Information on the Lagotto Romagnolo Breed

Breeding Lagotto Romagnolo – Valle dei Medici

Advice to choose the puppy the breeding and how to grow him

How to Adopt a Lagotto Romagnolo Puppy from Italy: The Valle dei Medici Guide Are you looking for an authentic Lagotto Romagnolo puppy for sale directly from its homeland? Bringing a puppy home from Italy is a unique experience. At Valle dei…

Recommendations

Lagotto Romagnolo in an Apartment: Is It the Right Dog for Your Lifestyle?

Lifestyle and the Ideal Owner: Meeting the Lagotto's Needs at Home The Lagotto Romagnolo is world-famous as the only purebred dog specialized in truffle hunting. Hardy in appearance and robust as a true country dog, it naturally sparks a question:…

Recommendations

Allevamento Cinofilo con Etica Rigorosa | Lagotto Romagnolo

Recommendations

Lagotto puppy booking – how the puppy choice is done

Lagotto Romagnolo puppy booking | Breeder Valle dei Medici. Reserving one of our puppies, especially made without making a visit with us is definitely an act of mutual trust. The inability to make a visit is often due to distance. However,…

Recommendations

Lagotto and Sport: Agility Dog

Lagotto Romagnolo Agility Dog There are many activities we can do with our Lagotto. Lagotto Romagnolo truffle dog, very true, but not only! With such a versatile dog there are many activities we can do with him. Pleasant, carefree moments…

Recommendations

Lagotto Romagnolo: Curiosities and things to know

A Guide to the Lagotto Romagnolo: Fun Facts, Temperament, and the Truth About the Breed Since 2020, the number of Lagotto Romagnolo dogs in our cities has grown significantly. Just ten years ago, spotting a Lagotto was a rare sight. Walking…

Recommendations

Sterilisation of a lagotto dog

Why sterilise your dog Neutering a dog mainly protects him from tumours. For the female these are tumours of the uterus and udder, for the male tumours of the testicles and prostate. Mother Nature takes her course and would like females…

Recommendations

Picking up my Lagotto puppy: how to prepare for the first journey

Recommendations

Tools to Groom the Lagotto Romagnolo

Tools to Groom the Lagotto Lagotto dog grooming is an activity that every owner can do on his own. The reasons can be many, from pastime, to the desire to try this practice or to keep your dog aesthetically in order with greater flexibility…

Recommendations

Choosing the Lagotto Romagnolo from Truffle or Pet?

Lagotto Truffle Dog Puppy When we receive requests for a Cucciolo di Lagotto Romagnolo truffle puppy we try to satisfy the future owner. It is important to us that our puppy can show his skills and be appreciated. It is important for the…

Recommendations

Stress in Dogs, how to recognize it and how to manage it

Stress in the Dog I was waiting at the vet to have an ultrasound scan of my Lagotta. The usual anxiety when I go for ultrasound to confirm pregnancy. To deceive the wait and to think about something else, I take a magazine and start leafing…

Recommendations

Clear ideas for a happy start

Tomorrow comes the puppy. Our first dog. The day of the puppy's arrival is approaching, it is the first dog in the family and some doubt as to what it will serve in the days to come assails us. Let's do a quick review: The puppy food,…

Recommendations

The name of the puppy

WHAT WILL I CALL MY PUPPY? The puppy's name is given at the time of microchipping. By law this is done by 60 days of age. For purebred dogs, the paperwork for applying for pedigree often leads to the microchip being inoculated earlier. Breeders…

Recommendations

Teaching Lagotto’s puppy where to take care of his needs

Puppy needs: the first challenge in education For those who live in a flat to teach their puppy where to dirty becomes a fundamental issue. In the long run, I dare say survival. Even those who own a garden or a terrace have to make an effort…

Recommendations

Dog toys suitable for Lagotto puppies

Puppy games: choose the most suitable one for the puppy Lagotto Romagnolo All future owners of our puppies show up on the day of foster care with some games. We have the opportunity to see many puppy games and we can make a ranking of the most…

Recommendations

Feeding the Lagotto Romagnolo as a puppy and not only.

Lagotto Romagnolo power supply The correlation between food and health is often forgotten even for humans. This relationship was well known more than two centuries ago to the father of medicine, Hippocrates. "Let food be your medicine and…

Recommendations

How to travel with your dog

Travelling with your dog. Walking with the Lagotto The first journey of the Lagotto is certainly that of the puppy that leaves our breeding. Afterwards it will surely happen to plan a holiday with the dog. The choice of the means of transport…

Recommendations

Lagotto Romagnolo Pet: Male or female puppy?

