Tibetan Spaniel

Companion & toy

Small

Median 15.2 y

FCI group 9 · Companion and Toy Dogs · Derived from the adult weight midpoint (5.5 kg)

Median survival across 488 UK dogs (VetCompass, McMillan 2024) · half live 12–17 y

The Tibetan Spaniel is a breed of assertive, small dogs originating in Tibet. This breed is not a spaniel in the original meaning of the term; its breeding differs from other spaniels, and unlike true spaniels, which are gun dogs, the Tibetan spaniel is a companion dog.

Playful

Bright

Self-assured

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · reference ranges from the Kintail breed dataset

Adult weight

Reference

Male

4–7 kg

Female

4–7 kg

The breed standard (The Kennel Club)

Weight for age

Stock data

Male

Female

Expected range

Expected range from the breed's own adult weight, kilograms. Growth reference: Salt et al. 2017, WALTHAM (under 6.5 kg band).

Heat cycles · females

Stock data

First heat

8–12 mo

typical

Interval

180 d

typical

Bleeding

~9 d

typical

Proestrus 9d

Estrus 9d

Diestrus 52d

Anestrus 110d

General figures for dogs, not for this breed — individual cycles vary widely.

Questions people ask

Adult males usually weigh 4–7 kg and females 4–7 kg. Most are close to their full size by around 19 months, though the last little bit of filling out takes longer. Growth reference: Salt et al. 2017, WALTHAM (under 6.5 kg band).

No Tibetan Spaniel cycle figures are published here yet, so this is general guidance rather than a breed number: most females have a first season somewhere between six and fifteen months, and cycles then settle to roughly every 180 days. Smaller breeds tend to start earlier and larger ones later.

The median is 15.2 y. Median survival across 488 UK dogs (VetCompass, McMillan 2024) · half live 12–17 y. How the later years go comes down to weight, teeth, exercise and regular check-ups far more than to the breed.