Eurasier

GENERAL APPEARANCE
Balanced, well constructed, medium sized dog of Spitz type with prick ears and coat in varied colours. Length of coat should be such as to still reveal the body proportions. Medium bone.
Important proportions , Length of back slightly longer than height at withers. The ratio of length of muzzle and length of skull is almost equal.
Height at withers: Dogs 52 to 60 cm; Bitches 48 to 56 cm
Weight: Dogs 23 to 32 kg; Bitches 18 to 26 kg
The coat all over the body is a thick undercoat and medium length, loosely lying, guard hairs. Short coat on muzzle, face, ears and front of legs. Tail, back of front legs, (feathering) and hind legs (breeches) covered with long hair. Coat on neck only slightly longer than on body, not forming a mane.
All colours and colour combinations are permitted with the exception of pure white, white patches or liver colour.
CHARACTERISTICS & CARE
Classified by the global canine organisation of the FCI. as a companion dog the Eurasier is self assured, calm, even tempered with high resistance to provocation. Watchful and alert without being noisy. Very strongly developed link to his family. Reserved towards strangers without being aggressive. No hunting instinct. For the full development of these qualities, the Eurasier needs constant, close domestic contact with his family and understanding yet consistent training.
HISTORY
The Eurasier is a relatively new Spitz-type dog breed originating in Germany. In the 1950’s the Wipfel family started to undertake the creation of an ideal family companion dog.
Julius Wipfel, the ‘father of the Eurasier’ had many collaborators and enthusiasts who all worked to help make this dream a reality. The aim was to create a medium size Spitz-type family dog, one that commanded respect but which also had a calm and even-tempered nature. It was to be attractive, with beautiful and varied colour coats. The new breed was to be adaptable and suitable to different family lifestyles, from city life to rural life.
The initial breeding plan was one of mating a select group of German Wolfspitz with early Chow Chows, which did not have the same appearance as today’s Chows. The new breed was named ‘Wolf-Chow’. Later, in 1972 after some debate amongst the leading Wolf-Chow enthusiasts, Wipfel chose to include the Samoyed. Soon after, the breed was recognised by the German Kennel Club (VDH) and the FCI in 1973 and was renamed the Eurasier.