Papillon

About the Papillon - A Great Small Dog Breed
The Best Little Dog Breed: Papillon - Butterfly Dog
This lens was one of the first couple of lenses that I created back in August of 2010 when I first became a member of Squidoo. Since then, I've created some more lenses and learned a few things, so I'm returning to the older ones to give them a bit of a facelift so to speak and some much needed love. Have you heard of a papillon? The question I most often get when people first see my papillon dog Tina, besides joking and asking whether Tina is a cat, is "Is that a long-haired chihuahua?" or ...

Just the stuff for Papillons!
Papillons are particularly special!
According the AKC Standard for the Papillon, "The Papillon is a small, friendly, elegant toy dog of fine-boned structure, light, dainty and of lively action; distinguished from other breeds by its beautiful butterfly-like ears." Papillons are famous for their intelligence and trainability - you will often seen these beautiful dogs competing in performance events. Our shop, Golly Gear, specializes in products especially for small dogs. Our staff would be delighted to help you find just the ri...

Papillons
If you are in the market for a small dog that is very loving and smart, a papillon would be my choice. How do I know this because I had a small papillon puppy come into my live just recently, His name is Merlin. He is very alert about what goes on around him and he is always at my side. Papillons love to play and get along with other dogs as well, they make a good apartment dog or just a small companion. When you first see them as a puppy, it is their beautiful eyes and silky coat that will g...

Do Papillons make your heart flutter?
Papillons - beautiful and brilliant "butterfly" dogs
According to the Papillon Club of America, the Papillon is "one of the oldest purebred Toys. It appears in paintings in Italy as far back as the 15th century. In France the court ladies and royal children were frequently painted with a Toy Spaniel pet, as the breed was then known...The dropped ear variety is known as the Phalne (which is a French word pronounced "fah-LEN"), named for a moth that droops its wings, to distinguish it from the erect-eared modern variety-the Papillon or Butterfly ...