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Eurasier.

FCI 291 utilization: companion dog. UKC: developed to be a family companion; self assured, calm and even tempered, very attached to its family but reserved, never aggressive, towards strangers. Royal Kennel Club: a spitz now very popular in its native land as a companion dog. Wikipedia: bred as companion dogs; do poorly in a kennel, are not well suited to work as a sled or guard dog, and can work as therapy dogs..

Breed sets the odds. The parents set the dog. Every number here shows its source, its spread and how sure we are. Nothing on this page is a prediction about one dog.

22 / 21INHeightdogs 22, bitches 20.5. An ideal from the standard, not a range.
40–71LBWeight, all linesbreed dogs 40 to 71 lb; breed bitches 39.7 to 70 lb.
1HRSExercise, every dayRoyal Kennel Club: exercise up to 1 hour per day.. The constraint most homes get wrong.

The body

What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.

Height at the shoulder

dogs 22 in (19 to 24) · bitches 20.5 in (18.9 to 24)

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 2019

Center is the ideal both FCI (52 cm = 20.5 in) and UKC (20.5 in) print. The AKC page range is breed-wide and counts in both sex rows.

Weight

dogs 40 to 71 lb · bitches 39.7 to 70 lb

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 2019

No center: the FCI ideal is printed in kg (22 kg = 48.5 lb) and the UKC ideal in lb (48 lb); both are in the text. The AKC page range is breed-wide and counts in both sex rows.

Coat

FCI 291: thick undercoat with medium long, straight, loosely lying guard hair; short on muzzle, face, ears and front of the limbs; longer hair on the tail, the back of the front legs and the hind legs (breeches); the neck only moderately longer than the body, no mane; all colours except pure white and piebald. UKC: double coat, medium length loose outer coat with a thick undercoat; all colours except pure white, white patches or liver. Royal Kennel Club: coat length medium; sheds. Wikipedia: long, thick double coat; the Eurasier comes in fawn, red, wolf-grey, solid black and black and tan.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 2019

Shedding

Shedding 3 of 5 (AKC breed page trait score)

Breed clubAKC

AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.

Heat tolerance

3 of 5 · Thick undercoat with medium long guard hair and a tail and breeches with longer hair (FCI 291); double coat with a thick undercoat (UKC)

DerivedFederation Cynologique Internationale, 2019

Derived from the coat description (medium double = 3). No measured data.

The dog at home

What the breed asks of a day. The first thing most homes get wrong.

Exercise need

Royal Kennel Club: exercise up to 1 hour per day.

Breed clubThe Royal Kennel Club

RKC band 'up to 1 hour' recorded as 60 minutes.

Exercise need

Royal Kennel Club: up to 1 hour per day; small house, small to medium garden; town or country. AKC page: Energy Level 3 of 5, Mental Stimulation Needs 4. Wikipedia: calm and quiet indoors, lively outdoors and enjoys activity with the family; should never be restricted to a yard, kennel or chain.

Breed clubThe Royal Kennel Club

Band words as the RKC prints them; AKC bands are not measured.

Energy

AKC breed page: Energy Level 3 of 5, Mental Stimulation Needs 4, Trainability 4, Barking Level 3, Good With Other Dogs 3, Openness To Strangers 2, Watchdog/Protective Nature 3. FCI 291: self-assured, calm, even-tempered, watchful and alert without being noisy, very strongly linked to its family, relaxed towards strangers; needs constant close domestic contact and consistent training. UKC: calm and even tempered, reserved but never aggressive towards strangers. Wikipedia: extremely sensitive to harsh words, responds best to positive reinforcement.

Breed clubAKC

AKC bands, not measured.

Grooming load

2 of 5 · Royal Kennel Club: grooming once a week; coat length medium; sheds. AKC page: Coat Grooming Frequency 3 of 5, Shedding Level 3.

Breed clubThe Royal Kennel Club

RKC band 'once a week' = 2. AKC page rates 3 of 5; both shown.

