- Permissible: All colours
- The basic colour must be dominant.
- Colours other than the basic colour can occur on head, neck, chest, underside of the body, on legs and tail
About the Finnish Lapponian Dog
Origin: FinlandFinnish Lapponian Dog
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Spitz and primitive types
- Origin
- Finland
- Also called
- Perro Finlandes de Laponia
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Originally a herder and watch dog used in work of keeping reindeer. Today also popular as a companion dog
- Behaviour and temperament
“Intelligent, courageous, calm and docile. Friendly and faithful”
Quoted from FCI standard n°189. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
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- Exercise needs
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- Easy to train
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- Amount of shedding
- 3 of 5
- Grooming needs
- 4 of 5
- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
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- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
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- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Finnish Lapponian Dog
What you get with the Finnish Lapponian Dog
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Originally a herder and watch dog used in work of keeping reindeer. Today also popular as a companion dog”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Intelligent, courageous, calm and docile. Friendly and faithful”
What you are taking on
- High grooming needs — the standard’s own description is “Profuse, especially the males have an abundant mane.”
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
Characteristics
FCI standard · Finnish Lapponian Dog
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
Profuse, especially the males have an abundant mane.
The outer coat is long and harsh.
On the head and on the front side of the legs the coat is shorter.
There has to be an undercoat that is soft and dense
Colour
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.
Shortened from FCI standard n°189 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
What the breed standard says
- Size
- “Height at the withers: Ideal height: males 49 cm and females 44 cm with a tolerance of 3 cm. The type is more important than the size”
- FCI states a tolerance around the figure.
Quoted from FCI standard n°189. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Finnish Lapponian Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Finnish Lapponian Dog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Finnish Lapponian Dog on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
No photographs yet
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Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Finnish Lapponian Dog breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.