We had to put Ziggy to sleep on the 1st of October 2014. He had developed an aggressive stomach tumour.

The tumour put a great burden on his blood supply so he went from being an extremely lively (for an old man) to being unable to walk more than 300 meters within 8 days.

He lived with Cockatiels, Rabbits, Rats, Guinea pigs, Gold fish, a Cat and two very active children. At no point did he ever give the impression that he was a danger to anyone living in the house.... even the odd mouse that tried to set up house for the winter.

Our only regret is that he was terrorised every Christmas by the unrelenting (illegal use of) fireworks in the Netherlands (they are only supposed to be used for a number of hours on new year’s eve).

I would recommend this breed to anyone that has an active outdoor life style, has a mid to large size garden, does not live in an apartment and is willing to be loved by a loyal companion for 10 to 12 years (and vice versa).

Ziggy has the following medical tests
HD-A  with a Norberg angle of 35 this is measured via the F.C.I norm
At 5 years old this dog consistently acts in a very loving fashion and has a great tolerance of children even when the children play roughly with him.