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about the breeds of dog. For the French pastry, see <a href="/wiki/Bichon_au_citron" title="Bichon au citron">Bichon au citron</a>. For Mesolithic fossil, see <a href="/wiki/Bichon_man" class="mw-redirect" title="Bichon man">Bichon man</a>. For the album by Julien Doré, see <a href="/wiki/Bichon_(album)" title="Bichon (album)">Bichon (album)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AG_Cody.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/AG_Cody.jpg/250px-AG_Cody.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/AG_Cody.jpg/375px-AG_Cody.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/AG_Cody.jpg/500px-AG_Cody.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3413" data-file-height="4073" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bichon_Fris%C3%A9" title="Bichon Frisé">Bichon Frisé</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>bichon</b> is a distinct <a href="/wiki/Dog_type" title="Dog type">type</a> of <a href="/wiki/Toy_dog" title="Toy dog">toy dog</a>; it is typically kept as a <a href="/wiki/Companion_dog" title="Companion dog">companion dog</a>. Believed to be descended from the <a href="/wiki/Barbet_(dog)" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbet (dog)">Barbet</a>, it is believed the bichon-type dates to at least the 11th century; it was relatively common in 14th-century France, where they were kept as pets of the royalty and aristocracy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001293_&_516_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001293_&_516-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERice200296_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERice200296-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From France, these dogs spread throughout the courts of Europe, with dogs of very similar form being seen in a number of portraits of the upper classes of Germany, Portugal and Spain; from Europe, the type also spread to colonies in Africa and South America.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERice200296_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERice200296-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009268_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFogle2009268-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "bichon" is believed to be a contraction of "barbichon", which means "little barbet".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Breeds">Breeds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Breeds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bichon_Frisé"><span id="Bichon_Fris.C3.A9"></span>Bichon Frisé</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bichon Frisé"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bichon_Fris%C3%A9_-_studdogbichon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bichon_Fris%C3%A9_-_studdogbichon.jpg/250px-Bichon_Fris%C3%A9_-_studdogbichon.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bichon_Fris%C3%A9_-_studdogbichon.jpg/330px-Bichon_Fris%C3%A9_-_studdogbichon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2126" data-file-height="1535" /></a><figcaption><div class="center">Bichon Frisé</div></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bichon_Fris%C3%A9" title="Bichon Frisé">Bichon Frisé</a></div> <p>The Bichon Frisé, formally known as the Bichon Tenerife, Tenerife dog or Canary Island lap dog, was bred on the island of <a href="/wiki/Tenerife" title="Tenerife">Tenerife</a>; it was believed to be descended from bichon-type dogs introduced from <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> in the 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001514–515_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001514–515-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the Canary Islands, the breed was imported back to the Continent where it became the sometimes favourite of the European courts, its fortunes depending upon the fashions of the time; during an ebb in the breed's popularity it found its way into a number of <a href="/wiki/Circus" title="Circus">circuses</a>, performing throughout Europe with organ grinders.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001514–515_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001514–515-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breed again fell out of favour from the end of the 19th century and it was due to the efforts of Belgian and French enthusiasts in the 1930s that rescued it from extinction, which is why it is today recognised as a Franco-Belgian dog breed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001514–515_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001514–515-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERice200297_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERice200297-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bolognese">Bolognese</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bolognese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Male_adult_bolognese_dog_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Male_adult_bolognese_dog_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Male_adult_bolognese_dog_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Male_adult_bolognese_dog_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Male_adult_bolognese_dog_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1179" data-file-height="1027" /></a><figcaption><div class="center">Bolognese</div></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bolognese_dog" title="Bolognese dog">Bolognese</a></div> <p>The Bolognese, also known as the Bichon Bolognese, Bolognese toy dog, Bologneser, Gutschen Hundle or Schoshundle, takes its name from the northern Italian city of <a href="/wiki/Bologna" title="Bologna">Bologna</a>. It is usually claimed the breed descends from the Maltese.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516–517_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516–517-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is believed examples of the breed were kept by the <a href="/wiki/Medici" class="mw-redirect" title="Medici">Medici</a> family, who gave these dogs as gifts to garner favour. it is said that <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XIV of France">Louis XIV of France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" title="Philip II of Spain">Philip II of Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catherine_the_Great_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine the Great of Russia">Catherine the Great of Russia</a>, among other European rulers, all kept some.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516–517_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516–517-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bolonka">Bolonka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bolonka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RUSSKAYA_TSVETNAYA_BOLONKA,_Rayskoe_Sotsvetie_Tsevtik_(24264726856).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/RUSSKAYA_TSVETNAYA_BOLONKA%2C_Rayskoe_Sotsvetie_Tsevtik_%2824264726856%29.jpg/150px-RUSSKAYA_TSVETNAYA_BOLONKA%2C_Rayskoe_Sotsvetie_Tsevtik_%2824264726856%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/RUSSKAYA_TSVETNAYA_BOLONKA%2C_Rayskoe_Sotsvetie_Tsevtik_%2824264726856%29.jpg/225px-RUSSKAYA_TSVETNAYA_BOLONKA%2C_Rayskoe_Sotsvetie_Tsevtik_%2824264726856%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/RUSSKAYA_TSVETNAYA_BOLONKA%2C_Rayskoe_Sotsvetie_Tsevtik_%2824264726856%29.jpg/300px-RUSSKAYA_TSVETNAYA_BOLONKA%2C_Rayskoe_Sotsvetie_Tsevtik_%2824264726856%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1656" data-file-height="1104" /></a><figcaption><div class="center">Bolonka</div></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bolonka" title="Bolonka">Bolonka</a></div> <p>The Bolonka, also known as the Bolonka Zwetna, is a recently developed breed from <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>. It is a coloured variation of the white Bolonka Franzuska that was established as a breed in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001700_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001700-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bolonka_Franzuska">Bolonka Franzuska</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bolonka Franzuska"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name of the breed means French lap dog (franzuskaja = French, Bolonka = lap dog, French Bichon). Since the Renaissance, Bolognese lap dogs have enjoyed great popularity and admiration in princely and royal houses. The close ties between the French and Russian nobility led to the spread of the lap dogs of the French ladies to tsarist Russia. Even Catherine the Great loved and adored these dwarf puppies. She owned a few puppies during her reign at the Romanov Tsar's Court.