Swedish Vallhund
Herding Group
AKC RecognizedFamily-friendly
📏 Size
Small
⚖️ Weight
9 - 16 kg
🌍 Origin
Sweden
🐕 Shedding
High
✂️ Grooming
Every few weeks
Energy Level
high
Exercise: 1–1.5 hrs a day
A guide for a healthy adult. Puppies, older dogs and flat-faced breeds in the heat need less.
Good to know
- Viking-era cattle dog: an ancient Swedish farm breed, they are low-set heelers that drove cattle by nipping at their heels, an instinct that can show up around running children.
- Talkative: they are known for an unusually wide range of barks, yips and "talking" sounds to communicate with their people.
- Tail lottery: puppies can be born with a full tail, a stub or a natural bobtail, all of which are accepted.
- Lots of energy: smart and lively, they need daily exercise and jobs to do, and many enjoy herding, agility and other dog sports.
- Seasonal shedding: the dense, weatherproof double coat is easy to keep but sheds heavily when they blow the undercoat.
Getting out with a Swedish Vallhund
They need daily exercise beyond a stroll: longer trails, games of fetch and time to run at the park.
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