{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_bichon_frise_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_bichon_frise_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Bichon Frise — 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 Bichon Frise, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/bichon_frise_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 7\n  passed: 7\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_bichon_frise_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_bichon_frise_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: \"Bichon Frise — 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\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# Bichon Frise — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The Bichon Frise has Franco-Belgian origins, with patronage given to France and Belgium.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The FCI registers the breed under standard N° 215.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Height at the withers is 25 to 29 cm, with weight approximately 5 kg in proportion to size.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is profuse: the outer coat forms loose spiral curls over a soft, dense undercoat, and is neither flat, corded nor woolly.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The colour is pure white; dogs under 12 months may show shadings of buff, cream or apricot around the ears or body.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The temperament is gentle, sensitive, playful and affectionate, with a characteristically cheerful attitude.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifications include any colour other than white in dogs over 12 months, light or wall eyes, and size outside the tolerated measurements.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Bichon Frise — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Bichon Frise — 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/bichon_frise_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/bichon_frise_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":457,"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."}