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Bouvier des Flandres
- Bouvier des Flandres/Vlaamse Koehond
- Boyero de Flandes
- Flandrischer Treibhund
- National kennel clubs and breed clubs (see, e.g. Breeding/Health Strategy Documents, below)
- Population-level statistics (see, e.g., Swedish Insurance Data, below)
- Research articles
- Breed club surveys
- Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds.
- The Kennel Club: September 2015 Population analysis of the Bouvier Des Flandres breed
- The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch (Category 1)
- Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
- Finland: Finnish Kennel Club Database-Bouvier des Flandres
- Bouvier Health Foundation: 2004 Bouvier Health Survey (Internet Archives)
- www.bouvierhealthfoundation.org
The Bouvier des Flandres is a herding dog breed originating in Flanders. They were originally used for general farm work including cattle droving, sheep herding, and cart pulling, and nowadays as guard dogs and police dogs, as well as being kept as pets.
Source: Wikipedia
Links to Breed Descriptions
View more videos on AKC's YouTube Channel
See: The German Kennel Club (VDH) for information and video (if available).
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This and other breed videos are available in full length here
ABdFC - Get to Know the Bouvier Resources
Showsight Presents The Bouvier Des Flandres https://digital.showsightmagazine.com/view/1041806/8/
(Internal: for archiving purposes)Bouvier Des Flanders.pdf
Excellent resource!
Other Names for Breed
Country of Origin and Parent Breed Club
Health and Well-Being
Some sources of health information include:
Breed-Specific Articles
Breed Standards
There are numerous breed standards.
The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed.
Three of the major international standards are:
Breed-Specific Statistics
1. Swedish Insurance Data
2. Registration Statistics:
Breeding/Health Strategy Documents
Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:
Health Surveys:
Breed-Specific DNA Tests:
Other Breed-Specific Webpages
Breed-Specific Research
Breed Clubs
We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.
France: Club Français du Bouvier des Flandres et des Ardennes
USA: American Bouvier des Flandres Club
Finland: Suomen Bouvier yhdistys
Netherlands: Nederlandse Bouvier Club
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