The name of the breed is Dansk/Svensk Gårdshund (Danish/Swedish Farm dog) and it became acknowledged in the year 2008 belonging to FCI nr 356 Group 2 Schnauzer and pinscher, molosser, mountain  and sennendogs.  The origin of the breed is uncertain but there are some indications that it originates from the Pinscher breed and the Terrier breed.

According to the standard they should be about 32-35 (females) and 34-37 cm (male) +/-2 cm of height. The relationship between height and body length should be 9 to 10. They should have a triangular, rather small head with a well emphasised stop. The body should be compact with good substance and with a chest that is long, deep and roomy and a slightly rounded croup. The coat should be short, smooth and harsh on the body and at the end there should be a naturally bobtail/half bobtail or naturally long tail. ;-) The predominating colour should be white with some broken patches of different colours such as black, tan, brown and shades of fawn. The  impression of a DSG should be a white dog with some spots or patches in different colour combination.
 

The countries of origin for the breed is Denmark and Sweden. The DSG were common on farms where they have an old history as guardian dogs, watching out and alarming for oncoming strangers and people that not belonged to their farm. They also did guard "their" children and the chickens, pigs and all the other animals on the farm. There are some old stories told about DSG's that every day followed "their" children on their morning walk to school. Then the dog sat outside the school, faithfully waiting until "their" childs schoolday were over, and they could start walking back home to the farm again.  The breed were also used as a rat catcher - and they still are phenomenal in that activity - an instinct that make them also very suitable for hunting and tracking activities.
 

It is a brave, intelligent, attentive, alert and a lively dog and they are easily trained. Nowadays they are used in dog sports as for instance agility, obedience, rally-obedience, all sorts of tracking and even in hunting activities. Until today, THE only dog in the world in this breed that has been educated and has passed the tests as a certified rescue dog is "Skrållan" - a female dog bred and trained at the Swedish kennel Haritzas. There are also some DSG dogs in Scandinavia that has become certified searching dogs and certified obedience dogs.

The DSG has (in general) a soft and gentle temperament, and they seldom are troublemakers in company with other dogs - usually they go well together with other breeds even if they are strangers. They makes easily strong bonds to their masters and family and wants to be near and close to them nearly all the time - an all-round dog and THE fulfilled LAPDOG indeed!