Bolognese Puppies Blog

I realise sometimes, that there are quite a lot of words that we use regurarly, but we don’t know what it exactly means. Maybe, I’m the only one, but the word “Bichon” was something like this to me. So I looked it up at various places, and I’d like to share the results with you.
First of all, one thing can lead to misunderstandings: the breed Bichon Frise is sometimes referred to as simply “Bichon”. But the word has it’s meaning on it’s own too!
A Bichon is a category of dogs, which is a non-sportive, companion dog. They can differ in appearance, but there are some main characteristics: these dogs have usually a coat more like hair and less like fur, short snouts, big, dark eyes and drop ears.
Bichon category breeds are: Maltese, Bichon Frisé, Bolognese, Coton de Tulear,  Havanese, Löwchen, Bolonka.

This lttle dog breed originates from Southern Italy; from Bologne. Hence it’s name. The only thing it has in common with the rich sauce is the place of origin, as not in color or in texture does it resemble the rich sauce that is loved by all Spaghetti eating fans! But like I said, we are not here to swop recipes. So what of the little dog from Bologne? Well…

In appearance, the Bolognese is a small dog breed with a white, distinctive and compact single coat. In other words it has no undercoat. The fur falls in loose open ringlets all over the body when allowed to grow long and shorter hair on the face can be seen. The hair’s texture is woolly, as opposed to silky and is never trimmed or clipped. The hair is non-shedding, but requires regular combing to prevent it from matting. Bolognese dogs who aim for the red carpet as show-dogs of course need much more care. Like its cousin, the Havanese, the Bolognese is also a hypoallergenic doglet, which is good for those dog lovers that suffer from allergies!