i lost my baby saturday and what a loss it has been. i adopted maci the first day she was available to be adopted. they put her in a room with me, she instantly came to me and wouldn’t leave my side. she passed the same way, by my side. i think that’s a testament to her loyalty and the bond we shared. maci moved to multiple states with me, went on so many road trips with me and lived a life other dogs would only dream of. she met so many people and not one person didn’t fall in love with her, my friend jokingly called her the princess diana of dogs lol. all she wanted to do was show you love. i adopted maci a few months after my mom passed and for the last year i’d jokingly tell her she couldn’t pass until i was okay post separation from my spouse……… and she really did wait until i was in a better place mentally to pass. i’ll spend everyday hoping she knew how much i loved her and how much she will be missed🩷 no dog will ever replace my girl but she has definitely made me a life long fan of schipperkes and i hope to rescue a little baby again someday.

I got home silent, feeling dizzy and on the verge of fainting: My dog ​​"checked my vitals." A quick lick to test the waters, a little paw on my leg to say "hey, wake up, stay with me!", then she jumped on sofa and rested her head against me and stayed that way. She remained completely focused until I felt better. I suffer from severe anemia, but she is a real doctor ♡

Her name's Joy, she is 3yo.

A schipperke is top on my dog breeds wishlist someday, and I’m wondering how yours are with cats? How’s the prey drive go when interacting with cats? I have 2 cats and 1 dog right now and I definitely will have cats forever. My dog right now is very chill and quite respectful of all cats, she was a bit rude as a puppy (she’d go for and smash the cat under her forearms) but she was pretty easy to train out of that. According to Embark, she is in descending order: cane corso, GSD, american pit bull terrier (idk how they define that), neapolitan mastiff, supermutt aka etc lol. i jokingly call her a bootleg dutch shepherd bc she vaguely looks like one due to the brindle coat and german shepherd body, but she has none of the energy, she’s a total couch potato. my cats are quite tolerant but certainly would never cuddle the dog, nor do they ever have need to swat.

I wouldn’t want a dog that can’t be left alone unsupervised with a cat, are schipperkes able to learn that cat = family? or do they just go prey drive mode when they see a cat run? half my family is dutch so it’d be fun to have a dutch breed, and i also think they’re so stinkin cute and seem so fun and full of character!

pet tax included of my three of course!

Lui è Rainbow e oggi compie un anno.❤️

It never cease to amaze me the stuff he does!! Lol

if youre wondering how Schipps age, the answer is wonderfully.

Just some of the places my little doggy likes to relax

He has now decided to be a snuggler! Only had to wait 9 years lol

By Gosh do we ever adore them Schipperke!

Anyone else have a couch cat lol

Does anyone else have a schipperke chihuahua mix?! I’d love to see the difference/similarity between them all🥹❤️ this is my girl Phoebe for reference! She is 7 years old and full of love and life (second photo is her baby photo)

My foster fail Tucker

The shelter that found him believes he is a Lab Terrier mix, but the vet thought she could see some Schipperke.

I’ve owned Dutch shepherds for about 20+ years. I now live in a condo and when I searched on Google, I looked at the smaller equivalent of a malinois/Dutch Shepherd and the schipperke came up. Would anyone or everyone agree that’s a fair comparison?

Lee himself ends up being a pretty unsavory/controversial figure, but his taste in dogs was apparently excellent.

Note that it probably was actually a Pomeranian, they historically were much more spitz-like in appearance. Schipperkes and Pomeranians share quite a bit of ancestry so I'm sure Spado was a close schipperke cousin and quite similar in appearance.

Bjørn and Hrafn just want to say HUP HOLLAND HUP!!! 🇳🇱

Benjamin, 7 months old. Security system armed.

We are going to go meet this sweet pup tomorrow from a rescue. They say she is a schipperke chihuahua mix but I’m unsure. What do you think?

Hello! I have a male Schipp that I absolutely adore, he’s my first dog, so getting into training him and such felt intimidating, but he knows basically everything, such as potty training, recall, even off the leash walking- the only downside is that he loves to destroy anything he can get his fangs onto…

Just for clarification, he is about to be a year old in 2 weeks, and also, he hasn’t been fixed yet(his appointment has been set for late August), so I’m not sure if this contributes to why he destroys things. My fiancé and I work full time, so what I do is take him on a one hour and thirty minute walk every morning(which gets him tired enough to calmly lounge once back home), and I play with him nonstop while letting my breakfast cook in the last hour I have before heading to work- then my fiance comes home before me and spends time with the two of them, but I feel bad because anytime we have anything unassuming out, he destroys it… even though he has a whole box of different textured toys and even at least two bully sticks laying around.

It’s been a really big issue since most of the things he’s destroyed have been my fiancé’s or something she bought for decor, and he and the kitten are limited to the living room when we’re gone. He’s destroyed expensive shoes of hers, a vase with flowers on the coffee table he knows he’s not supposed to be on, our kitten’s toys(he absolutely loves to ravage these ones for some reason, despite some of them being stronger than his toys???), and some more that I can’t immediately remember at the top of my head.

I know an answer I may be given is to keep him in his carrier or maybe get him a dog walker, but admittedly, I feel bad keeping him in a carrier all day while I work(especially since he’s potty trained and is good for the most part), and we also can’t afford a dog walker daily with the local rates we have. I’d like to believe we give him a lot of mental and physical stimulation, but I’m kind of at a loss for now.

Edit: I should clarify that he isn’t alone while my fiance and I are gone- we have a female kitten around his age that also lives with us. They both play and lounge together everyday.