Grooming

Royal Kennel Club: once a week, medium coat, sheds. AKC page: Coat Grooming Frequency 3 of 5, Shedding Level 3, Drooling Level 2.

Breed clubThe Royal Kennel Club

AKC bands.

The work

What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.

Role

FCI 291 utilization: companion dog. UKC: developed to be a family companion; self assured, calm and even tempered, very attached to its family but reserved, never aggressive, towards strangers. Royal Kennel Club: a spitz now very popular in its native land as a companion dog. Wikipedia: bred as companion dogs; do poorly in a kennel, are not well suited to work as a sled or guard dog, and can work as therapy dogs.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 2019

Companion dog by history in every source. Editorial views are shown beside the standards, labelled.

Primary game

UKC: the Eurasian has no hunting instinct. FCI 291 and the other sources name no game.

Breed clubUnited Kennel Club

Handler-relevant: a companion spitz with no hunting use in any source read.

Field trial standard

FCI 291: without working trial (FCI group 5, section 5 Asiatic Spitz and related breeds). No hunting test standard was read for the Eurasier.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 2019

How common the problems are

Evaluated dogs skew toward breeding stock; the numbers are still the best there are.

Hip dysplasia

5.8% · OFA all-data: 345 evaluations, 5.8% dysplastic (mild 3.8, moderate 2.0, severe 0.0), 93.6% normal (excellent 29.0, good 58.3, fair 6.4); rank 175.

MeasuredOrthopedic Foundation for Animals

OFA submissions are breeding-stock skewed and under-report affected dogs; period undated ('current all-data', accessed Oct 9 2026 per the batch cache pull).

Elbow dysplasia

4.2% · OFA all-data: 240 evaluations, 4.2% abnormal (grade 1 3.3, grade 2 0.8, grade 3 0.0), 95.8% normal; rank 91.

MeasuredOrthopedic Foundation for Animals

OFA submissions are breeding-stock skewed and under-report affected dogs; period undated ('current all-data', accessed Oct 9 2026 per the batch cache pull). Most abnormal elbows are grade 1.

Most common disorders

Wikipedia: generally healthy, but a small gene pool in the breed's early years led to some hereditary disease; known issues are hip dysplasia, luxating patella, hypothyroidism, and eyelid and lash disorders (distichiae, entropion, ectropion). Royal Kennel Club lists elbow, eye and hip schemes and a breed club health scheme.

EditorialWikipedia

Wikipedia's list rests on Finnish, German and Canadian club pages it cites; no VetCompass paper was read. The RKC view is the registry side.

More

akc bands

AKC breed page trait scores (1-5): Energy Level 3; Mental Stimulation Needs 4; Trainability Level 4; Barking Level 3; Watchdog/Protective Nature 3; Good With Young Children 4; Openness To Strangers 2; Good With Other Dogs 3; Shedding Level 3; Coat Grooming Frequency 3; Drooling Level 2; Affectionate With Family 4; Playfulness Level 3; Adaptability Level 3.

Breed clubAKC

Fourteen AKC bands in one row; the selector reads each by name. Breed-club ratings: a tendency, never a measurement.

What to ask a breeder for

The health clearances the breed’s own club and registry name. Reference only: what to ask for, never a statement about any dog’s health.

  • USHips, elbows, patellas, eyes, dentition, Dandy-Walker Like Malformation, auto-immune hypothyroiditisOFA (as listed by Wikipedia) · Wikipedia, Eurasier

How to read this page

Every value carries a label. Measured means peer-reviewed data on many dogs. Studied means peer-reviewed, smaller or indirect. Breed club means a club or registry states it. Editorial means expert opinion with no measurement behind it. Where two good sources disagree, both are shown and neither is averaged.

Published when the entry rests on the best information available from no fewer than three independent sources, checked by a second pass that did not write it. 6 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.

Also called
Eurasian, Eurasian Dog

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