{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_pug_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\n\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_pug_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Pug — 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 Pug, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/pug_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 10\n  passed: 10\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_pug_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_pug_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: \"Pug — 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# Pug — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A Chinese breed (FCI patronage Great Britain), FCI standard 253, in Group 9 (Companion and Toy Dogs), Section 11, the Small Molossian type dogs, without a working trial.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Weight: AKC finds 14–18 lb desirable; FCI gives an ideal of 6.3–8.1 kg and warns that bulk must not become obesity.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is short, fine and smooth with a soft sheen; it is neither coarse nor woolly.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Colour: AKC allows only fawn or black; FCI also accepts silver and apricot, all with clear contrast against a black mask and a black dorsal trace, the mask, ears, cheek moles, forehead thumb-mark/diamond and trace being as black as possible.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Temperament is even-tempered and cheerful, full of charm and dignity, intelligent, playful and happily outgoing; the AKC stresses a stable, loving nature.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* AKC disqualifies any colour outside fawn or black.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* FCI disqualifies aggressive or extremely timid dogs and any with clear physical or behavioural defects.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Pug — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Pug — 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/pug_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/pug_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":490,"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."}