Bohemian Spotted Dog

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About the breed

Bohemian Spotted Dog (BSD) is a middle size companionship dog breed. This lively and friendly dog is NOT aggressive and can be a good companion to a sportsmen, to a family with children or even to a vital retiree. This dog will most probably get along perfectly with your other pets. It can be kept in either in a flat or house – outdoor (in properly isolated kennel). BSD does not need challenging food and it is further bred to be a good universal companion to a man. As for its look BSD is the personalization of the word „dog“. No extremes, short nose or short legs. BSD resembles a crossbreed but maybe that is the reason why we love this dog. Being an „ordinary“ non-aggressive and trouble-free makes this dog an ideal companion. Bohemian spotted dog is a good guard dog as well as a great companion. It is suitable for agility and any kind of sport. Most of the BSD do like water and can accompany you anywhere. Since this is a relatively new breed its other qualities are yet to be discovered. Several dogs are reported to have successfully completed more demanding training and there is one dog that is used as hunting dog.

History:

Bohemian spotted dog was bred by Mr. Horak (still you can find the name Horak's laboratory dog) in the Czech Republic in the 1950's as laboratory dogs. Its history is not heroic as the history of rescue or working dogs yet they had their misfortune destiny to serve human kind other way. The original aim was to breed a modest dog with stable nature (friendly, not fearful, not aggressive) and natural healthy body construction. For several years the dogs lived just in laboratory complexes. Finally was the breed presented to the public in 1961. Maybe because its ordinary look the breed in that times was not adequately valued. Bohemian spotted dog was near to extinction. The “modern history” began in the beginning of 1990's. Since then the interest of public steadily grows as people start to be more matured and start to value ordinary c ompanionship dog breeds instead of fashion fight dogs or “strange” breeds. Nowadays the club of BSD is cowered by Czech club of rare dog breeds www.kchmpp.cz. The official site of BSD is www.strakaci.cz. Bohemian spotted dog is not internationally recognized yet. The waste majority of the dogs are living in Czech republic and only two are present in neighboring Slovakia. Hopefully this lovely breed will spread all around the Europe which would give it the opportunity for further standardization and stabilization of the look of BSD as well as its temper.