Breeds / Swedish Vallhund

Swedish Vallhund images, transparent background

Nine standard views of the Swedish Vallhund, on a transparent background.

Free previews: transparent WebP, 512 and 1024 pixels, with a credit link. Full size: transparent PNG, 2048 pixels, with a plan. AI-generated illustrations.

About the Swedish Vallhund

The Swedish Vallhund, also known as the Västgötaspets and Swedish cow dog, is a breed of dog native to Sweden. The breed's name, Vallhund, when translated into English, means herding dog, as the Swedish Vallhund was originally bred as a drover and herder of cows over 1,000 years ago. In 1942, the dog came close to extinction, but careful breeding and publicity by Swedish national Björn von Rosen and K. G. Zettersten managed to revive the breed in popularity and save it from its likely end. In 1943, the Swedish Kennel Club recognized the Swedish Vallhund as a breed, and officially categorized the Swedish Vallhund as "the Västgötaspets" ("Westrogothian Spitz") for Västergötland, the province in which their revival took place. Since then, the breed has been recognized by, and bred in, over ten countries and has gained some popularity.

Text from the Wikipedia article Swedish Vallhund, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The same view for every breed

Every breed in the catalog is drawn from the same nine angles, so you can compare them side by side: front, front three-quarter, left, left side, rear three-quarter, left, rear, rear three-quarter, right, right side, front three-quarter, right, head portrait.

Use these images

Previews up to 1024 pixels are free to reuse with a visible credit link. Copy this next to the image:

<a href="https://dogimage.dev/dogs/swedish-vallhund">Swedish Vallhund image: Dog Image API</a>

Fetch a preview, no key needed:

curl -L "https://dogimage.dev/api/v1/images/swedish-vallhund/default/front-left?size=1024" -o swedish-vallhund.webp

Full-size transparent 2048 pixel PNG, with a plan:

curl "https://dogimage.dev/api/v1/images/swedish-vallhund/default/front-left?size=full" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOG_IMAGE_API_KEY" -o swedish-vallhund.png