The Japanese in the late 19th century cross- bred various completely white coat dogs in search of a small intelligent dog breed with white coat. Dog breeds like German Spitz, Siberian Samoyed, Russian Spitz and American Eskimo were imported to Japan through Siberia and Manchuria for this purpose and a new breed of dog evolved from this experiment. It was called the Japanese Spitz. First exhibited in Tokyo in the year 1921, and a while later in the year 1948 the Japan Kennel club formulated the breed standards. Owing to its immense popularity inside Japan this new breed was introduced and appreciated globally by the end of 1950. Japanese Spitz are small dogs weighing around 7-10 kgs when adult with a height of 38 cm max. The coat is double layered with long straight hair as an outer layer protecting the dog from climatic fluctuations and a second inner layer of dense soft and short hair of pure white color. The tail covered with long hairs curl over the back. The coat is shorter on the lower part of the legs . The dryness of its outer skin makes it immune to bad odor. The face is wedged shaped with small pointed, upright ears with large black oval eyes.
Japanese Spitz are great for apartment dwelling as they are a companion first and depend on the owner. On its part it is quite a responsible watch dog that loves his family and is also patient with toddlers and quite protective. Thus will bark and alert about strangers intrusion in his territory. Though cases have been reported of Japanese Spitz living up to 16 years its quite common for them to live up to 12 years if well cared for.
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