{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_american_staffordshire_terrier_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_american_staffordshire_terrier_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"American Staffordshire Terrier — 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 American Staffordshire Terrier, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/american_staffordshire_terrier_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_american_staffordshire_terrier_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_american_staffordshire_terrier_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: \"American Staffordshire Terrier — 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: 6\n  passed: 6\n  date: 2026-08-05\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (AKC & FCI 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_american_staffordshire_terrier_dog\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The American Staffordshire Terrier originated in the U.S.A. and is classified by the FCI in Group 3 (Terriers).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A height of about 18 to 19 inches at the shoulder for males and 17 to 18 inches for females is preferable (AKC).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The FCI height is 46 to 48 cm for males and 43 to 46 cm for females (FCI).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is short, close, stiff to the touch, and glossy (AKC).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Any color is permissible, solid, parti, or patched; an all-white dog of more than 80 percent white is penalized (AKC).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The eyes are dark and round, set low and far apart, with no pink eyelids (AKC).\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — American Staffordshire Terrier — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"American Staffordshire Terrier — 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/american_staffordshire_terrier_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/american_staffordshire_terrier_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":421,"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."}