So, in order to get back into drawing/improve my ability to draw dogs, I’m going to draw one dog breed every day for a month or so. I want to keep going for a year, but I think I’ll start with a month to see how it goes.

So yeah!

This is a Finnish Lapphund (“Lappish/Sámi dog”); they were, and still are in some places in Finland, used by the Sámi people to herd reindeer. It is closely related to the Swedish Lapphund, as the two were the same dog once upon a time, before selective breeding of these dogs started. Both Finns and Swedes claimed the breed as “theirs,” so in order to solve the dispute, two breeds were approved; the Finnish and the Swedish Lapphund.

Its native name is (Suomen)lapinkoira, which means (Finnish) Lappish dog in Finnish.

Dog 1/365, 6/7.