Male or female puppy? a look over to the Lagotto Romagnolo. This is the most common question. A must for those who have never had a dog in the family. Who is looking for a dog as a friend and has fear of not to be able in the management. Understandable…

Pedigree Lagotto Romagnolo e Qualità del Cucciolo

Recommendations

Pedigree Lagotto Romagnolo and puppy quality

The first time you hear talk about "quality" of a breed puppy , it comes from smiling or horrify. It depends on the sensitivity of each of us. It's an expression that makes think a puppy like an object. It's not pleasant. The concept of "puppy…

Recommendations

Welcome a puppy of Lagotto. When is the best time?

When to take the puppy? In terms of the law accomplished on the 60th day of age, the puppy can be yielded. But is the puppy really ready to leave mom and siblings? The litter from the sixtieth day onwards shows important changes. It is analogous…

Previous Next

Health: information to grow your Lagotto

Health

Sterilizing your own female

Lagotto Romagnolo female sterilization A few years ago spaying the female dog was always recommended by veterinarians. It could be debated whether to do it before or after, but on whether to do it the collected opinions were always…

Health

Pregnancy and Hysterical Pregnancy

Dog pregnancy The dog's pregnancy lasts 63 days from the day of ovulation. This is a very precise figure. It is all about identifying the day of ovulation. Blood tests carried out in laboratories are able within a few hours to provide the level…

Health

Lagotto Romagnolo Nutrition: Notions and Practical Tips

Feeding your puppy: How and what. In our kennel both for adult dogs but also for puppies we are using Monge or Royal Canin croquettes. For the feeding and weaning of puppies the product is Puppy and Junior Medium. In the picture on the…

Health

Intestinal worms and parasites in dogs

Intestinal worms in the puppy A few weeks after the birth of the litter we are inevitably confronted with the problem of worming. The mother's milk is the medium by which the puppies are infested with roundworms or coccidia or tapeworms.…

pericoli cane lagotto romagnolo forasacchi

Health

Dandelions a danger to dogs and frequent with Lagotto

Dandelions are the torture of spring and summer, in the countryside as well as in the city The forasacs are those little spikes we see growing between the longest blades of grass. They are a real nuisance in the period from spring to summer. We…

Health

Treatments against dog parasites

Dog parasites: a danger for the Lagotto Romagnolo Ticks, fleas, mosquitoes and parasites. These are the parasites that mainly infest our Lagotto Romagnolo in the period from spring to early autumn. The last years are characterised by very…

Health

Processionary moth a danger to dogs

The processionary moth The processionary moth is an insect which as an adult becomes a nocturnal butterfly, the famous moths. They move in rows across the ground up the trees where they form their nests. The name is due to the typical movement…

Health

The vaccines of the dog. Vaccinating a Lagotto puppy

Dog Vaccines and Socializing go hand in hand The dog vaccines begin at our breeding farm and continue at the home of the new families. The timing of the vaccination protocol is one of the first questions that we are asked by the families who…

immagine cucciolo lagotto romagnolo roano

Health

Allergy to the dog: Lagotto Romagnolo is a breed hypo-allergenic

Allergy to the dog hypoallergenic or anallergic? Allergy sufferers to dogs are intolerant to allergens found on the dog's skin or allergens found in the dog's splitle. Its are two different allergies conveyed through the hair of the dog. In…

Cura del pelo del Lagotto Romagnolo Toelettare e Tosare

Health

Fur care: Grooming and shearing

The Lagotto Romagnolo does not lose hair. His cloak is one of the strengths of this breed. Who has a Lagotto Romagnolo does not find annoying hairs around the house, couch or car. Who has a Lagotto Romagnolo for truffles, with the management…

pedigree riproduzione selezionata lagotto romagnolo

Health

Pedigree Lagotto Romagnolo: Selected Reproduction

Selected Reproduction for Lagotto Romagnolo The selected breeding is an official certificate with which it is certified that the puppies are born from controlled parents. The puppies born in selected breeding have a special red pedigree. ENCI…

Come e quando lavare il Lagotto Romagnolo

Health

How and when to wash the Lagotto Romagnolo

When to bath the puppy The first bath to the puppy of Lagotto should be done prophylactic vaccination ended. Sometimes it is not possible to wait until four months and we will start with some short washing of legs. With the beautiful season…

La pulizia delle orecchie Lagotto Romagnolo

Health

Cleaning the ears

Ear cleaning The Lagotto Romagnolo is a canine breed that requires particular attention to the cleanliness of the ears. The ears pendulous require a careful check for all dogs. The Lagotto Romagnolo does not lose its hair, also in the inner…

