{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_tibetan_terrier_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_tibetan_terrier_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Tibetan Terrier — 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/tibetan_terrier_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_tibetan_terrier_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_tibetan_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: \"Tibetan 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.\"\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# Tibetan Terrier — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A Tibetan breed (origin Tibet/China; FCI patronage Great Britain); despite the name it is not a true terrier but a herding and guard dog, long regarded as the Holy Dog of Tibet. FCI standard 209 places it in Group 9 (Companion and Toy Dogs), Section 5 (Tibetan breeds), with no working trial.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Size: AKC average height 15–16 inches for dogs (bitches a little smaller), weight about 20–24 lb (range 18–30 lb); FCI gives males 36–41 cm at the withers (females slightly smaller).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Build is medium, square and sturdy, with a profuse long coat forming a fall over the eyes and a feathered tail curling forward over the back; the flat, round feet act like snowshoes.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is a double one: a soft woolly undercoat beneath a plentiful fine topcoat that is neither silky nor woolly and may be straight or wavy but not curled; it should not reach the ground. Scissoring or shaving the coat is a serious fault.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Colour: every colour and any mix is permitted, including white; FCI adds that chocolate, liver and merle are the only excluded tones.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Temperament is lively, good-natured and loyal; the dog is clever, alert and game, devoted and affectionate with its family but often reserved toward strangers.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Faults include a weak pointed muzzle, a nose that is not black, overshot or very undershot/wry bite, a long narrow head, loss of the facial fall, a missing adult undercoat, extreme shyness, and height above 17 in or below 14 in.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifications: aggressive or extremely timid dogs, or any animal with clear physical or behavioural abnormalities.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Tibetan Terrier — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Tibetan 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/tibetan_terrier_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/tibetan_terrier_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":676,"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."}