{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_shih_tzu_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_shih_tzu_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Shih Tzu — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"AKC/FCI breed-standard derived fact summary (paraphrased per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3; numbers and proper nouns preserved).\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/shih_tzu_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 9\n  passed: 9\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_shih_tzu_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_shih_tzu_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: \"Shih Tzu — 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.\"\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# Shih Tzu — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The breed's background is noble Chinese palace-companion ancestry; the FCI records origin as Tibet (China) with Great Britain as patron.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* It is placed in FCI Group 9, the companion and toy dogs, under Section 5 for the Tibetan breeds, shown without a working trial; its listed utilization is Companion Dog.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The ideal height at the withers is 9 to 10½ inches (not under 8 nor over 11), and mature weight is 9 to 16 pounds.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is luxurious, double, dense, long and flowing, with only a slight wave permitted.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* All coat colours are permissible and are judged equally.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The standard states the breed exists solely as a companion and house pet, so its temperament must be outgoing, happy, affectionate, friendly and trusting toward all.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifying faults are aggressive or overly shy behaviour, and any dog showing clear physical or behavioural abnormality.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Shih Tzu — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Shih Tzu — 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/shih_tzu_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/shih_tzu_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":510,"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."}