Health

The Confidence Veterinarian and the Breeding Referent Veterinarian

The Confidence Veterinarian The choice of the veterinarian who will follow the puppy is an important choice. The fact that he is near home is a valid criterion of choice. Managing emergencies quickly can sometimes save your dog's life. Of course…

Health

The teething of Lagotto Romagnolo’s puppy

Teething time of the puppy Starting from the second to third week we can observe how the teeth begin to appear from Milk. The first in general are the canines and almost at the same time the incisors will come out. A process that will end around…

Health

Lagotto Romagnolo dysplasia

Dysplasia in the dog Hip dysplasia (HD) is a pathology borne by the COXO-femoral joint that affects many dog breeds and may have often severe arthrosic evolution. It was the first skeletal and hereditary pathology studied in the dog. Elbow…

Health

Genetic testing in the Lagotto Romagnolo

Genetic tests in the Lagotto Romagnolo breed The genetic tests allow to verify the inheritance of certain pathologies. The pathologies for which the responsible gene has been identified. The puppies children of tested parents will not suffer…

Previous Next

Breed Lagotto Romagnolo

Selection

Pigmentation Lagotto Romagnolo

Selection

Lagotto Romagnolo is a medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog Lagotto Romagnolo. Have you recently decided to add a puppy to your family? Have you always wanted a dog and it finally seems the right time has come? Have you recently discovered Lagotto Romagnolo and have you seen different…

Selection

Lagotto Romagnolo a breed still to be discovered

The success of the Lagotto Romagnolo Lagotto Romagnolo owes its demographic growth in Italy mainly to the search for truffles. The number of people who in recent years have approached the truffles world has increased considerably. Newcomers…

Selection

Stud Lagotto Romagnolo

Coupling Lagotto Romagnolo: The Stud For a small breeding as we are, with a small number of females and Stallions, it is sometimes essential to turn to Stallions from other Lagotto Romagnolo farms. Serious breedings even if they have many…

Selection

The color of the Italian water dog

All colors of Lagotto Romagnolo The color of the fur of the Lagotto Romagnolo goes from white to brown passing through the orange. The coat color can be: white, white to orange patches or to brown patches, orange, brown and finally brown roan.…

Standard Lagotto Romagnolo: Il Lagotto Perfetto

Selection

Standard Lagotto Romagnolo: the ideal Lagotto

To understand if a lagotto Romagnolo has morphological and characteristic characteristics typical of the breed, we must refer to the standard Enci-FCI. The Standard 325/bis defines the characteristics of the Lagotto Romagnolo. Lagotto Romagnolo…

Previous Next

Educate and be educated

Education

Latest News

30 June 2026 - 17:20
How to Adopt a Lagotto Romagnolo Puppy from Italy: The Valle dei Medici Guide Are you looking for an authentic Lagotto Romagnolo puppy for sale directly from its homeland? Bringing a puppy home from Italy is a unique experience. At Valle dei Medici, located in the beautiful hills of Tuscany near Florence, we make international […]
Lagotto Romagnolo in an Apartment: Is It the Right Dog for Your Lifestyle?30 June 2026 - 15:51
Lifestyle and the Ideal Owner: Meeting the Lagotto’s Needs at Home The Lagotto Romagnolo is world-famous as the only purebred dog specialized in truffle hunting. Hardy in appearance and robust as a true country dog, it naturally sparks a question: “Can a Lagotto live happily in a city apartment?” The short answer is yes, absolutely. […]
Allevamento Cinofilo con Etica Rigorosa | Lagotto Romagnolo9 June 2026 - 21:12
Lagotto puppy booking – how the puppy choice is done2 August 2024 - 17:10
Lagotto Romagnolo puppy booking | Breeder Valle dei Medici. Reserving one of our puppies, especially made without making a visit with us is definitely an act of mutual trust. The inability to make a visit is often due to distance. However, a good friendly phone conversation, sometimes a video call allows us to exchange useful […]
Lagotto and Sport: Agility Dog18 July 2024 - 17:03
Lagotto Romagnolo Agility Dog There are many activities we can do with our Lagotto. Lagotto Romagnolo truffle dog, very true, but not only! With such a versatile dog there are many activities we can do with him. Pleasant, carefree moments that strengthen friendship and complicity with one’s Lagotto. The sport that certainly can be done […]

Breeding Lagotto Romagnolo – Valle dei Medici

Advice to choose the puppy the breeding and how to grow him

Health: information to grow your Lagotto

Breed Lagotto Romagnolo

Educate and be educated

News and Curiosity

Valle dei Medici su Instagram

Information Request

Breeder ENCI FCI Valle dei Medici

Breeding Plan

Latest News