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AKC Foundation Stock Service · FCI standard 358

Thai Bangkaew.

FCI 358 utilization: companion dog; an old breed from Bangkaew village, Phitsanulok province, descended from a cross between a Buddhist abbot's local black and white female dog and a now extinct wild dog, with selective breeding from single litters from 1957, regarded as a heritage of Phitsanulok. Kennel Association of Thailand (KATH): alert, intelligent, loyal, watchful and obedient, with an inherent desire to protect home and family. Wisdom Panel: the monastery kept 20 to 30 of these dogs, so effective at preventing intruders that locals asked for puppies to protect homes, boats and livestock; excellent guard dogs. Hundeo: a valued guard and companion dog, with a pronounced protective instinct. Wikipedia: a medium-sized spitz-type dog..

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.

0INHeightdogs null, bitches null. An ideal from the standard, not a range.
29–43LBWeight, all linesbreed dogs 29 to 43 lb; breed bitches 29 to 43 lb.

The body

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

Height at the shoulder

dogs 16 to 22 in · bitches 16 to 22 in

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

No single ideal, so center is blank. Wisdom Panel's breed-wide range sets high; the standards stop at 19.7 in.

Weight

dogs 29 to 43 lb · bitches 29 to 43 lb

Breed clubAKC

Wisdom Panel's breed-wide range sets low and Hundeo/AKC the upper figures; both stand.

Coat

FCI 358: double coat, straight coarse guard coat over a soft dense undercoat, moderately long on the body and longer around neck and shoulders forming a ruff more pronounced in males, feathering on the forelegs and long hair to the hocks on the hindlegs; white with well defined patches in lemon, red, fawn, tan or grey, or white with solid black patches; short or smooth coat is disqualifying. KATH: double coat, medium in length. Wisdom Panel: medium-length double coat, ruff and feathered legs.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

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 · Double coat of moderate length with a ruff and feathering (FCI, KATH).

DerivedFederation Cynologique Internationale

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

AKC breed page: Energy Level 3 of 5, Mental Stimulation Needs 3. Wisdom Panel: a lot of energy, needing daily exercise. Hundeo: high energy; daily walks of at least 1.5 hours plus active play.

Breed clubAKC

AKC bands and editorial text; no minutes-per-day band from a registry.

Energy

FCI 358: alert, intelligent, loyal, watchful and obedient; easy to train; could be slightly aloof towards strangers. KATH: inherent desire to protect home and family. AKC breed page: Energy Level 3, Affectionate With Family 5, Openness To Strangers 1, Trainability 3, Watchdog/Protective Nature 5, Barking Level 1. Wisdom Panel: alert and protective, loyal but often wary of strangers. Hundeo: reserved toward strangers, needs consistent training and early socialisation.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

AKC bands, not measured. FCI disqualifies aggressive or overly shy dogs.

Grooming load

3 of 5

Breed clubAKC

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

Grooming

AKC breed page: Coat Grooming Frequency 3 of 5, Shedding Level 3, Drooling Level 1. Wisdom Panel: coat needs frequent brushing. Hundeo: moderate grooming and shedding; frequent brushing in shedding season.

Breed clubAKC

AKC bands.

The work

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

Role

FCI 358 utilization: companion dog; an old breed from Bangkaew village, Phitsanulok province, descended from a cross between a Buddhist abbot's local black and white female dog and a now extinct wild dog, with selective breeding from single litters from 1957, regarded as a heritage of Phitsanulok. Kennel Association of Thailand (KATH): alert, intelligent, loyal, watchful and obedient, with an inherent desire to protect home and family. Wisdom Panel: the monastery kept 20 to 30 of these dogs, so effective at preventing intruders that locals asked for puppies to protect homes, boats and livestock; excellent guard dogs. Hundeo: a valued guard and companion dog, with a pronounced protective instinct. Wikipedia: a medium-sized spitz-type dog.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Editorial and national-club views are shown beside the standards, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Field trial standard

FCI 358: without working trial. KATH: companion dog, without working trial.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

How common the problems are

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

Most common disorders

Hundeo: described as robust, but may be prone to joint problems in active, sturdily built dogs and to skin irritation under the dense coat. No figures.

EditorialHundeo

One editorial source, generic wording; no survey or registry data was found.

More

akc bands

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

Breed clubAKC

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

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. 3 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.

Also called
Thai Bangkaew, Bangkaew, Bangkaew Dog

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