bichon frise dog – bichon frise puppies

bichon frise dog – bichon frise puppies

The bichon frise dog descended from the Barbet or Water Spaniel and the Standard Poodle. The word bichon comes from Middle French bichon (“small long-haired dog”), a diminutive of Old French biche (“bitch, female dog”), from Old English bicce (“bitch, female dog”), related to Old Norse bikkja (“female dog”) and German Betze (“female dog”).

Some speculate the origin of bichon to be the result of the apheresis, or shortening, of the word barbichon (“small poodle”), a derivative of barbiche (“shaggy dog”); however, this is unlikely, if not impossible, since the word bichon (attested 1588) is older than barbichon 1694.

While bichon frise puppies is derived from the French “Bichon à poil frisé” meaning “curly lap dog,” the preferred English spelling does not include accents and is written simply, “Bichon frise