FCI-Standard No 207

PEKINGESE

Kennel Club, London 1994
F.C.I. Standard No 207

GENERAL APPEARANCE - Small, well balanced, thickset dog of dignity and quality. 

CHARACTERISTICS - Leonine in appearance with alert and intelligent expression. 

TEMPERAMENT - Fearless, loyal, aloof but not timid or aggressive. 

HEAD AND SKULL - Head large, proportionately wider than deep. Skull broad, wide and flat between ears; not domed; wide between eyes.  Nose short and broad, nostrils large, open and black; muzzle wide, well wrinkled with firm under jaw.  Profile flat with nose well set between eyes.  Pronounced stop.  Black pigment essential on nose, lips and eye rims. 

EYES - Large clear, round, dark and lustrous. 

EARS - Heart-shaped, set level with the skull and carried close to the head, with long profuse feathering.  Leather not to come below line of muzzle. 

MOUTH - Level lips, must not show teeth or tongue.  Firm underjaw essential. 

NECK - Very short and thick. 

FOREQUARTERS - Short, thick, heavily boned forelegs; bones of forelegs slightly bowed, firm at shoulder.  Soundness essential. 

BODY - Short, broad chest and good spring of ribs, well slung between forelegs with distinct waist, level back. 

HINDQUARTERS - Hind legs lighter than forelegs but firm and well shaped.  Close behind but not cow-hocked.  Soundness essential. 

FEET - Large and flat, not round.  Standing well up on feet, not on pasterns.  Front feet slightly turned out. 

TAIL - Set high, carried tightly, slightly curved over back to either side.  Long feathering. 

GAIT/MOVEMENT - Slow dignified rolling gait in front.  Typical movement not to be confused with a roll caused by slackness of shoulders.  Close action behind.  Absolute soundness essential. 

COAT - Long, straight with profuse mane extending beyond shoulders forming a cape round neck; top coat coarse with thick undercoat.  Profuse feathering on ears, back of legs, tail and toes. 

COLOUR - All colours and marking are permissible and of equal merit, except albino or liver.  Parti-colours evenly broken. 

SIZE - 
Ideal weight: Dogs not exceeding 5 kg (11 lbs) 
 Bitches not exceeding 5.5 kg (12 lbs) 
Dogs should look small but be surprisingly heavy when picked up; heavy bone and a sturdy well-built body are essentials of the breed. 

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

NOTE - Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.