We had never looked after an Italian Lagotto Romagna water dog before going to Geneva, so this was a new experience for us. He’s only two years old so is still essentially a young dog, a teenager really, he’s very lively and needs a great deal of exercise. Being a water dog he likes nothing more than going into lakes, streams, rivers, puddles in fact any body of water he can find, and the muddier the better!
Lagotto Romagna’s are trained in Italy to collect truffles and Hector likes to search for anything he can find digging in the soil often coming up with nothing at all, but digging as fast as his little paws will dig seems to be something he inherently needs to do whether he finds anything or not! A white and brown-faced dog he’s more often than not brown from head to toe with mud, wet through and as happy as can be. The other activity he adores is chasing a ball in a field or into the lake, or a large log into the river and dragging it back out.
He adores his toy box too and often rummages through looking for a different toy each day, although the unstuffed duck is a firm favourite being thrown about the small lounge to his heart’s content, perhaps it’s something in the breed that harkens back to a retrieving bird time or when dogs had to hunt for their own food. He also loves his rope toys throwing them at your feet for you to pull – playing ‘tuggies’ with him which is a firm favourite game.
Hector adores his food and we’ve been teaching him to search, which he loves, hiding small samples of bully beef on the ground for him to search out with his nose. Thinking of things to tire him out mentally and physically has been a good challenge for us and we’ve discovered some wonderful All Trails walks around Geneva, been to Morzine in the Alps, where Hector played in the snow and up and down various mountain trails as well as walking along the banks of lake Geneva.
Geneva is a beautiful part of the world that we have enjoyed discovering along with Hector who is happy to go out in the car or on foot anywhere you like as long as he’s with you. A very affectionate dog he adores having his tummy tickled, head scratched and curling up with his head on your lap at night to watch the television. As long as he’s had plenty of exercise and stimulation he’s relaxed, if not then you’ll have a dog literally climbing the walls of the apartment where he lives! So as a result of his exercise requirements, we’ve been enjoying six to ten kilometres of walking daily with him as well lots of doggy playtime too.
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14 Jan 2023
Hector the lively Lagotto Romagna
We had never looked after an Italian Lagotto Romagna water dog before going to Geneva, so this was a new experience for us. He’s only two years old so is still essentially a young dog, a teenager really, he’s very lively and needs a great deal of exercise. Being a water dog he likes nothing more than going into lakes, streams, rivers, puddles in fact any body of water he can find, and the muddier the better!
Lagotto Romagna’s are trained in Italy to collect truffles and Hector likes to search for anything he can find digging in the soil often coming up with nothing at all, but digging as fast as his little paws will dig seems to be something he inherently needs to do whether he finds anything or not! A white and brown-faced dog he’s more often than not brown from head to toe with mud, wet through and as happy as can be. The other activity he adores is chasing a ball in a field or into the lake, or a large log into the river and dragging it back out.
He adores his toy box too and often rummages through looking for a different toy each day, although the unstuffed duck is a firm favourite being thrown about the small lounge to his heart’s content, perhaps it’s something in the breed that harkens back to a retrieving bird time or when dogs had to hunt for their own food. He also loves his rope toys throwing them at your feet for you to pull – playing ‘tuggies’ with him which is a firm favourite game.
Hector adores his food and we’ve been teaching him to search, which he loves, hiding small samples of bully beef on the ground for him to search out with his nose. Thinking of things to tire him out mentally and physically has been a good challenge for us and we’ve discovered some wonderful All Trails walks around Geneva, been to Morzine in the Alps, where Hector played in the snow and up and down various mountain trails as well as walking along the banks of lake Geneva.
Geneva is a beautiful part of the world that we have enjoyed discovering along with Hector who is happy to go out in the car or on foot anywhere you like as long as he’s with you. A very affectionate dog he adores having his tummy tickled, head scratched and curling up with his head on your lap at night to watch the television. As long as he’s had plenty of exercise and stimulation he’s relaxed, if not then you’ll have a dog literally climbing the walls of the apartment where he lives! So as a result of his exercise requirements, we’ve been enjoying six to ten kilometres of walking daily with him as well lots of doggy playtime too.