{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_japanese_spitz_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_japanese_spitz_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Japanese Spitz — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) official breed-standard factual data for Japanese Spitz, paraphrased derived fact summary (per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3) from source_file; Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/japanese_spitz_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 5\n  passed: 5\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_japanese_spitz_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_japanese_spitz_dog.md\nsource_document: \"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\n  title: \"Japanese Spitz — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.fci.be\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n# Japanese Spitz — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A Japanese companion breed (FCI standard 262) in Group 5 (Spitz and primitive type), Section 5, the Asian Spitz and related breeds, without a working trial; it descends from large white German Spitz brought to Japan around 1920, with the standard fixed by the Japan Kennel Club in 1948.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Size: dogs stand 30–38 cm at the withers (bitches a little smaller), with a body-to-height ratio of about 11:10.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is pure white and plentiful: a straight, stand-off outer layer over a short soft dense undercoat, short on the face, ears, front legs and below the hocks but long and abundant elsewhere, with a frill from neck to shoulder and a heavily feathered tail.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The head shows a pointed muzzle, small triangular prick ears set high and facing forward, and a tail carried curled over the back.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Temperament is intelligent, cheerful and alert, and the breed must not be noisy; movement is quick and active.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Faults include an overshot or undershot mouth, a strongly curled tail, shyness and noisiness.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifications: aggressive or extremely timid dogs, any clear physical or behavioural defect, drop (pendant) ears, or a tail not carried on the back.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Japanese Spitz — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Japanese Spitz — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.fci.be","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/japanese_spitz_combined.txt"},"source_document":"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/japanese_spitz_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":520,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}