Click on Your SelectionBreed Overview

• Breed Overview & Temperament
 

Click on Your SelectionHistorical

• History of the Spinone Breed

• The return of Cardinal Conzaga

• Spinone Historical Pictures
 

Click on Your SelectionStandards

• CONFORMATION Standard 7/31/98

• Working Standard - Sporting Breed

• Insegnare "To Teach" by Jonna Palmer

• ENCI Standard
 

Click on Your SelectionCare of a New Dog

• Bringing a New Puppy Home

• Bringing a New Dog Home
 

Click on Your SelectionBreed Health

• Spinone Health Issues

• Spinone Health Concerns

• Health Survey

• Cerebellar Ataxia - Autosomol Recessive Genetic Disease identified in the Spinoni Italiani

• SCOA Breed Health Committee - Plan for the  Control of Cerebellar Ataxia
 

Click on Your Selection Foreign Breeder's Commentary

Ezio Pagliarini - Italy:

• The Legs of the Spinone

• Canine Zoognostic

•  Choosing a Spinone Puppy

•  The Spinone and its "Standard"

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The Spinoni Italiano, also known as the Spinone, Italian Spinone, or Italian Griffon is a large, rugged dog of distinctive appearance. He has a long head, with hanging ears and eyes described as "human like." In body he is a substantial, strong boned dog of square build. This deep-chested breed has a topline that slopes slightly up from below the withers to the muscular hindquarters. Everything about this breed indicates great strength as well as stamina. Suited for hunting in all climates and on all terrain. Its coat in fact protects it from the water and freezing temperatures of the swamp. It goes nonchalantly into cold, deep water, being an excellent swimmer and a model retriever.