{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_pyrenean_shepherd_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_pyrenean_shepherd_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Pyrenean Shepherd — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) official breed-standard factual data for Pyrenean Shepherd, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/pyrenean_shepherd_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_pyrenean_shepherd_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_pyrenean_shepherd_dog.md\nsource_document: \"AKC (American Kennel Club)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"AKC (American Kennel Club)\"\n  title: \"Pyrenean Shepherd — 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/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# Pyrenean Shepherd — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Origin and type: a French herding dog from the Pyrenees, small, sinewy, lean and lively, built as a horizontal rectangle with a triangular head and windswept face; two varieties occur in the same litters — Smooth-Faced and Rough-Faced (the latter with demi-long or long hair).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Size: Rough-Faced males 15.5 to 18.5 in, females 15 to 18 in; Smooth-Faced males 15.5 to 21 in, females 15.5 to 20.5 in at the withers. Weight is kept minimal — just enough flesh to cover the bones so the ribs can be felt.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Coat: the Rough-Faced dog carries long or demi-long hair of harsh texture (between goat hair and sheep wool) with minimal undercoat, the longer muzzle and cheek hair swept back for a windblown look; the Smooth-Faced dog has short fine muzzle hair and a fine soft body coat reaching at most 3 in on the ruff and culottes and 2 in along the back.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Colour: shades of fawn from tan to copper, with or without black hairs mixed in; grey from charcoal through silver to pearl; merles of various tones; brindle; black; and black with white markings not above 30 percent of the body. A little white on chest, head and feet is acceptable.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Temperament: a versatile, driven herder with a very strong instinct, affectionate and enthusiastic with its own family but distrustful of strangers and eager to be involved in all activity.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Faults: too much white, or white patches that are too large; black with tan points; an excessively long coat or heavy furnishings; too much hair on the head veiling the eyes; loss of more than one incisor or two premolars.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifications: a dog below the minimum height, or above the maximum by more than half an inch, for its variety and sex; missing pigment on the eye rims; blue eyes in any coat other than merle; a nose that is not black; an overshot or undershot bite; and a white coat covering 50 percent or more of the body.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Pyrenean Shepherd — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Pyrenean Shepherd — 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/pyrenean_shepherd_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/pyrenean_shepherd_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":700,"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."}