{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_sealyham_terrier_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\n\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_sealyham_terrier_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Sealyham 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 Sealyham Terrier, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/sealyham_terrier_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 8\n  passed: 8\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_sealyham_terrier_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_sealyham_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: \"Sealyham 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\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# Sealyham Terrier — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A British terrier (FCI standard 74) in Group 3 (Terriers), Section 2 (Small sized Terriers), with no working trial.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Size: AKC gives about 10½ inches at the withers and 23–24 lb for dogs (bitches a little less); FCI caps height at 31 cm (12 in) and cites ideal weights of about 9 kg (20 lb) dogs, 8.2 kg (18 lb) bitches.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat resists weather, made of a soft dense underlayer beneath a hard, wiry outer coat; a silky or curly coat is a fault.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Colour is white, possibly with lemon, tan, badger (and per FCI also brown or blue) pied markings on the head and ears; heavy body markings and much ticking are unwanted.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* In temperament it is sturdy and game, a workmanlike dog that is alert and fearless yet friendly; the AKC describes it as powerful, determined and keen, with great substance but no clumsiness.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* AKC faults include a white, cherry or butterfly nose, light or protruding eyes, prick/tulip/rose/hound ears, overshot or undershot bite, and cowhocks.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifications: aggressive or extremely timid dogs, or any with clear physical or behavioural abnormalities.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Sealyham Terrier — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Sealyham 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/sealyham_terrier_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/sealyham_terrier_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":535,"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."}