Welcome to the World of Löwchen

The best kept secret in the Dog World!

An Affectionate, Lively, Low-Shedding Best Friend

Löwchen walk into a room and immediately assume everyone is there to see them. They're probably right. And that’s saying a lot given their compact size of just 13 - 15 inches tall at the shoulder and weighing 15 - 18 pounds.

Confident, playful, and armed with a personality approximately three times their actual size, Löwchen make friends everywhere they go — with other dogs, with children, with strangers, with your delivery carrier, with people who claim they don't even like dogs. Nobody is a stranger to a Löwchen. They're simply a friend they haven't met yet.

Intelligent and endlessly entertaining, they have a well-developed sense of humour — mostly their own — and a gift for making their people laugh on a daily basis. They can be clownish and silly one moment, then curl up beside you with great dignity the next, as if the previous five minutes of complete nonsense never happened.

Wherever you go, they are there

Lowchen Love to Learn

Löwchen are a highly intelligent dog — which is wonderful, mostly, and occasionally somewhat inconvenient.

They pick up new things quickly and have an excellent memory - good or bad. They watch their people so well that they find routine in your day and can anticipate your next move - even if you don’t notice. With the right treats they're enthusiastic partners for training, tricks, and games.

Unlike herding and working breeds who love long training sessions and repetition, Lowchen learn best in short 5-10 minute sessions. Lengthy obedience classes quickly become boring or confusing - “I just did that command. Did I do it wrong? Then why are you telling me to do it again?” Instead, do instant 5-minute sessions a few times a day and your Lowchen will be learning and loving it. Stop when you make headway - they remember the last thing they did for you. The great benefit of instant short training sessions means you can fit them into your day so easily. Waiting for the coffee to perk - let’s practice sits. Watching a game - train during commercials. Waiting for the delivery guy - let’s do tricks. You get the idea. Just keep treats on you at all times.

They will also, given the opportunity, find the shortcut. Redefine expectations. A Löwchen doesn't refuse a request so much as propose a slight amendment to how to do it — and sometimes you'll find yourself agreeing. Or laughing. They have a way.

The upside of all this intelligence is a dog that is deeply engaged with their family, endlessly entertaining, and surprisingly easy to train when properly motivated. They have no limits to what they can do. The hilarious downside is that they know it too.

Grooming & Coat Care

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The Löwchen has hair, not fur — which is great news for allergy sufferers and your furniture. The not-so-secret tradeoff is that hair doesn't shed, it mats — so regular brushing is part of life with a little lion.

The good news? There's a clip for every lifestyle, from the iconic Lion Clip that turns heads on every walk, to creative styled cuts that make your groomer's day. And yes, that includes colour.

Ask any Löwchen owner what makes the breed truly special and you'll hear some version of the same answer: this dog wants to be with me.

Not near you. Not in the same general vicinity. With you.

Follow you to the kitchen? Obviously. Accompany you to the bathroom? They wouldn't dream of letting you go alone. Relocate from a perfectly comfortable spot the moment you move to a different chair? Without a moment's hesitation.

When you settle in for the evening, your Löwchen will be there with head in your lap — or on your feet, tucked beside you in the recliner, or quite possibly perched along the back of the sofa with a toy in their mouth. Sit on the floor for any reason whatsoever, and consider your lap immediately claimed. You can count on it.

Not surprisingly, Lowchen assume your bed is also theirs. But if that’s not your preference they’ll quietly settle in a crate. In your bedroom. Of course.

Outdoors they'll give you a little more breathing room — there are squirrels to investigate, smells to catalogue, and the entire yard to inspect with great thoroughness. But don't mistake independence for indifference. They always know exactly where you are, and they'll circle back to you eventually, once they're fully satisfied that the garden perimeter is secure. Then they’ll curl up under your lawn chair with one eye open for that pesky squirrel.

This breed genuinely thrives on human company. Though they will become accustomed to being left alone for your work day — they really just want to be part of whatever you're doing, even if you're doing absolutely nothing at all.