars when navigating a household. It is happy with a family which has lots of fun, space, love, attention, and activity.

This breed is large and healthy; its coat is rough to the touch and is close fitting. The color of the coat varies from orange roan, chestnut roan, white, chestnut, white, and orange. Female Spinone Italiano grows 22 to 25 inches in height, and for Male Spinone Italiano it can grow as much as 23 to 27 inches. The maximum weight of female breed is sixty (60) to seventy (75) pounds and Male Spinone Italiano at around seventy five (75) to eighty five (85) pounds.

Sprucing Up A Spinone Italiano

The breed needs a grooming regularly but not as heavy as heavy shedders, as this dog is a light shedder. Moderate amount of time is needed to make a Spinone Italiano look really great. Show dogs needs to be clipped and trimmed every few months or so. These breed is a good pet for allergy sufferer, as it is a “low shedder.”

Health, Lifespan And Lineage

The life span of this dog is around 12 to 14 years old. It has a list of health issues typical of its breed like HD and bloat. This dog is robust and hard, as compared to other breeds. The parents carry with it, OFA certificates.

The hometown of a Spinone Italiano is Italy. It is instinctively a hunting dog and has lots of stamina added into it. It has can navigate in different parts of terrain. It is registered with AKC in the year 2000.

Quick Facts

Alias:	Italian Spinone	Size:	Large
Training:	Medium	Grooming:	Medium
Shedding:	Low/Medium	Exercise:	Long daily runs and walks
Energy:	Medium	Protection:	Makes an effective watchdog