page_title: Dutch Smoushond
section_title: Recognition
hierarchical_section_title: Dutch Smoushond / Recognition
caption_attribution_description: Hollandse smoushonden, zelfgemaakte foto www.holaandse-smoushond.nl nl:Categorie:Afbeelding hond
context_page_description: The Dutch Smoushond is a small breed of dog, related to the Pinscher and Schnauzer breed type kept in stables to eliminate rats and mice in Germany and the Netherlands. It is very rare and not well known outside the Netherlands, its country of origin.
context_section_description: Although popular in the Netherlands, the breed is not well known elsewhere in the world. It was recognised in 2001 by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale and placed in the Group 2, Section 1: Pinschers and Schnauzers, Section 1.3 Smoushond. Of the major kennel clubs in the English-speaking world, it is recognised only by the United Kennel Club in the United States (classified in its Terrier Group). It also may be found listed by some of the vast number of internet-based minor registries and dog registry businesses as a "rare breed".
caption: A Dutch Smoushond and a Border Terrier
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