Did you know?
Lots of small fluffy breeds were clipped into the ‘lion clip’ over the centuries as it was a popular look for coated companion breeds, with the dubious idea that a dog that looked like a lion would protect an owner with the strength of the lion. This trend unfortunately makes the Lowchen’s roots hard to trace, as many paintings purporting to show the Lowchen may be showing another breed entirely, just in the same haircut!
A Lowchen called Betsy features (briefly) in the short story ‘A Very Tight Place’ by Stephen King (part of the ’After Sunset’ compilation), and for those who remember the 1970’s TV series McMillan and Wife, their dog, Freeway, was an unclipped Lowchen.