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TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis and Mr. Antonio Crepaldi (ATAVI). Revised by Mrs. Renée Sporre-Willes. Official language (EN).
ORIGIN : Italy.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID STANDARD : 13.11.2015.
UTILIZATION : Guard and companion dog.
FCI - CLASSIFICATION : Group 5 Spitz and primitive type. Section 4 European Spitz. Without working trial. BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : The Volpino is one of the descendants of the European Spitz that 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. Work by Vittore Carpaccio from 1502 shows a Volpino in the Venetian painting, The vision of St Austin . Volpino was the dog of Michelangelo, and in the 18 th century, the tireless companion of the carters of Tuscany and Latium, always ready to noisily announce any strangers met on the roads. The standard was written in 1913 and the breed was fairly popular during the first part of the 20 th century but then it disappeared. Some white specimens appeared again in 1968 and the Volpino were registered again in 1972. Even the earlier well-known red colour is seen again.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : Small sized dog of Spitz type, compact, harmonious, with a long stand-off coat.
FCI-St. N° 195 / 17.12.2015
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