{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_alaskan_malamute_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_alaskan_malamute_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Alaskan Malamute — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) official breed-standard factual data for Alaskan Malamute, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/alaskan_malamute_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_alaskan_malamute_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_alaskan_malamute_dog.md\nsource_document: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\n  title: \"Alaskan Malamute — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.akc.org\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 7\n  passed: 7\n  date: 2026-08-05\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (AKC breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# companion_breed_standard_alaskan_malamute_dog\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The Alaskan Malamute ranks among the most ancient Arctic sled dogs, built powerfully and substantially with a deep chest and a strongly muscled frame (AKC).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* For freighting work the preferred measurements are 25 inches tall and 85 pounds in males, and 23 inches with 75 pounds in females (AKC).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The eyes are brown, almond-shaped and of medium size, with darker eyes preferred; blue irises are a disqualifying fault (AKC).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Its coat is thick, with a coarse outer guard layer and a dense, oily, woolly undercoat that runs one to two inches deep (AKC).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Coat colours normally run from light grey through intermediate tones to black, sable and shades of red; all-white is the single solid colour permitted (AKC).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* In temperament it is affectionate and friendly rather than devoted to just one person (AKC).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The tail is heavily furred and carried over the back, giving the look of a waving plume (AKC).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* FCI records the breed as standard N° 243, originating in the U.S.A., within the fifth group (the Spitz and primitive types group), Section 1 (the Nordic Sledge Dogs section), without a working trial.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Alaskan Malamute — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Alaskan Malamute — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.akc.org","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/alaskan_malamute_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/alaskan_malamute_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":533,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}