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Italian Greyhound — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)

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Italian Greyhound — 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)

  • Size: Height at withers, ideally 13 to 15 inches.
  • Coat: Skin fine and supple, hair short, glossy like satin and soft to the touch.
  • Color: Any color and markings are acceptable except that a dog with brindle markings and a dog with the tan markings normally found on black-and-tan dogs of other bree

Standard outline (section headings)

Sources

Italian Greyhound — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)
Source document: AKC (American Kennel Club)
AKC (American Kennel Club)Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)retrieved 2026-08-02

Verification file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/italian_greyhound_combined.txt