Papimo

The Papimo is considered to be a hybrid or designer dog breed because it is created from two separate breeds. For the Papimo, a Papillon and an American Eskimo are used. These dogs are a new creation and there is not much to be said about them quite yet. What we do know is that they originate from the United States and that they will share characteristics and traits from both the American Eskimo and the Papillon. The latter is a dog breed that has been around for a while. In fact, it is thought to be one of the oldest dog breeds around, since they had been discovered around 700 years ago. They were first found in Europe where they were called Dwarf Spaniels. The dogs were often presented sitting in the laps of Spanish noblewomen in paintings from the Italian Renaissance, which occurred between the 13th and 15th centuries. At one point their name changed to Continental Toy Spaniels, but it would change again later on to the name that we all know them by today. Most of the dogs at that time had dropped ears at that time, but later on an erect eared version came into existence. The dropped eared version was then referred to as Phalene Papillons and the erect eared dogs were simply Papillons. The other parent comes from a much larger family of Nordic breeds called the Spitz. These dogs are nearly the same as the German Spitz, but during the war the dogs who were brought to America had their names changed to the American Eskimo. The white Pomeranian, the Samoyed, white Keeshond and white Italian Spitz are all other members of the Spitz family of Nordic breeds. The breed found its way to the United States along with German Settlers, and therefore have no relation whatsoever to the Eskimo culture, despite their misleading name.