Eurasier
Part Wolfsspitz, part Chow Chow, all family dog.
Vital stats
| Size | Medium · 48–60 cm |
| Weight | 18–32 kg |
| Life expectancy | 12–14 years |
| Energy | Moderate — daily walks with its people, no job required |
| Shedding | Moderate — steady, with two heavy seasonal moults |
| Coat | Thick double coat, medium length · every colour except pure white, white patches and liver |
| Group | Non-Sporting · Asian Spitz (FCI №291, Group 5) |
| Origin | Germany |
Breed traits
Friendliness
Care
Mind
Temperament
The Eurasier is calm, steady and quietly confident, bred from the first litter to live inside a family rather than work outside one. With its own people it is affectionate and constantly present; with strangers it is reserved — it neither seeks their attention nor minds their company, and the standard is explicit that this reserve is neither shyness nor aggression. It learns willingly for a handler it trusts, but the Chow ancestry shows: it thinks an order over before following it, and heavy-handed training makes it dig in. Its hunting drive is low and its voice rarely used, which makes it an easy neighbour — as long as it is never made to live apart from its people.
Habits & quirks
Family or nothing
It was bred to live indoors as part of the household, and it holds you to that. Kennel life and long hours alone are the one thing this breed cannot do.
The polite wall
Guests get a glance and a measured distance, not a greeting. Give it time in the same room and it decides on its own when to come over.
Quiet by default
It barks rarely and only with reason. Days can pass without hearing its voice, which surprises people expecting spitz chatter.
Two blizzards a year
For most of the year the coat asks for little; twice a year the undercoat lets go all at once and fills the brush for weeks.
Care
| Exercise | An hour of daily walks with the family covers it — this spitz has no working past to burn off. Its hunting drive is low, so relaxed off-lead time is realistic with basic training. |
| Grooming | Brush once a week for most of the year, daily during the two seasonal moults. The coat is thick but resists matting and needs no trimming. |
| Training | It learns readily for someone it trusts and shuts down under pressure. Keep sessions short, calm and reward-based from puppyhood, and skip the drill-yard tone. |
| Health | A generally sound breed. Ask breeders for hip and eye screening, and check the line for hypothyroidism and patella luxation — the breed clubs test for both. |
Common questions
Is the Eurasier just a Chow Chow mix?
It started as a planned cross — Julius Wipfel's circle in 1960s Germany bred Wolfsspitz to Chow Chow and later added Samoyed — but it has bred true under club control for decades. The FCI recognised it in 1973 as standard No. 291, which makes it one of the youngest fully recognised breeds.
Can a Eurasier be left alone all day?
No. The breed was created to live with its family and reacts badly to kennels and long separations — the standard itself says so. A few hours alone, built up with training, is workable for many; a house that stands empty all day is not.
Are Eurasiers friendly with strangers?
Reserved, not unfriendly. A well-bred Eurasier neither fears visitors nor challenges them; it simply keeps its warmth for its own people. Expect polite distance at the door rather than a tail-wagging welcome — and no drama either way.