Introduction of the Eurasier

History

Eurasier's breeding began in Germany in the 1950's by Julius Wipfel. At the beginning, the Chow Chow and Deutscher wolfspitz were crossed. The result was called a Wolf-Chow. In the early 1970's, the Wolf-Chow was crossed with a Samoyed and the name was changed to Eurasier. This name relates to the breed's origin, which is combined - Europe and Asia. The Eurasier became a recognized breed with the FCI in 1973.

Appearance

Eurasier is a balanced, medium-sized, spitz type dog with medium bone structure. All colors and color combinations are allowed, except liver brown, white or white spotted. Eurasier has a medium length fur, which has plenty of thick underwool. The fur's length must be such, that the body's proportions are outlined. See the breed description.

Character and training

The Eurasier is self-confident, calm, harmonic and possesses a high tolerance threshold. The breed is alert and attentive, but barks little. Eurasiers are very attached to their family. They can be reserved toward strangers, but are not aggressive or timid. Eurasiers may need to familiarize themselves with strangers on their own terms. Socialization to strange people and other dogs are important. These dogs are not to be left outside. They want and need a permanent contact to their family. Eurasiers need positive, but also consistent training. The Eurasier learns fairly easy and obeys without being a slave. A Eurasier is good for many interests; agility, obedience, search and rescue...

Eurasier's maintenance

The Eurasier requires regular grooming about once a week and the best grooming tool is a metal comb. During shedding, Eurasiers need grooming more often to remove their underwool. The Eurasier should be washed when needed and dried off with a hair dryer. In addition to grooming, Eurasiers require regular nail clipping, balanced feeding, and daily excercise and activity.

Eurasiers in Finland

The first Eurasiers were imported to Finland from Germany in the year 1989. After that, some Eurasiers were imported from France. Even though the Eurasier population in Finland is still small, puppies have already been exported to the breed's original country, Germany and also to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland and France.

Source: Finnish Eurasier Club, free translation by Mari Rajaniemi