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A guide to the shar pei dog personality

The Shar Pei, which traces its roots back to China, has the striking features of deep wrinkles and a bluish black tongue. The older and older a dog gets, the wrinkles curiously get lesser and lesser. This dog...

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Puppy Size, And Your Growing Puppy

One of the first questions that most new dog owners have is how big will my little bundle of joy end up being? While there are no hard and fast rules to determine the exact height and weight of an adult dog from what size he or she is as a puppy there are some cues and clues that owners can tap into.

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The Art of Being a Responsible Shar Pei Breeder

When it comes to breeding dogs, whether it’s shar pei or another breed, there will always be the breeders that go beyond the call to try to produce the best pups, the responsible breeders, the lazy breeders, and the just plain bad breeders. If...

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Do Shar Pei Make Good Pets?

Chinese Shar Pei - the first thing most of us fall in love with are there adorable wrinkles and those fantastic faces, but once you own a pei you find there are a whole lot of other things to fall in love with like their personalities. Shar pei...

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Dogology: Dogs PawPrints in History Part 2

Famous and Legendary Dogs in Ancient Times             ♦     Historic Moments and Dogs Were There (Part II) From Ancient China to the New World, the oldest breeds began to travel across the...

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The Chinese Shar Pei Temperament

The Chinese shar pei is known for its wrinkles, scowling expression, and hippo head. It's a calm breed that's confident, and not afraid to stand their ground. They are a dedicated, reliable, and predictable breed. The shar pei is medium in size...

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Ori-Pei Hybrid Dogs (American Ori-Pei)

This hybrid dog is a cross between a Chinese Shar-Pei and a Pug. It has the wrinkled skin of the Shar-Pei combined with the outstanding personality of the Pug, all in a smaller sized package than the original Shar-Pei breed. Most American Ori-Peis will weigh under 40 pounds at maturity and typically measure under 16 inches at the shoulder. They have the very short, dense and rather coarse coat of both parent breeds and come in a variety of colors from fawns and creams through to black, gray, bri

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Shadow and Treasure

Shadow and Treasure A friend of ours, Yuri Gorbachev,(You might know Yuri's work - he is the artist that among other things painted the Stoli's Christmas gift boxes) was so intrigued with Shadow that he painted our wolf and gave us this painting for...

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Lovable Wrinkles

They were bred to be a faithful and loving guardian, but their loyalty is often answered with disregard for their health when breeding for 'the Shar Pei look'! Why do we forget what is important and stick to superficial 'looks', instead of appreciating what these loving dogs have to offer!? My sincere respect goes out to those breeders that are preserving a part of Chinese history and loyal dog and strive to breed them healthy and happy!

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Wolves As Our Avatar - Part II

Yes, Buffalo finally let us choose a cub - actually, we let the cub choose us. And choose us she did! She took my husband by storm! She sat back and watched us for a while, the other cubs were falling all over themselves trying to get to us - but...

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