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coton_de_Tuléar"><span id="Coton_de_Tul.C3.A9ar"></span>Coton de Tuléar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Coton de Tuléar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coton_de_Tular_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Coton_de_Tular_1.jpg/150px-Coton_de_Tular_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Coton_de_Tular_1.jpg/225px-Coton_de_Tular_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Coton_de_Tular_1.jpg/300px-Coton_de_Tular_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="491" /></a><figcaption>Coton de Tulear</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Coton_de_Tul%C3%A9ar" class="mw-redirect" title="Coton de Tuléar">Coton de Tuléar</a></div> <p>The Coton de Tuléar takes its name from the <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascan</a> port town of <a href="/wiki/Tul%C3%A9ar" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuléar">Tuléar</a>, where it originated.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008114_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008114-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001531–532_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001531–532-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ancestors of these dogs were likely brought to Madagascar in the 17th century, where they became extremely popular with the local ruling class; they became so popular that laws were passed to prevent them being owned by commoners.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008114_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008114-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001531–532_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001531–532-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breed was relatively unknown to the outside world until the 1970s, when examples were exported to Europe and North America.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009273_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFogle2009273-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERice2002125_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERice2002125-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Havanese">Havanese</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Havanese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Havanese_judging.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/A_Havanese_judging.jpg/250px-A_Havanese_judging.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/A_Havanese_judging.jpg/330px-A_Havanese_judging.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1353" data-file-height="1225" /></a><figcaption><div class="center">Havanese</div></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Havanese_dog" title="Havanese dog">Havanese</a></div> <p>The Havanese, also known as the Cuban shock dog, Bichon Havanais, Havana silk dog, Havana Spaniel, Havana Bichon or sometimes just the Havana, is a bichon-type breed from <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, taking its name from <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009271_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFogle2009271-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001573–574_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001573–574-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breed is believed to be descended from bichon-type dogs imported to Cuba by Europeans in the 18th century, where it thrived.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009271_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFogle2009271-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001573–574_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001573–574-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breed's fortunes turned with the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolution" title="Cuban Revolution">Cuban Revolution</a> in the 1950s; the Communists saw these dogs as the property of the former elite and sought to eliminate such dogs; the breed was saved by expatriates who fled with their pets to the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009271_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFogle2009271-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008117_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008117-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Löwchen"><span id="L.C3.B6wchen"></span>Löwchen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Löwchen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adult_Lowchen_Gaiting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Adult_Lowchen_Gaiting.jpg/150px-Adult_Lowchen_Gaiting.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Adult_Lowchen_Gaiting.jpg/225px-Adult_Lowchen_Gaiting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Adult_Lowchen_Gaiting.jpg/300px-Adult_Lowchen_Gaiting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2627" data-file-height="2037" /></a><figcaption><div class="center">Löwchen</div></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/L%C3%B6wchen" title="Löwchen">Löwchen</a></div> <p>The Löwchen, whose name means "little lion dog" in German, is another French breed of the bichon-type.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001511–512_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001511–512-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breed was known as early as the 16th century; by the 1970s, it was estimated only 70 remained, although thanks to a publicity drive the breed has recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001511–512_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001511–512-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008123_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008123-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Usually clipped to resemble a lion with a mane, when its hair grows naturally its resemblance to other breeds of the type is clear.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001511–512_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001511–512-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008123_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008123-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maltese">Maltese</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Maltese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maltese_600.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Maltese_600.jpg/250px-Maltese_600.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Maltese_600.jpg/330px-Maltese_600.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><div class="center"><a href="/wiki/Maltese_dog" title="Maltese dog">Maltese</a></div></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Maltese_dog" title="Maltese dog">Maltese</a></div> <p>The Maltese, sometimes called the Bichon Maltaise, is claimed to be descended from dogs brought to <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenicians</a> in ancient times. Proponents of this theory cite ancient artwork from Malta with dogs of similar form, although the first concrete record of this breed dates from 1805 when the <a href="/wiki/Knights_of_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Knights of Malta">Knights of Malta</a> wrote that the once famous local dog was almost extinct.