we love our truffle pups!
Our mission is to provide families with the unique love and playfulness that the Lagotto Romagnolo brings. We fell in love with them and know that you will too!
Raising the “once in a lifetime” puppy goes beyond health testing and selective parent breeding. It is our goal to raise puppies that believe in their own abilities. By meeting our dogs’ innate needs, providing them with the time, love, and care they deserve during those crucial first 8 weeks of life, and evaluating each puppy prior to placement, we aim to match our puppies to a family where their unique personality and temperament will shine while also helping families find the puppy that best fits their lifestyle.
We will only breed to supply a demand; our purpose is not to flood the market with more dogs but to provide more families with this amazing breed that we have fallen in love with, and for them to experience the power of a dog to heal hearts and change lives.
the og water dog
Lagottos are the oldest breed of Water Dog in the world!
A fresco dating back to 1456 located in a Northern Italian palace depicts a Lagotto laying at the feet of Marquis Ludovic Ill Gonzaga. For centuries, the Lagotto was used to help hunt waterfowl but, towards the end of the 19th century, when large-scale draining of its native marshlands began, the age-old function of the Lagotto started to change. The vast flocks of waterfowl disappeared and the Romagnolo increasingly used their dogs for locating the much prized and very valuable underground tuber known as the truffle.
avid truffle hunters
Once used as a guard dog protecting dwellings and real property, the Lagotto boomed in popularity once their easy-to-train demeanor and exceptionally sensitive noses were put to use searching for truffles.
Fast-forward to today and the Lagotto Romagnolo is the only purebred dog breed in the world to be officially recognized as specialized truffle hunters.
