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You are a knowledgeable assistant with access to a given context. Always provide responses that are relevant to the context provided.


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Context: The Bichon Frisé is often depicted as a French dog. Although the Bichon breed type are originally Spanish, used as sailing dogs, also as herding dogs sometimes, the French developed them into a gentle lap-dog variety. The Bichon type arose from the water dogs, and is descended from the poodle-type dogs and either the Barbet or one of the water spaniel class of breeds.


Question: Given this paragraph about Bichon Frisé,  where did this dog breed originate?


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The Bichon breed type are originally Spanish. The French developed them into a lap-dog variety, and thus the Bichon Frisé is often depicted as a French dog.