The Mi-Ki (pronounced ) is a small companion dog breed developed in the United States. A rare toy breed, it is single-coated and is bred in two varieties: a long coat with facial furnishings and a smooth face without them. The breed is generally dated to the 1980s and is credited to Wisconsin breeder Maureen van Wormer, also known as Mikki Mackin and Maureen Westberg.
Van Wormer did not keep accurate records of the early crossbreeding, so the exact foundation breeds and their proportions are undocumented; breed registries and reference works commonly name the Shih Tzu, Maltese, Papillon, Japanese Chin, and Yorkshire Terrier. Whether the Mi-Ki is best described as a distinct purebred or as a crossbreed is characterized differently across sources: breed registries describe it as a purebred developed through closed studbooks, while some general references describe it as a crossbreed.
The breed is kept primarily as a companion and is described as calm, quiet, and friendly; it is also used in therapy work. The United Kennel Club (UKC) recognized the Mi-Ki on January 1, 2016.
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