Facts about Dogs Chinese Shar-Pei Breed Information and Chinese Shar-Pei Puppies Pictures

Chinese Shar-Pei or Shar-Pei is known for its distinctive features such as deep wrinkles and bluish black tongue. The name Chinese Shar-Pei is derived from the British equivalent of the term Cantonese. Chinese Shar-Pei were named by Guinness Book of World Records and Time Magazine as one of the rarest breeds of dogs throughout the world. Often known as Chinese Fighting Dog, Chinese Shar-Pei has a short and rough texture and sand color skin. The distinctive wrinkles are more visible in the puppies, which disappear, rather become skin, as the puppies become adult.





Shar-Pei is a large dog with square profile and a broad and flat head. They have a wide, padded and full muzzle with a slightly moderate stop. Eyes are small, sunken and dark colored and ears are small, high-set and triangularly shaped. They have thick tail that is set extremely high and with a tapering to fine point. Chinese Shar-Pei come in three varieties of coats: Horse Coat, Brush Coat and Bear-Coat, which is rare. Horse coat is rough and extremely prickly. Coat colors come in all the solid colors and sables. Shar-Pei is an intelligent, playful, active and brave breed of dogs. They easily blend with the strangers and they can be delightful companions as well as watchdogs.