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001529–531_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001529–531-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008123_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008123-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today's Maltese is likely the result of subsequent crosses, and they became increasingly popular throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001529–531_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001529–531-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009270_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFogle2009270-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Dogs" title="Portal:Dogs">Dogs portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dog_breeds" title="List of dog breeds">List of dog breeds</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001293_&_516-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001293_&_516_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorris2001">Morris (2001)</a>, pp. 293 & 516.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERice200296-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERice200296_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERice200296_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRice2002">Rice (2002)</a>, p. 96.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFogle2009268-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009268_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFogle2009">Fogle (2009)</a>, p. 268.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorris2001">Morris (2001)</a>, p. 516.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001514–515-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001514–515_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001514–515_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001514–515_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorris2001">Morris (2001)</a>, pp. 514–515.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008108_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAlderton2008">Alderton (2008)</a>, p. 108.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERice200297-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERice200297_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRice2002">Rice (2002)</a>, p. 97.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516–517-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516–517_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001516–517_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorris2001">Morris (2001)</a>, pp. 516–517.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001700-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001700_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorris2001">Morris (2001)</a>, p. 700.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hunde.de/hund/hunderassen/267/bolonka-franzuska.html">"Hunderassen | Bolonka franzuska"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hunderassen+%26%23124%3B+Bolonka+franzuska&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunde.de%2Fhund%2Fhunderassen%2F267%2Fbolonka-franzuska.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABichon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008114-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008114_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008114_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAlderton2008">Alderton (2008)</a>, p. 114.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001531–532-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001531–532_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001531–532_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorris2001">Morris (2001)</a>, pp. 531–532.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFogle2009273-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009273_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFogle2009">Fogle (2009)</a>, p. 273.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERice2002125-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERice2002125_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRice2002">Rice (2002)</a>, p. 125.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFogle2009271-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009271_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009271_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009271_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFogle2009">Fogle (2009)</a>, p. 271.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001573–574-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001573–574_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001573–574_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorris2001">Morris (2001)</a>, pp. 573–574.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008117-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008117_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAlderton2008">Alderton (2008)</a>, p. 117.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001511–512-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001511–512_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001511–512_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001511–512_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorris2001">Morris (2001)</a>, pp. 511–512.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008123-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008123_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008123_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlderton2008123_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAlderton2008">Alderton (2008)</a>, p. 123.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2001529–531-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001529–531_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2001529–531_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorris2001">Morris (2001)</a>, pp. 529–531.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFogle2009270-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFogle2009270_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFogle2009">Fogle (2009)</a>, p. 270.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bichon&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAlderton2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_Alderton" title="David Alderton">Alderton, David</a> (2008). <i>The encyclopedia of dogs</i>. Bath: Parragon Books Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4454-0853-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4454-0853-8"><bdi>978-1-4454-0853-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+encyclopedia+of+dogs&rft.place=Bath&rft.pub=Parragon+Books+Ltd&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-4454-0853-8&rft.aulast=Alderton&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABichon" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFogle2009" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Fogle" title="Bruce Fogle">Fogle, Bruce</a> (2009). <i>The encyclopedia of the dog</i>. New York: DK Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-6004-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-6004-8"><bdi>978-0-7566-6004-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+encyclopedia+of+the+dog&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=DK+Publishing&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-7566-6004-8&rft.aulast=Fogle&rft.aufirst=Bruce&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABichon" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMorris2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Morris" title="Desmond Morris">Morris, Desmond</a> (2001). <i>Dogs: the ultimate dictionary of over 1,000 dog breeds</i>. North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57076-219-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-57076-219-8"><bdi>1-57076-219-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dogs%3A+the+ultimate+dictionary+of+over+1%2C000+dog+breeds&rft.place=North+Pomfret%2C+VT&rft.pub=Trafalgar+Square+Publishing&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=1-57076-219-8&rft.aulast=Morris&rft.aufirst=Desmond&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABichon" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRice2002" class="citation book cs1">Rice, Dan (2002). <i>Small dog breeds</i>. 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