The favourite animal of the Florentine Nobles of the 15th Century, the Lowchen catered to the whims of the elite. Ladies at court clipped the hair from the dog\u2019s backs and used them as \u201chot water bottles\u201d. Developed in Europe, the breed has been traditionally clipped similar to the Portuguese Water Dog in the lion trim (poodle look). This is probably not its immediate origin, but the similarity of the Bichon family and the water dogs is emphasized by these comparisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The L\u00f6wchen, also called the Little Lion, is a small dog whose coat is often cut to resemble the look of a lion. The short body is well proportioned and the tail is set high and of medium length.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":320,"template":"","acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds\/319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dmc-breeds"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}