Chinese Shar Pei — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)
Facts below are extracted verbatim field-values and section headings from the official AKC (American Kennel Club) breed standard. The standard text is copyrighted by the respective registry; only factual data points and outline headings are quoted, not descriptive narrative. Source: https://www.akc.org.
Facts (verbatim field values from the official standard)
Coat: The extremely harsh coat is one of the distinguishing features of the breed.Color: Only solid colors and sable are acceptable and are to be judged on an equal basis.Temperament: Regal, alert, intelligent, dignified, lordly, scowling, sober and snobbish essentially independent and somewhat standoffish with strangers, but extreme in his d