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The Swedish Vallhund, also known as the Västgötaspets and Swedish cow dog, is a breed of dog native to Sweden. The breed's name, Vallhund , when translated into English, means herding dog, as the Swedish Vallhund was originally bred as a drover and herder of cows over 1,000 years ago.
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Small groups of prime power order p n are given as follows: Order p: The only group is cyclic. Order p 2: There are just two groups, both abelian. Order p 3: There are three abelian groups, and two non-abelian groups. One of the non-abelian groups is the semidirect product of a normal cyclic subgroup of order p 2 by a cyclic group of order p.
The Swedish Kennel Club, Svenska Kennelklubben, recognized the breed in 2000 [2] and nowadays it is also recognized in several other Nordic countries, such as Finland and Norway. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Lineage
Known as the "Viking dog", the Vallhund was bred to herd cattle, catch vermin and guard the home. The Vallhund was also referred to as "the little cattle dog of the Vikings." Livestock will kick after a herding dog. A big dog can get hurt by this, but a small, dog will simply just be missed as the cow kicks above it. [citation needed] Find refs.
The Norrbottenspets is a small- to medium-sized, compact and robust breed with typical spitz features. [4] Slightly smaller than the Finnish Spitz, the breed standard states dogs should stand between 43 and 47 centimetres (17 and 19 in) with bitches being slightly smaller, standing between 40 and 44 centimetres (16 and 17 in); they typically weigh between 11 and 15 kilograms (24 and 33 lb).
[1] [2] Historically these dogs have been used to hunt a wide variety of game including bear, elk, wolf and lynx. [1] [3] The Jämthund received official recognition as a breed in 1946, due to intensive work by Aksel Lindström and others. Before that, both it and the Norwegian Elkhound were seen as the same breed. They are both used for ...
The Lapponian Herder (Finnish: Lapinporokoira [ˈlɑpinˌporoˌkoi̯rɑ]) or Lapp Reindeer Dog or Lapsk Vallhund is a breed of dog from Finland, one of three Lapphund breeds developed from a type of dog used by the Sami people for herding and guarding their reindeer.