- Permissible: All colours and combinations of colours
About the Little Lion Dog
Origin: FranceLittle Lion Dog
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Companion and Toy Dogs
- Origin
- France
- Also called
- Pequeno Perro Leon
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Companion dog
- Behaviour and temperament
“Very affectionate and obedient with its masters, attentive and receptive, at ease in all circumstances; capable of being calm and discreet on command. His forthright and tender look tries to understand what is expected of him”
Quoted from FCI standard n°233. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
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- Exercise needsRead from what the breed was bred to do, in the registry’s own words: “Companion dog” That is a working purpose, not a measured exercise requirement — an individual dog’s needs depend on its age, health and household.
- 2 of 5
- Easy to train
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- Amount of shedding
- 1 of 5
- Grooming needs
- 4 of 5
- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
- —
- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
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- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Little Lion Dog
What you get with the Little Lion Dog
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Companion dog”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Very affectionate and obedient with its masters, attentive and receptive, at ease in all circumstances”
What you are taking on
- High grooming needs — the standard’s own description is “The coat is silky, long, wavy, dense; without undercoat”
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 · Little Lion Dog
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
The coat is silky, long, wavy, dense
without undercoat
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°233 — 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: 26 to 32 cm at the withers, with a tolerance of +/- 1 cm. Weight: 6 kgs approximately”
- FCI states a tolerance around the figure.
Quoted from FCI standard n°233. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Little Lion Dog down for, and what puts one out of the ring, in the registry’s own words. This describes the breed standard — it is not a checklist for the animal in front of you, and a pet with a disqualifying fault is an unshowable dog rather than an unhealthy one.
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Total or partial depigmentation of the nose, lips and eyelids or other colour than black, or other colour than dark brown for brown coats and derivatives.
- Turned up nose.
- Absence of one or more incisives or canines.
- Non-consecutive absence of more than two teeth (PM2, PM3, lower PM4).
- Consecutive absence of two teeth (PM2, PM3, lower PM4).
- Absence of a carnassial tooth (upper PM4, lower M1) or of another molar except for M3.
- Overshot or undershot.
- Eyes: small, almond shaped, protruding, too light or wall.
- Entropion, ectropion.
- Ears: not long enough or without fringe.
- Tail curled in a ring.
- Coat: curly, too short, lack of waves.
- Severe anatomical malformation
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Little Lion Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Little Lion Dog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Little Lion 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
This is where Little Lion Dog owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.
A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.
Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Little Lion 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.