Japanese Chin Breeders UK: Advertise Your Kennel Free

Advertise your Japanese Chin puppies, litters and stud dogs

Do you breed Japanese Chin in the UK? List your kennel on caninebreeder.co.uk so buyers looking for Japanese Chin puppies for sale, and owners searching for a Japanese Chin stud dog, can find you. A free basic profile shows your kennel name, website, social media, location and categories. You can advertise Japanese Chin puppies for sale, planned litters and stud dogs, and share eye certificates and breathing grades with careful buyers. Add your listing or see pricing for the full showcase features.

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Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?

In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

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About the Japanese Chin

The Japanese Chin is a small companion breed in the Royal Kennel Club's Toy group. Despite the name, the RKC breed page traces its roots to China: a gift from the Empress of China to the Empress of Japan is said to have begun the breed there. The Japanese Chin Club's breed history says that for centuries such dogs were kept by the nobility and rarely seen outside palace walls. Chin were being shown in Britain by the 1860s and were known for a time as the Japanese Spaniel. Queen Alexandra kept a large number of them, and the club notes that registrations peaked in 1911 and 1912. The RKC says the word Chin is taken to mean cat-like, perhaps because of the head shape and the dog's habit of wiping its face with its paws.

Size and build

The breed standard calls for an elegant, aristocratic toy dog with a square, compact body, roughly as long as it is tall. The ideal weight is 1.8 to 3.2 kg (4 to 7 lb), and smaller is preferred only where type and soundness are kept. Large, dark, widely set eyes with a little white showing at the inner corners give the breed its typical look of astonishment above a short, wide muzzle.

Coat and grooming

The standard asks for a profuse, long, soft and straight coat with a silky texture and no curl or wave. Only black and white or red and white are allowed, with red covering sable, lemon and orange shades; tricolour is not accepted. The RKC classes the coat length as medium, suggests grooming more than once a week and notes that the breed sheds.

Exercise

The RKC puts the Chin's exercise needs at up to 30 minutes a day and lists it as suitable for a flat with a small or medium garden, in town or country. The breed is flat-faced, and the RKC now recognises a breathing test for it, covered in the health section below.

Temperament and suitability

The standard describes the Chin as intelligent, happy and lively, and as gentle and good natured. With modest exercise needs and a lifespan the RKC gives as over 10 years, it may suit flat-friendly homes and older owners. Buyers comparing small companions may also consider the Pekingese, King Charles Spaniel and Tibetan Spaniel, or browse all Toy breed breeders.

Japanese Chin health tests

The Japanese Chin Club describes the Chin as normally a healthy companion that often lives 10 to 12 years or more, though, as in other toy breeds, problems can occur. On its breed page the RKC lists prioritising genetic diversity as Good Practice, and eye testing under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme as Best Practice.

In August 2026 the RKC recognised breathing testing for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS) in the Chin, using the Respiratory Function Grading Scheme it developed with the University of Cambridge. The RKC says this test will be added formally to the Health Standard and Find a Puppy from January 2027 at Best Practice level. Dogs can be assessed from 12 months old: a vet listens to the breathing before and after three minutes of brisk exercise and grades the dog from 0 to 3, and the RKC advises repeating the test every two years while the dog is used for breeding.

The breed club has run heart checks at shows and found some significant murmurs in older dogs, and its code of ethics recommends testing hearts, patellas, eyes and breathing. The RKC places the Chin in Breed Watch Category 1. Health testing lowers risk but cannot guarantee a healthy puppy.

Health tests and schemes for the Japanese Chin:

Prioritising genetic diversity (for example, checking the coefficient of inbreeding of a mating), RKC Good Practice
Eye testing under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme, RKC Best Practice
Breathing testing for BOAS under the Respiratory Function Grading Scheme, recognised by the RKC in August 2026 and due to join the Health Standard at Best Practice from January 2027
Heart and patella checks, recommended by the Japanese Chin Club's code of ethics
Breed Watch: Category 1

Choosing a Japanese Chin breeder

A careful Japanese Chin breeder will have eye tested both parents under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme and, now that the RKC recognises breathing testing for the breed, should be able to tell you whether each parent has a Respiratory Function Grading Scheme result. Ask whether the parents have had their hearts and kneecaps checked by a vet, as the breed club recommends, and look up registered dogs on the RKC Health Test Results Finder.

The Japanese Chin Club's code of ethics asks members to breed only from RKC-registered dogs, to pass on all relevant registration documents and not to let a puppy go to its new home before 12 weeks. It also asks that the breeder be told if a dog ever needs rehoming. In England, licensed breeders must not sell puppies under eight weeks old and may only show them with their mother, and anyone breeding three or more litters in any 12-month period and selling any of the puppies needs a council licence. Our buyer safety guide explains how to spot scams and fake adverts.

Questions to ask a Japanese Chin breeder:

Can I see both parents' eye certificates and any breathing grades?
Have the parents had their hearts and patellas checked, and when?
What is the coefficient of inbreeding for this mating?
Can I meet the puppies with their mother, and at what age will they leave?
Will the puppy be RKC registered and microchipped, and what support do you offer afterwards?

Japanese Chin questions

How big does a Japanese Chin get?

The breed standard gives an ideal weight of 1.8 to 3.2 kg (4 to 7 lb) and describes a square, compact dog, roughly as long as it is tall. Smaller dogs are preferred only if type and soundness are not lost.

Does a Japanese Chin need a breathing test?

The Chin is a flat-faced breed, and in August 2026 the Royal Kennel Club recognised breathing testing for it under the Respiratory Function Grading Scheme, which grades dogs from 0 to 3 for signs of BOAS. The RKC says the test joins its Health Standard at Best Practice level from January 2027, so ask the breeder whether the parents have been graded, alongside their eye certificates.

How much grooming and exercise does a Japanese Chin need?

The RKC suggests grooming more than once a week and up to 30 minutes of exercise a day, and notes that the breed sheds. It lists the Chin as suitable for a flat with a small or medium garden.

Is the Japanese Chin really from Japan?

The RKC says the breed's origins lie in China, but it was developed in Japan, where the breed club says such dogs were kept for centuries by the nobility. In Britain it was once known as the Japanese Spaniel.

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