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About Sharpeis
GENERAL APPEARENCE
Alert, active, compact, short coupled, squarely built. Dogs larger and more powerful than bitches.



CHARACTERISTICS
Loose skin, frowning expression, harsh bristly coat


TEMPERAMENT
Calm, independent, very affectionate, and devoted to people.


HEAD AND SKULL
Rather large in proportion to body, skull flat, broad, moderate stop. Length from nose to stop approximately equal to length from stop to occiput. Fine wrinkles on forehead and cheeks continuing to form dewlaps. Muzzle distinctive feature of breed. Broad and full with no suggestion of tapering. The lips and top of muzzle padded, causing a slight bulge at the base of nose. When viewed from front, bottom jaw appears wider than top due to padding of lips. Nose large, wide, preferably black but any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible.


EYES
Dark, medium size, almond shaped with frowning expression. Amber and lighter colour permissible in paler shades. Function of eyeball or lid in no way disturbed by surrounding skin, folds or hair. Any sign of irritation of eyeball, conjunctiva or eyelids highly undesirable. Free from entropion.


EARS
Very small, rather thick, equilaterally triangular in shape, slightly rounded at tip and set high on the skull, with tips pointing towards eyes, set well forward over eyes, wide apart and close to skull. Pricked ears highly undesirable.


MOUTH
Tongue, roof of mouth, gums and flews: solid bluish-black is preferred. Solid pink tongue undesirable. Dogs with self-coloured pigment and amber to light brown eyes would be expected to have a lavender tongue. Teeth strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Padding of lower lip should not be so excessive so as to interfere with the bite.
There are two type of mouth commonly associated with the Shar-Pei

Bone Mouth -


Commonly known as the "Traditional" Shar-Pei in China
The Bone Mouth Shar-Pei do not have padding on the top of their nose, and have a more triangular snout
Unlike Meat Mouth Shar-Pei, these do not meet the AKA Standard. Please visit my Links page and visit the Hong Kong Shar-Pei website for more detail's regarding the Bone Mouth Shar-Pei

Meat Mouth -


The Meat Mouth is the common "Western" type of Shar-Pei, having a hippopotamus type snout, with padding on top of muzzle. The Meat Mouth conforms to the AKA Standard


NECK
Medium in length, strong, full; set well on shoulders, with loose skin under neck.


FOREQUARTERS
Shoulders muscular, well laid and sloping. Elbows close to the body. Forelegs straight, moderate length, good bone; pasterns slightly sloping, strong and flexible.


BODY
Height at withers approximately equal to the length from point of shoulders to point of buttock. Depth of brisket approximately half of height at withers. Chest broad and deep, underline rising slightly under loin. Back short, strong. Topline dips slightly behind withers then rises over short, broad loin. Adult dogs should display moderate wrinkling over shoulders and base of tail. Excessive skin on body when mature highly undesirable.


HINDQUARTERS
Muscular, strong; moderately angulated; hocks well let down without excessive wrinkling or thickening.


FEET
Moderate size, compact, toes well knuckled. Fore and hind dewclaws may be removed.


TAIL
Rounded, narrowing to fine point, base set very high. May be carried high and curved; carried in tight curl; or curved over. Lack of, or incomplete, tail highly undesirable.


GAIT/MOVEMENT
Free, vigorous and balanced, rear single tracking is normal at a fast trot. Stilted gait undesirable.


COAT
(Brush Coat or Horse Coat) Coat is harsh, straight and off-standing on the body but flatter on the limbs. No undercoat. Length varies from short and bristly, under 1.25 cm ( half an inch) or longer and thicker, between 1.25 cm ( half an inch) and 2.5 cm (one inch), but still off-standing and harsh to the touch.
N.B. No particular coat length within the accepted length should be preferred above the other. Never trimmed. (Bear coat is a fault)


COLOUR
All solid colours except white are acceptable. Frequently shaded on tail and back of thighs with lighter colour.


SIZE
Height: 46-51 cms (18-20 ins) at withers.


FAULTS
Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.











 
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