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10 Most Popular Dog Breeds in Finland

  1. According to one of the versions, this breed owes its appearance to the Finnish jeweler, who selected the best-hunting dogs of completely different types in his area and eventually got the Finnish hound. The second variant of the origin of the breed has more ancient roots: according to some cynologists, it appeared as a result of crossing Foxhounds and hounds.

  2. Jack Russell Terrier is a hunting dog bred in the early 19th century in Britain. The breed was intended for hunting foxes, hares, badgers, water rats. These are small dogs, ideal for keeping in city apartments. Their height is only 30-32 cm, and their weight is up to 8 kg. With such a compact size, the representatives of the Jack Russell Terrier breed have a muscular and stocky constitution, strong and hardy enough.

  3. The Norwegian Elhund (or Norwegian Elkhound - pronunciation can vary depending on language and dialect), a very ancient dog. The first evidence of the existence of dogs, very close to the modern Norwegian Elhund, is found several thousand years before our era. There are opinions, based on the excavations of archaeologists, that the ancestors of Elkhund could have lived as early as 5000 BC.

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