{"data":{"slug":"finnish-spitz","name":"Finnish Spitz","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/dog-atlas/finnish-spitz","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/dog-atlas-api/v1/breeds/finnish-spitz","also_known_as":["Suomenpystykorva","Finsk Spets","Finnish Barking Bird Dog"],"kind":"breed","extinct":false,"group":{"key":"spitz","label":"Spitz \u0026 Primitive","fci_group":5,"fci_group_name":"Spitz and Primitive Types"},"size":"Medium","origin":"Finland","countries":["Finland"],"height_cm":{"min":39.4,"max":50.8},"weight_kg":{"min":7.3,"max":14.0},"life_expectancy_years":{"min":12,"max":15},"temperament":["Lively","Alert","Friendly","Independent","Vocal"],"exercise_level":"Medium","wikipedia_views_60d":6004,"summary":"A fox-red Finnish hunting spitz famed for its yodel-like barking, which it uses to hold game at bay. Lively, friendly with children and Finland's national dog since 1979.","photo":{"url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/dog-atlas/photos/finnish-spitz-3dc9d0cf75-1280.webp","small_url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/dog-atlas/photos/finnish-spitz-3dc9d0cf75-640.webp","width":600,"height":600,"author":"Unknown author","license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","license_url":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/","source_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finnish_Spitz_600.jpg"},"updated_at":"2026-10-15T14:55:04Z","ratings":{"energy":4,"exercise":3,"grooming":3,"shedding":4,"trainability":3,"barking":5,"kids":4,"other_dogs":3},"coat":"Double coat with soft dense undercoat and harsh, longer outer hair","colors":["Golden-red","Pale honey","Dark chestnut"],"fun_fact":"The Finnish Spitz can bark up to 160 times per minute, and Scandinavia holds a contest to crown the \"King of the Barkers\".","sections":{"overview":"The Finnish Spitz is a medium-sized spitz from Finland with a golden-red coat and a bright, fox-like look. It was bred to find game in the forest and announce it by barking, a style known as bark pointing.\n\nAt home it is a friendly, active companion that gets on well with families, though it is independent and very talkative. It suits owners who enjoy long walks and do not mind a vocal dog.","history":"The breed is thought to descend from spitz-type dogs that travelled with settlers into Finland some 3,000 years ago, where woodsmen valued them for finding food in the forest.\n\nBy the late 1800s mixing with other dogs threatened the pure type. Hugo Roos, a sportsman from Helsinki, gathered unmixed dogs and spent about thirty years rebuilding the breed. In 1979 it was named Finland's national dog.","appearance":"A square, well-balanced spitz with a pointed muzzle, small erect ears and a plumed tail curled over the back. Males stand roughly 45 to 51 cm and females 39 to 46 cm.\n\nThe double coat is golden-red, from pale honey to dark chestnut, shaded rather than solid and darkest along the back. The nose, lips and eye rims are black.","personality":"Active, alert and lively, the Finnish Spitz is warm with its family and especially good with children. It is independent and a little aloof with strangers, and can be protective.\n\nIt is usually fine with other dogs but its hunting instincts make it unreliable with small pets such as birds, though some live happily with cats raised alongside them.","care":"Expect one or two long walks daily plus play with the family; it is calm indoors if exercised. It does not do well kept apart from people in a kennel.\n\nBrush regularly and thoroughly during the twice-yearly coat blow so old undercoat does not cause skin trouble. Train with a soft voice and positive methods, as harsh handling backfires. Barking can be reduced with training but never disappears.","health":"Generally a healthy breed with few widespread problems. Responsible breeders screen breeding stock for the usual inherited conditions."},"recognition":{"fci_number":null,"fci_standard_url":null,"akc_url":"https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/finnish-spitz/"},"sources":{"wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Spitz","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29195","wikipedia_revision":1367257055},"profile":{"written_by":"AI model (Claude Sonnet) from the sources above","written_at":"2026-10-15T13:37:30Z"}}}