• Cockhill’s Finnish Lapphund

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Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

The 1980s

Place of Breeding

Southern Finland

Synonym

Lapponian Shepherd | Kukonharjunkoira

Extinction Reason

Stop breeding due to the popularity of the Finnish Lapphund

References

Korhonen, A. (n.d.). Paimensukuisten lapinkoirien kantakoirista ja niiden taustoista. Paimensukuisen Lapinkoiran Seura. https://www.paimensukuinen.fi/paimensukuinen/kantakoirat/taustoista.htm (in Finnish)

Morris, D. (2008). Dogs: The Ultimate Dictionary of Over 1,000 Dog Breeds. North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square.

National Purebred Dog Day®. (2021, December 30). Kukonharjun line in the Finnish Lapphund. https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/kukonharjun-line-in-the-finnish-lapphund/

Wikimedia Foundation. (2025, May 14). Lapponian Shepherd. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapponian_Shepherd