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How old your your JS? My JS had a little of that when she was teething but no anymore Come to the JS/Samoyed thread in the Sub forum :D He's 4-5 months and is changing teeth. Hope that's the reason!

My Japanese Spitz shows a bit of yellowy colour on the outer tips of the furs. I leave him outdoors so I am guessing its dirt and stain? Is this normal for an outdoor Jap Spitz? The stains (if they are really stains) are not easy to get off even with shampoos.....

Hi all, Just purchased my first Japanese Spitz puppy and was shocked when I looked at the parents' pedigrees more closely after I got home. They have the same father and the mother is actually the mother of the father. (sounds shocking even when I am typing this.....). The good thing is that the father is from a champion line and his blood line seems to be everywhere in the tree (5 champions in 3 generations). I guess this is one of those classic scenarios where the champion line is used to breed everything hoping that it would make good puppies. Anyway, there is nothing that can be done now so can anyone please tell me what can go wrong in such close in-breeding? I've did a bit of research on the Jap Spitz and there aren't many known genetic problems (knee cap joint and eye tear). I am under the impression that close breeding will cause genetic problems to become apparent but no new diseases can be "invented"? eg. heart disease when they are not in the genes of this dog type. Any advice is welcome! ps. the puppy is 13 weeks.