{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_chinook_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_chinook_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Chinook — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) official breed-standard factual data for Chinook, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/chinook_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 6\n  passed: 6\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_chinook_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_chinook_dog.md\nsource_document: \"AKC (American Kennel Club)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"AKC (American Kennel Club)\"\n  title: \"Chinook — breed standard (AKC: 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 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# Chinook — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* An American sled dog bred for both drafting and racing, joining the power of freighting breeds with the speed of lighter racing dogs; it is slow to mature, often not adult until 4–5 years.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Size: ideal height at the withers is 24–27 in for males and 22–25 in for females; the body is slightly longer than tall.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is a thick double layer lying close to the body: a straight, strong, coarse outer hair (longer over the ruff, shoulders, breeches and tail underside) above a short dense downy undercoat; the dog is shown untrimmed.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Colour is tawny, from honey to deep reddish-gold, with darker ears and muzzle preferred and limited white or cream marks on the cheeks, throat, chest, breeches and underside allowed; any colour outside tawny is a disqualification.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Eyes may be any brown shade (dark preferred); an eye colour other than brown is a disqualification. Ears are medium, V-shaped and a little rounded at the tip.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Temperament is affectionate and playful, a devoted family companion especially fond of children; dignified, willing and eager to please, gregarious with other dogs, though reserved with strangers but never shy or aggressive.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Chinook — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Chinook — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.akc.org","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/chinook_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/chinook_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":505,"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."}