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About the Eurasian

Origin: Germany
Typical life span
12-14 years
Size
Medium — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
23-32 kg
Female
18-26 kg
Height
Male
52-60 cm
Female
48-56 cm
FCI status
Reconocida por la FCI
FCI group
Spitz and primitive types
Origin
Germany
Also called
Eurasico

About

What is a Eurasian?

Medium-sized Spitz-type dog with balanced proportions and thick, plush double coat that comes in a variety of colors. Known for its calm, devoted nature and confident temperament.

Eurasian history and origins

Developed in Germany in the 1960s by Julius Wipfel by crossing Chow Chow, Wolfspitz (Keeshond), and Samoyed to create an ideal Spitz-type family companion dog. Recognized by the FCI.

Eurasian appearance and size

Males typically weigh 23-32 kg and stand 52-60 cm at the shoulder; females 18-26 kg and 48-56 cm.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Criado para
Companion dog
Comportamiento y temperamento
Self-assured, calm, even- tempered with high resistance against any provocation. Watchful and alert without being noisy. Very strongly developed link to his family. Relaxed towards strangers and not obtrusive. For the full development of these qualities, the Eurasian needs constant close domestic contact with his family and understanding, yet consistent training

Quoted from FCI standard n°291. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.

Características

Tamaño
Medium
Necesidad de ejercicio
2 of 5
Facilidad de adiestramiento
Caída de pelo
4 of 5
Cuidados del pelo
4 of 5
Convivencia con niños
Coste de mantenimiento
Tolera quedarse solo
Inteligencia
Salud de la raza
4 conditions documented

Pros & cons

Pros y contras de la raza Eurasian

Lo que obtienes con la raza Eurasian

  • Función declarada en el estándar: «Companion dog»
  • El estándar describe la raza así: «Self-assured, calm, even- tempered with high resistance against any provocation»

Lo que asumes

  • Están documentadas 2 enfermedades hereditarias graves, sobre todo en huesos y articulaciones y respiración. La pestaña de la guía de salud tiene la prueba que hay que pedir en cada una.
  • Exige muchos cuidados del pelo — la descripción del propio estándar es «the tail, the back of front legs (feathers) and hind legs (breeches) are covered with…»

Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI; United States Eurasier Club — Health. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.

Characteristics

Estándar de la FCI · Eurasian

Pelo y color

Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar, etiquetada con permissible.

Coat

All over the body thick undercoat and medium long, straight, loosely lying guard hair

short coat on muzzle, face, ears and front of the limbs

the tail, the back of front legs (feathers) and hind legs (breeches) are covered with longer guard hair on neck only moderately longer than on body, not forming a mane

Color

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FCI sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.

  • Permissible: All colours and colour combinations with the exception of pure white, piebald

Resumido de FCI standard n°291 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.

Lo que el estándar penaliza

Aquello por lo que un juez resta puntos a la raza Eurasian, y lo que la deja fuera del ring, en las palabras del propio registro. Esto describe el estándar de la raza — no es una lista de comprobación para el animal que tienes delante, y un animal de compañía con un defecto descalificante es un perro que no puede ir a exposición, no un perro enfermo.

Defectos graves

Cuentan mucho en contra de un ejemplar en el ring.

  • Lack of pigmentation.
  • Strongly domed forehead, strongly domed skull.
  • Straight hindquarters.
  • Very weak carpal joints.
  • Sway back and carp back.
  • Absence of three or four P2.
  • Absence of one or more P1 and at the same time absence of two or more P2.
  • Tail visibly open and not lying over back.
  • Short tail.
  • Lack of sexual dimorphism

Defectos descalificantes

Dejan al animal fuera del ring por completo.

  • Absence of a single or several incisors or canines.
  • Absence of a single or several premolars 3 or 4.
  • Absence of a single or several molars 1 or 2.
  • Anomalies in the bite.
  • Ectropion, entropion, eyes set too deep or eyes too small.
  • Semi-pricked ears, pendulous ears.
  • Kinked tail.
  • Tarsal joints knuckling over.
  • Pied colouring.
  • Pure white

FCI standard n°291

Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza Eurasian en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.

Health guide

Health & screening guide for the Eurasian

Riesgos hereditarios conocidos en la raza Eurasian, y la documentación concreta que hay que pedir a cualquier criador antes de pagar una señal. Un criador responsable tiene esta documentación a mano; esquivar la pregunta es mala señal.

4 enfermedades documentadas

Health checklist (PDF)

Bones & joints

Hip and elbow dysplasia

Serious

Malformation of the hip and/or elbow joints causing pain, lameness and early arthritis; less common in this breed than in many others, but still real.

Qué pedir

OFA (or PennHIP) hip evaluation and OFA elbow evaluation, on both parents, under the breed's CHIC programme (participating since November 2022)

1 source

Patellar luxation

Monitor

The kneecap slips out of its groove, causing an intermittent skipping gait; per the US breed club's own 2020 figures this is the most common of the skeletal conditions reported in the breed, at 7.6% of dogs evaluated.

Qué pedir

OFA patella evaluation, on both parents, from one year old

1 source

Breathing

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)

Serious

A defect in the tiny hairs (cilia) that clear the airways, causing recurrent respiratory infections from puppyhood and, in some cases, infertility.

Qué pedir

A DNA test became available in 2025 once a causal gene variant was identified in this breed specifically, but the testing laboratory's own note is that some Eurasiers with clinical signs test negative — meaning other, still-undiscovered variants likely also cause it in this breed, so a clear DNA result does not fully rule PCD out. Ask whether a puppy or its littermates have had recurrent chest infections.

2 sources

Immune system

Autoimmune thyroiditis

Monitor

The immune system attacks the thyroid gland; the US breed club's own figures make this the single most commonly reported condition in the breed (14.4% abnormal, a further 15.6% borderline), though it is manageable with lifelong medication once caught.

Qué pedir

Full thyroid panel including TgAA from an OFA-partnered laboratory, on both parents, within one year of breeding

1 source

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Eurasian 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.

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