Xiasi Dog

Working & guardian dogs · China

About the Xiasi Dog

Xiasi Dog or Lower Division Dog is a breed of tugou named after the village of Xiasi, Guizhou Province in China where they have been raised by the Miao people for thousands of years. Historically bred as a hunting dog and watchdog, the Xiasi Dog is prized today for bringing wealth to the family. Today the breed is critically endangered with low genetic diversity and an estimate of only 270 purebred Xiasi left. Xiasi Dogs are now accepted in most Chinese dog shows.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Xiasi Dog” (lead section), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type	Working & guardian dogs
Origin (Wikidata)	China
Map pin	Representative point in China (not an exact location)
Height	Males: 46–50 cm (18–20 in) Females: 45–47 cm (18–19 in)
Weight	Males: 16–20 kg (35–44 lb) Females: 14–18 kg (31–40 lb)
Size class	Medium (our grouping, from the weight above)
Wikidata	Q1000049

Height and weight as given in the infobox of the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0), with unit conversions added; we omit figures we cannot read reliably.

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