Lagotto Romagnolo, Ontario, Canada
Price Change as of January 1st 2025
Regretfully I will have to raise the price of a Lagotto Romagnolo puppy from my kennel as of January 1st, 2025 to $2750. This is due to rising costs of many items, but mostly veterinary fees.
Puppy availability
We have one litter now (born 17th of August 2024) with a couple of male puppies still available. There will likely be one litter in the spring of 2025 (a short waiting list already exists for the spring litter.)
I have been raising and training dogs for over 45 years. I continue to train my dogs in obedience and herding. Our farm is located just an hour east of Toronto, Ontario. The dogs live with me on our 100 acre farm, enjoying the wide outdoors with lots of opportunity to run and learn.
This wonderful dog is an ancient breed that originated in the Romagna area of Italy and was originally a water retriever, but has more recently been trained to find truffles. They also make an excellent family dog, with a non shedding coat and low allergen level. They are mid range for exercise needs, requiring at least a couple of long walks each day, plus some activity to keep their minds active such as fetch, agility, puzzles etc.
Our mission is to raise healthy, high quality Lagotto Romagnolo to make excellent pets and working dogs with an emphasis on great temperament.
Here is a link to an explanation of the breed colours with images:
I discovered this breed by chance, and having loved the curly coated breeds since childhood, I decided to do some research. After visiting wonderful breeders in Australia, Italy and the United States, I made up my mind it was the breed to add to my life.
This is FERMA BAROANEI EDITA (known as Dita) from Romania. Brown Roan. (Now Retired)
Born 3rd of December 2015.
JE -/- FF-/- LSD -/- HD Good Elbows Normal CERF Normal
OFA link: https://www.ofa.org/advanced-search?f=sr&appnum=1897781 
Two of our other breeding females, Aletta and Adrina at 5 months age (October 2013)
Adrina and Aletta, They arrived from Italy in July 2013.
Aletta has passed away due to an accident, but we kept her daughter, Carla, in our breeding program. Carla has had three litters and is now also retired and living a very comfortable life. Adrina has also died (likely killed by a coyote.)
This is our foundation dog Il Granaio Dei Malatesta Romina. She arrived from Italy in March 2012.
Our dogs originate from European breeding lines. We blood test our dogs for genetic diseases as well as doing hip, elbow, patella and eye assessments.
This is our now retired stud dog, Levante, who arrived from Italy in April 2015
JE normal, LSD normal, FF normal, HUU normal CERF normal
These two are siblings Barry and Bea who arrived from Italy in December 2016, (both now retired and living in family homes.)
JE carriers, LSD normal, FF normal, HUU normal CERF normal
This is Giulio who arrived from Italy February 26th, 2018 (Now retired)
JE clear, LSD clear, FF normal, HUU normal, Neuroaxonal dystrophy clear, CERF normal HD: Good, Elbows: Normal, Patella: Normal
(OFA link https://www.ofa.org/advanced-search?f=sr&appnum=1984513 )To look at our dogs' pedigrees please click on this link: http://www.lagotto.hu/database.htm
Member of the Canadian Kennel Club www.ckc.ca.
Member of Lagotto Club of America www.lagottous.com
Canadian Lagotto Romagnolo Association http://lagottoromagnoloclubofcanada.ca/
(not presently a member due to clause in code of ethics that I feel encourages price fixing: "25 - will not be swayed by commercial interests. The selling price of puppies is based solely on quality and fair market value. I will not seek to undersell other breeders; ")Italian Lagotto Club http://www.wicomwebspace.com/lagotto/?page_id=380