PKC - Shar Pei

Coat

Solid:

- The last colour can represent either liver or seal.
All can have a lighter shade of the same colour on tail and backs of thighs and/or a darker shade of the same colour on the back and ears.

dogz can use

for their shaded areas.
Sable: All sable combinations allowed in the clear, minimal or classic pattern. This breed allows shading only as tipping, not solid colour, with the exceptions on the ears and tailtip where it may be solid.
Urajiro: Red/cream dogs and sables allow urajiro.
Masking: Solid red/golden/cream and sables can be masked with

(standard mask) - if the dog is sable, the mask matches the tipping colour. The ears in black-masked dogz may be

Eyes

in black-nosed dogz,

in all others. These may also have

, but it's faulted.

Nose

For solid dogz:

in 35,

in 25, 115,

in 55, 95,

in 125.
95 dogz can also have black without fault (representing the colour seal).
Cream/red/ivory (45, 105, 65) can have any of the above colours. If the dogz are masked, the colour of the nose should follow the mask colour, as listed above for solid dogz.

Faults

Wrong eye colour. Wrong nose colour. Mismatched mask and/or speckling colour.

Disqualifications

Heavy sabling. Any colouring not mentioned. Non-black nose on a dog with a black mask.

Varieties

None

Notes

The shar pei (the name can be translated to 'sandskin' after the breed's special coat structure) was originally bred as a fighting dog, and the loose skin made it hard for other dogs to get a good grip. However, the fighting dog shar pei looked quite different compared to the modern, in fact it resembled a small, smooth-haired akita with tipped over ears.

The shar pei was once close to extinction, but fortunately a change came in 1973 when a chinese breeder contacted dog people all around the world, asking for their help in saving the breed. The unusual dog grew extremely quickly in popularity, and 60000 shar peis were registered in the US in 1986.

The shar pei should be square-shaped, compact and active with an unusual look. The head is broad with little stop, and covered in fine wrinkles. The muzle is powerful and of medium length. The eyes are set deep in the head, together with the wrinkles and eyebrows giving the dog an unique expression. The ears are rather small and should be carried as close to the head as possible. The neck is powerful with well-developed dewlaps. The body has a deep and broad chest with short back and slight tuck up. The topline should slope slightly down from the shoulders and back. Little angulation in the legs. The tail is thick and set very high, sometimes curled. The coat is short and bristly, unusually hard in texture.

Breed Files

Filename: Shar Pei
Offset: 9A99
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: March 11, 2010
Notes: Addballz ears, tail, and wrinkles. 3 hind leg variations, 4 tail variations, and optional liplines.

Filename: Shar Pei
Offset: 5B03
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: April 1, 2006
Notes: No comments.

Filename: Shar Pei
Offset: A369
Base: Great Dane
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: February 28, 2006
Notes: Comes with or without a dewlap, with or without claws, with or without neck wrinkles and different amount of body wrinkles (medium amount shown), as well as with body and leg length variations.

Filename: Chinese Shar Pei
Offset: 5B04
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: January 28, 2006
Notes: Angled legs and addballz tail