{"id":13590,"date":"2013-08-08T16:37:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T15:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/?p=13590"},"modified":"2024-09-03T09:47:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:47:59","slug":"why-we-love-spinone-italiano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/why-we-love-spinone-italiano\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Love&#8230; Spinone Italiano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spinone.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13591\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spinone-215x264.png\" alt=\"Spinone\" width=\"215\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spinone-215x264.png 215w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spinone-115x142.png 115w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spinone.png 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Top Five Reasons Why You Should Own A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/shop\/breed\/spinone-italiano\/\">Spinone Italiano<\/a>?<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Spinones have the most amazing human-like faces that are hard not to fall in love with.<\/li>\n<li>They tend to get along well with other dogs and other animals.<\/li>\n<li>Spinones are bred to be hard-working gun dogs, making them very resistant to fatigue and perfect as jogging companions.<\/li>\n<li>This breed is very intelligent and, while quite easy to train, will get\u00a0bored\u00a0quickly of repetitive tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Spinones are patient, gentle and love being around people.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Why-we-love\u2026spinone-italiano-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14162\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Why-we-love\u2026spinone-italiano-1-930x697.jpg\" alt=\"Why we love\u2026spinone italiano 1\" width=\"930\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Why-we-love\u2026spinone-italiano-1-930x697.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Why-we-love\u2026spinone-italiano-1-189x142.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Why-we-love\u2026spinone-italiano-1-215x161.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Why-we-love\u2026spinone-italiano-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Did You Know?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spinones are one of the oldest gun dog breeds, having originated in the Middle Ages.<\/li>\n<li>There was a point after the Second World War that they became nearly extinct. Most breeders had to resort to cross-breeding them with other wire-haired breeds such as the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon.<\/li>\n<li>Their name is derived from \u2018pino\u2019 which is an Italian thorn bush. Only the Spinone Italiano could get through it to pursue its smaller game.<\/li>\n<li>Spinone puppies grow quickly and will need four meals a day until around 20 weeks of age.<\/li>\n<li>Spinones have a true passion for food. This can be useful during training, but make sure your Spinone isn\u2019t left alone near your fridge!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/why-we-love\u2026-spinone-italiano-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14163\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/why-we-love\u2026-spinone-italiano-3.jpg\" alt=\"why we love\u2026 spinone italiano 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/why-we-love\u2026-spinone-italiano-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/why-we-love\u2026-spinone-italiano-3-169x142.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/why-we-love\u2026-spinone-italiano-3-215x180.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Ask the Vet\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Spinones are pretty healthy dogs and have great laid-back temperaments. If you are thinking of getting a Spinone then remember the following:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0 \u00a0 Weight &#8211; Spinones are big dogs that love to run around smelling everything and need plenty of exercise; failure to match their dietary intake to adequate exercise can result in some overweight dogs.<\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0 Hip dysplasia \u2013 hip joints fail to develop properly leading to arthritis. Always make sure that your puppy comes from parents that have had their hips X-rayed and scored by The British Veterinary Association \/ The Kennel Club Hip Scheme. The breed mean score is between 10 \u2013 15 so try to find parents with lower scores than this.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u00a0 Elbow dysplasia \u2013 incomplete development of the surfaces of the elbow joints leading to arthritis. Again always make sure that your puppy comes from parents that have their elbows X-rayed and scored by the BVA \/ KC Elbow Scheme. Try to find parents with scores of 0:0 indicating no evidence of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Hygiene \u2013 as with all dogs with wire coats, sensible attention is needed to make sure that the coat doesn&#8217;t get tangled and matted. Pay particular attention to their beards which can collect food debris after meals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spinone1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13593\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spinone1-930x618.jpg\" alt=\"spinone1\" width=\"930\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spinone1-930x618.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spinone1-213x142.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spinone1-215x142.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelligent and hard-working dogs, Spinone Italianos are one of the oldest gun dog breeds and here is Why We Love\u2026 Spinone Italianos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":13600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,12],"tags":[292,4,790,271,875],"class_list":["post-13590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-breed","tag-behaviour","tag-dog","tag-news","tag-pet","tag-spinone"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Why We Love... 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