Breed # Japanese Terrier The Japanese Terrier is a foundation stock service breed from Japan, standing 8–13 in at the withers, weighing 5–10 lb. Recorded lifespan is 12–15 yrs. ![A photograph of the Japanese Terrier](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breeds/lg/japanese-terrier.webp) Breed group Foundation Stock Service Origin Japan Height 8–13 in Weight 5–10 lb Lifespan 12–15 yrs Among the 500 breeds here with recorded measurements, the Japanese Terrier is taller than 5% of the measured breeds, heavier than 2%, one of 64 in the Foundation Stock Service group, one of 10 from Japan. Compare the Japanese Terrier with another breed ## Living with the Japanese Terrier Two breed references score every breed they cover from 1 to 5 on the things an owner lives with day to day. These are the Japanese Terrier’s, with what a 1 and a 5 mean on each row. What they will ask of you Energy 3 of 5 1 couch potato · 5 busy all day Rated 1 to 5 by the American Kennel Club, and read from their breed pages in 2022. Nobody at Woof & Beyond has met this breed — these are the publishers’ judgments, not ours.[Japanese Terrier on AKC](https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/japanese-terrier/) ## Breeds that look like the Japanese Terrier A neural network trained to tell breeds apart by sight read all 510 photographs in this reference, and these are the 6 it placed closest to the Japanese Terrier. - [![](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breeds/boston-terrier.webp)Boston Terrier](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breed/boston-terrier/) - [![](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breeds/american-staffordshire-terrier.webp)American Staffordshire Terrier](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breed/american-staffordshire-terrier/) - [![](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breeds/jack-russell-terrier.webp)Jack Russell Terrier](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breed/jack-russell-terrier/) - [![](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breeds/kerry-beagle.webp)Kerry Beagle](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breed/kerry-beagle/) - [![](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breeds/dogue-brasileiro.webp)Dogue Brasileiro](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breed/dogue-brasileiro/) - [![](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breeds/mcnab-shepherd.webp)McNab Shepherd](https://www.woofandbeyond.com/breed/mcnab-shepherd/) Side by side Height 0–38 in 1. Japanese Terrier8–13 in 2. Boston Terrier9–15 in 3. American Staffordshire Terrier17–19 in 4. Jack Russell Terrier8–15 in 5. Kerry Beagle22–24 in 6. Dogue Brasileiro21–24 in 7. McNab Shepherd18–25 in Weight 0–220 lb 1. Japanese Terrier5–10 lb 2. Boston Terrier6–25 lb 3. American Staffordshire Terrier50–80 lb 4. Jack Russell Terrier14–18 lb 5. Kerry Beagle110–132 lb 6. Dogue Brasileiro64–95 lb 7. McNab Shepherd35–65 lb Lifespan 0–20 yrs 1. Japanese Terrier12–15 yrs 2. Boston Terrier11–13 yrs 3. American Staffordshire Terrier12–16 yrs 4. Jack Russell Terrier12–14 yrs 5. Kerry Beagle10–14 yrs 6. Dogue Brasileiro~13 yrs 7. McNab Shepherd13–15 yrs Nothing here was grouped by hand. The ranking is an opinion about appearance, not about ancestry, which is why it sometimes puts together breeds no kennel club would — and why it is worth looking at the photographs rather than taking the order on trust. See the Japanese Terrier on the breed map Read about the Japanese Terrier on Wikipedia