The Black Spitz (Sort Spids) is bright, good-looking and charming. The recreation of this ancient breed started around 1990 and was inspired by the recreation of e.g. the Danish Spitz (Dansk Spids), which is white. At the first dog exhibition held by the DKK (Dansk Kennel Klub) in Copenhagen in July 1886, a Black Spitz participated, and it was with such a Black Spitz the recreator worked. It has a smooth-lying coat as opposed to the other Nordic Spitz breeds. He used an Australian Kelpie and a Norwegian Buhund to achieve the right Black Spitz.
The breeding work with the Black Spitz escalated in 1992. The breed is for instance described in old Danish books about dogs and in encyclopaedias as the most common Spitz in Denmark in the 19th century. The Black Spitz is bred to achieve a dog with a friendly disposition and a healthy built body which is harmonic and well proportioned. Dogs of this type and build are seen in findings from the viking age, e.g. the Ladby ship near Kerteminde. The Black Spitz is a fine family and working dog to us. The breed is watch and herd dog by nature due to its strong attachment to its family and its fine sense of hearing. In addition it is intelligent, teachable and willing to work. Agility and obedience training are just right for the Black Spitz.
The height of the Black Spitz is 42-50 measured over the shoulders. The head is foxy
with pointed ears. It is harmonically built with a little longer than high body, straight back and deep chest. The forelegs are straight, the hind legs are well angled. The tail is carried curled over the back as it must be for Spitz dogs. The breed is healthy and robust. The puppies are homogeneous and look like their parents. A Black Spitz is not an exhibition dog, but a working dog. The dogs are registered in Dansk Hunderegister (the Danish dog register), and they are chip-marked. The breed is not yet approved by DKK. Klubben for Sort Spids (the Black Spitz Club) works seriously and intensively to breed as good and healthy Black Spitz dogs as possible. We have a breeding data base, and breeding is coordinated by the breeding committee to avoid inbreeding. When the dogs are 2 years old, they are called in to a breeding approval, and only the ones who live up to the standard of Klubben for Sort Spids are allowed to be used in breeding.
A Black Spitz is an integrated, but still an independent member of our family. We need to train it with respect and understanding of its intelligence, then we will get an independent and devoted friend. The Black Spitz has a loving and balanced temperament and an adequate size, and it enjoys the attention of its family. It is really good with children, who can often activate the Black Spitz very well under supervision of adults. Retrieving and search exercises are excellent for a Black Spitz. It loves to be outdoor, but it is also happy indoor, as long as it is allowed to use its intelligence and energy outside part of the day. The Black Spitz is an expressive dog whose signals are easy to read. Its ears, eyes, mouth and carriage of its head clearly show whether it enjoys it or is tired. It gives back respect and loyalty if treated with respect. It is happy, friendly and at the same time courageous and thereby a good guardian of our home. It is independent, but yet it loves to learn.
Which kind of dog to choose is a question of temperament. The Black Spitz is a dog which rather easily learns to stay at home alone some hours each day, especially if it is supplied with activity toys to stimulate it mentally. They thrive well in a pack, and even when puppies are in the house they are very harmonious, and they take care of each others puppies.
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