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Bichon Frise. A bichon (Russian: Болонка) is a distinct type of toy dog; it is typically kept as a companion dog.Believed to be descended from the Barbet, it is believed the bichon-type dates to at least the 11th century; it was relatively common in 14th-century France, where they were kept as pets of the royalty and aristocracy.
The Bichon Frisé is a small dog, standing 23–30 cm (9–12 in) at the withers and weighing approximately 5 kg (11 lb), the weight varying in proportion to the height. The skull is rather flat, but may appear rounded; the muzzle tapers only slightly, and constitutes two-fifths of the length of the head.
They belong to the Bichon family group, which includes the Bichon Frisé, Bolognese, Maltese, Löwchen, Havanese and Coton de Tuléar. [2] The precise ancestry of the Bolognese is unknown. [citation needed] Bolognese dogs may be seen in tapestry work produced by Flemish craftsmen dating as far back as the 17th century.
The Havanese, a bichon-type dog, is the national dog of Cuba, developed from the now extinct Blanquito de la Habana ("little white dog of Havana"). [3] The Blanquito descended from the also now-extinct Bichón Tenerife.
Selection of different dog breeds. This list of dog breeds includes both extant and extinct dog breeds, varieties and types.A research article on dog genomics published in Science/AAAS defines modern dog breeds as "a recent invention defined by conformation to a physical ideal and purity of lineage".
Pooch Café is a Canadian-American gag-a-day comic strip written and illustrated by Paul Gilligan. It was also made into a series of online shorts with RingTales. Gilligan is also the writer for the comic Poptropica, which debuted on June 9, 2014, [1] [2] ended its run on November 11, 2015, [3] and is based on the video game of the same name.
Microsoft Paint saves a small black-and-white image as the following GIF file (illustrated enlarged). Paint does not make optimal use of GIF; due to the unnecessarily large color table (storing a full 256 colors instead of the used 2) and symbol width, this GIF file is not an efficient representation of the 15-pixel image.
The coat, however, must be primarily white with no black hair. The US-based Coton de Tuléar Club of America allows for three different but equally favorable colorings: white, black-and-white, and tri-color, including "honey bear". White is described as nearly all white, sometimes with tan or champagne coloring on the ears, face, or back.