The Hokkaido Ken Standard: size

I realized that there was a mistake in my listing of the Hokkaido Ken standard size on this blog. Oops. I just corrected it, but I mistakenly listed the Hokkaido Ken Hozonkai (the premier Hokkaido Ken preservation society/registry in the world) standard's size for the breed to be 48.5-51.5cm for males, and 45.5-48.5cm for females. That's the size the JKC and FCI list, but again (drumroll please) it looks like they fudged it up. The correct size is... 48.5cm at the withers for males, 45.5cm for females, WITH AN ALLOWANCE OF 3CM ABOVE AND BELOW these standard sizes.

The Hokkaido Ken is a medium sized, strongly built dog. They have longer thicker coats than the other Japanese breeds, and also have wider chests, and smaller ears. Like all the Nihon Ken, they have a double coat made up of protective coarse outer guard hairs, and a fine thick undercoat that is shed seasonally. The breed comes in several colors: white, red, black, brindle, sesame, and wolf grey (HKH). Many Hokkaido also have spotting on their tongues. The breed has prick ears, and curl or sickle type tails. Dogs should be 48.5cm, and bitches 45.5cm at the withers with an allowance of +/−3cm (HKH). The JKC/FCI standard seems to have missed the mark in their standard, since they list the size as dogs 48.5-51.5cm, and bitches 45.5-48.5cm. NIPPO lumps the Hokkaido into the medium size category which lists dogs at 49-55cm, and bitches at 46-52cm.

Just thought I should put that out there before I forget to blog it.

 

Comments

  1. Do you happen to know the avarage weight? I read in a book 20-30 kg, but 30 sounds a bit much for a dog that's half a meter tall.

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    1. I would imagine most females between 14-17kg, males between 17-20kg. That's the weight for the other medium size breeds, and while the Hokkaido is a bit smaller, they are stockier

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