The Löwchen is an athlete, a clown, and a devoted companion. They are intelligent, inquisitive and all this in a small package. Löwchen are usually around 13 inches tall and weigh in the vicinity of 15 pounds (assuming table scraps are excluded). If you like having a dog at your feet, in your lap or at your side, a Löwchen is for you. You can not leave a room without the patter of little feet following your every move. Löwchen do not like to be left alone or ignored. They are easily trained and if you are not careful they will have you trained to their liking in the wink of an eye. Löwchen respond extremely well to praise and positive reinforcement. They do not like the word "no" and will look at you with a "why not" that will inspire instant forgiveness for their transgression.

Löwchen excel in Agility and other Companion events even though they often want to do it their way and not the courses' way. They can do well in obedience but often prefer more active events.

Hypo allergenic, most people with allergies can get along with Löwchen. Non-shedding in that they do not lose their total coat at one time. But just as humans, Löwchen do lose a hair or two. However, you won't find your sofa coated in hair.

A Löwchen is a long coated dog. Coats can be in almost any color from black, chocolate, white or any combination of these colors. Traditionally, a Löwchen is kept in a Lion cut. Maintenance to keep this cut is brushing once or twice a week and trimming every 4 to 6 weeks. Many pet owners keep their Löwchen trimmed short in a "puppy cut" which makes the brushing much easier. We recommend keeping the Lion cut or a short variation of the lion cut in order to easily identify the breed.

A very healthy breed, fortunately, the Löwchen has few genetic health problems. Cataracts occasionally occur in the breed but through yearly eye tests and careful breeding this problem can be kept under control. PRA (progressive retinal atrophy), which causes blindness, has been known to occur in the breed. As in all small dogs, luxating patellas are something that breeders must be careful to avoid. New owners of Löwchen puppies need to be vigilant when the permanent teeth begin to emerge as often the puppy teeth do not fall out and must be surgically removed.