I'm from sweden and grow up with a swedish Lapphund as a child. We loved this dog and this is how I remember him: he love to play and enjoined long walks in the forest - idealic when you as a family love to pic mushrooms and berries in the nature. In the early springtime he loved finding the last snow and burrowing him into it. It was hard for him when it was to hot outside (over 25 degrees) and he always strived to find the shadow. He loved bathing in the lakes. A minus was that he loved to find the badgers nest in the forest and stand barking there (could be dangerous for him). He also loved to chase cars. He was absolutly family oriented and didn't like to be alone.
I am Japanese and lived with this dog. In 2002, my father found and rescued him while working in the mountains of a region called Shoro in Hokkaido, Japan. He was still a puppy with a broken bone and was on the verge of starvation, but with desperate nursing, he survived. After that, he grew up quickly and became a very greedy dog, probably because he had experienced starvation at a young age. He loved snow, had the strength of a large dog, and was very difficult to brush. Fortunately, he never had any serious illnesses after we rescued him, and he ate his food until the very end, like a greedy dog, and passed away at the age of 16. A few years after he passed away, Google Lens was released, so I held up a photo of him when he was alive, hoping to find the origins of this dog, which I thought was a stray dog. The search turned up a breed of dog not familiar in Japan called the Swedish Laphund. When I looked at the image on Wikipedia, the back view was exactly like this dog. Even when we looked at the front image, the shape of the hair under the ears and the face were exactly the same, which surprised the whole family. We don't know why we came across the Swedish Laphund, which is unfamiliar in Japan. But it was a miracle that we met this dog, who was on the verge of starvation. It's just a guess, but I think that a Swede came to Japan on a business trip or study abroad with the dog, and maybe got separated while going fishing. If there are any Swedes who might think of this, I would like to let them know that this dog was safely rescued and is living a happy life.
I'm from sweden and grow up with a swedish Lapphund as a child. We loved this dog and this is how I remember him: he love to play and enjoined long walks in the forest - idealic when you as a family love to pic mushrooms and berries in the nature. In the early springtime he loved finding the last snow and burrowing him into it. It was hard for him when it was to hot outside (over 25 degrees) and he always strived to find the shadow. He loved bathing in the lakes. A minus was that he loved to find the badgers nest in the forest and stand barking there (could be dangerous for him). He also loved to chase cars. He was absolutly family oriented and didn't like to be alone.
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I am Japanese and lived with this dog.
In 2002, my father found and rescued him while working in the mountains of a region called Shoro in Hokkaido, Japan.
He was still a puppy with a broken bone and was on the verge of starvation, but with desperate nursing, he survived.
After that, he grew up quickly and became a very greedy dog, probably because he had experienced starvation at a young age.
He loved snow, had the strength of a large dog, and was very difficult to brush.
Fortunately, he never had any serious illnesses after we rescued him, and he ate his food until the very end, like a greedy dog, and passed away at the age of 16.
A few years after he passed away, Google Lens was released, so I held up a photo of him when he was alive, hoping to find the origins of this dog, which I thought was a stray dog.
The search turned up a breed of dog not familiar in Japan called the Swedish Laphund.
When I looked at the image on Wikipedia, the back view was exactly like this dog. Even when we looked at the front image, the shape of the hair under the ears and the face were exactly the same, which surprised the whole family.
We don't know why we came across the Swedish Laphund, which is unfamiliar in Japan. But it was a miracle that we met this dog, who was on the verge of starvation.
It's just a guess, but I think that a Swede came to Japan on a business trip or study abroad with the dog, and maybe got separated while going fishing.
If there are any Swedes who might think of this, I would like to let them know that this dog was safely rescued and is living a happy life.
Thank you so much for taking care of that dog 🐕 ❤️ Love your story 😊😊 salute to you and your family