- The most typical colours are black with white or white with black.
- Solid black as well as solid white also occur
About the Russian European Laika
Origin: Russian FederationRussian European Laika
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Spitz and primitive types
- Origin
- Russian Federation
- Also called
- Laika Ruso Europeo
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Hunting dog for all-round purposes
- Behaviour and temperament
“Steady, evenly-tempered, with very well developed sense of scent and detection of game”
Quoted from FCI standard n°304. 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: “Hunting dog for all-round purposes” That is a working purpose, not a measured exercise requirement — an individual dog’s needs depend on its age, health and household.
- 4 of 5
- 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 Russian European Laika
What you get with the Russian European Laika
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Hunting dog for all-round purposes”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Steady, evenly-tempered, with very well developed sense of scent and detection of game”
What you are taking on
- High grooming needs — the standard’s own description is “The coat on the rear legs forms trousers without feathering.”
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 · Russian European Laika
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording.
Coat
Outer coat is harsh and straight.
Undercoat is well developed, thick, soft, abundant and woolly.
The coat on the head and ears is short and dense.
The coat on the shoulders and the neck is longer than on the body and forms a collar
on the cheekbones it forms side- whiskers.
The coat on the withers is also slightly longer, especially in males.
Limbs are covered with short, harsh, dense coat, which is a little longer on the back side of limbs.
The coat on the rear legs forms trousers without feathering.
There is a protective growth of hair between the toes.
The tail is profusely covered with straight and harsh hair which is a little bit longer on the underside but without feathering
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°304 — 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 standard penalises
What a judge marks the Russian European Laika 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.
Severe faults
Marked heavily against a specimen in the ring.
- Strong deviation from the sexual characteristics.
- Light or heavy in bone; thick set body.
- Obesity or meagre.
- Head too long, stop under-developed or abrupt.
- Muzzle that is turned-up (dish-face); too long or coarse.
- De-pigmented on nose, lips or eyelids.
- More than 4 missing premolars, including PM1.
- Ears large, set low, not mobile.
- Round-tipped ears, over-developed ear-lobes.
- Shallow in chest.
- Defined east-west feet; pigeon-toed or bandy front.
- Straight or too obliquely set shoulders.
- Hindquarters narrow, with knees turning out; too narrow or too wide; over angulated or straight in rear.
- Heavy movement, stilted action or mincing gait.
- Long coat on the back-side of the forequarters; obvious fringes.
- Untypical coat during shedding.
- Tan (red) coloured markings on the head and the legs, different from ground colour
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Incorrect bite, lack of teeth (other than PM1 and M3), including the pincer bite before the age of 6 years old.
- Wall eye, flecked or of different colour.
- Ears dropped or semi-dropped.
- Natural stumpy tail, sabre or otter tail.
- Too short or too long coat or plumed tail.
- Any other colour than those accepted
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Russian European Laika in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Russian European Laika
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Russian European Laika 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 Russian European Laika 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 Russian European Laika 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.