Japanese Spitz

Japonský špic

Japanese Spitz – front view — Photo: Podolskijr, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Japanese Spitz – head — Photo: Yuliya Strizhkina, Ilona Didkovska, CC0, source

Japanese Spitz – puppy — Photo: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Key facts

FCI group	5. Spitz and primitive types
Country of origin	Japan
Category	Small

Recognition features

Profuse pure white coat with a frill and feathered tail over the back
Pointed muzzle and triangular pricked ears
Intelligent, cheerful and not noisy

Purpose

Pure white companion spitz developed in Japan in the 20th century.

History

Said to derive from large white German Spitz brought to Japan about 1920 via Siberia and north-east China. First exhibited in Tokyo in 1921, with imports from Canada, the US, Australia and China until about 1936; the unified standard was set by the Japan Kennel Club in 1948.

Coat

Straight stand-off outer coat, short soft dense undercoat; pure white.

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