{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_wire_fox_terrier_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_wire_fox_terrier_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Wire Fox 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/wire_fox_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_wire_fox_terrier_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_wire_fox_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: \"Wire Fox 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# Wire Fox Terrier — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Origin and group: a British terrier; AKC Terrier group, and FCI places it in Group 3, the terriers, and within Section 1 covering the large and medium terriers, with the working trial optional.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Size: AKC dogs should not exceed 15.5 in at the withers (bitches proportionately lower), with back length not over 12 in, head 7 to 7.25 in, and a show weight about 18 lb (a bitch some 2 lb less); FCI height at the withers not above 39 cm with an ideal weight near 8.25 kg.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Build: alert, quick and keen, with bone and strength packed into a small compass; it must stand like a short-backed hunter covering plenty of ground, never leggy and never too short on leg, and the back should be short, level and strong.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Coat and colour: a broken, dense, wiry coat of coconut-matting texture with a softer undercoat beneath, averaging 0.75 to 1 in on neck and shoulders and lengthening to 1.5 in on the back and quarters (a curly coat is objectionable); white should predominate, while brindle, red, liver or slaty blue are objectionable, though black, black-and-tan or tan markings are allowed.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Head: dark, fiery, moderately small eyes; small V-shaped ears that fold forward (prick, tulip or rose ears are disqualifications); and a black nose (a white, cherry or heavily spotted nose is a disqualification).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Temperament and disqualifications: the breed should be alert and quick in movement, with an intelligent expression and an air of expectancy at the least sign of provocation. Disqualifications are prick, tulip or rose ears; a white, cherry or largely spotted nose; and a mouth that is much undershot or much overshot. FCI also disqualifies aggressive or overly shy dogs and any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormality; males should have two normal descended testicles.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Wire Fox Terrier — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Wire Fox 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/wire_fox_terrier_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/wire_fox_terrier_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":708,"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."}