While Volpino's are related to other modern Spitzdogs they do not descend from them, but rather from an common ancient ancestor.
It is more than possible that the Volpino may be one of the progenitors of Modern Spitzdogs.
In times gone by, they were used as 'alarm' dogs to warn of approaching strangers, kept by cart vendors to attend the cart and keep thieves away and on farms to awaken the larger guard dogs when strangers or predators approached.
A VolpinoItaliano is a white breed of dog of the spitz family.
The Italian word for wolf is lupo, and the Keeshond is called both Lupino and Volpino in Italian, so Volpino may be an old term for wolfdog or wolf spitz.
Despite his long history, the Volpino is unknown outside of Italy and is now quite rare even in his homeland.
Volpino Italiano for Sale, Italian Volpino(Site not responding. Last check: )
The VolpinoItaliano, also known as Italian Spitz and Italian Volpino, is descended from the European spitz type dogs.
Hardy and robust, the Volpino engoys a remarkable longevity.
Still, you would be wise to educate yourself about the hereditary dog diseases and health problems of the VolpinoItaliano and what measures and precautions your VolpinoItaliano reputable breeder has taken to ensure that your new VolpinoItaliano puppy will grow into a healthy and happy dog.
The exact origin of the VolpinoItaliano is not known, although this breed resembles the Italian Pomeranian which it is impossible for this breed to have descended from the Pomeranian because it is a much older breed.
The VolpinoItaliano was adorned with bracelets and collars, made of ivory as a symbol of the owner’s love.
Despite the VolpinoItaliano’s popularity in the past, today the breed is not known outside of Italy and even there it remains in small numbers.
The VolpinoItaliano is also known as the Italian Spitz, Florentine Spitz, or Cane de Quirinale.
The Volpino may have played a part in the development of the modern Pomeranian.
This is a humorous report under a regular column of a Pomeraniandog (given the date, think German Spitz) residing in Naples, Italy (given the place and date, this could in fact be a VolpinoItaliano), who was reputed to be able to speak the phrase "Damn grandmamma."
VOLPINOITALIANO cane, Anticamente era il compagno dei carrettieri che soleva accompagnare di giorno trotterellando tra le grandi ruote dei carri trainati dai cavalli...
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : He is one of the descendants of the European Spitz which already existed in the central region of our continent since the Bronze Age and of which skeleton fossils have been discovered around the foundation piles of the dwellings on stilts.
So the Volpino goes back to the same ancestors as the German Spitz of which he is not a descendant, but a relative.
He has been bred in Italy since immemorial times and has been idolized in the palaces of the noblemen as well as in the hovels of the common people, where he was especially appreciated because of his instinct of guard and vigilance.
Breed descriptions, history and other ressources related to the rare VolpinoItalianodog breed which is also known as Florentine Spitz or Cane de Quirinale.
Dogbreeders A to Z > Dogbreeders V > VolpinoItaliano
- This private web-site is dedicated to all the VolpinoItaliano's who have been mistaken for Pomeranians.
