Their keeshond dog, Pippi, is running around the kitchen, hoping for spilled food.

A Keeshond should never be shaved, as their undercoat provides a natural barrier against heat and cold.

Many people purchase a Keeshond thinking that, since they are agreeable family dogs, they must also be easy to train.

The Keeshond is a very bright dog as evidenced by its level of achievement in Obedience work.

In dog obedience class, our keeshond has been sporting a "K-9's for Kerry" kerchief.

The Nederlandse Keeshond Club was formed in 1924.

The very small Pomeranian was at first a much larger dog similar to a Keeshond before being bred to make a small court animal.

On a recent afternoon, Mr. Skrelunas unlocked the door to the Glass House and James, a keeshond, scampered in.

Here are sturdy animals with as different personalities and appearances as the Chow Chow, and Keeshond.

The appearance of oddly-colored Kees in otherwise wolf-gray litters has caused research into the early history of Keeshond coat colors.

Her stamps showed her dog, Bliss, a 5-year-old keeshond, digitally altered with a Santa Claus hat, in a snowy moonlit landscape.

The Keeshond's coat sheds dirt when dry, and the breed is not prone to doggy odor, so frequent bathing is unnecessary and undesirable.

A heart condition uncommon to the breed is tetralogy of Fallot, which is more common in the Keeshond and English Bulldog breeds relatively.

This trend is most evident in the tiny Pomeranian, which was originally a much larger dog closer to the size of a Keeshond before being bred down to make an acceptable court animal.

Originally called the German Spitz, more specifically the Wolfspitz, the name was officially changed to Keeshond, in 1926 in England, where it had been known as the Dutch Barge Dog.

In the Netherlands, "keeshond" is the term for German Spitzes that encompass them all from the toy or dwarf (Pomeranian) to the Wolfspitz (Keeshond).

Some smaller breeds (such as Keeshond and Tibetan Spaniel) are excellent watchdogs but not guard dogs because they bark loudly to alert their masters of intruders but are phyically small and not given to assertive behavior.

The Dutch Barge Dog Club of England was formed in 1925 by Mrs. Wingfield-Digby and accepted into the British Kennel Club in 1926, when the breed and the club were renamed to Keeshond.