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Shar-Pei
the Blue Kindom
When God was painting the
sky a few drops of his blue color fall to the ground.
Then his dog went to lick that paint that why his dog is having a blue
tongue.
This dog by Chinese story
was the Shar-pei one of the most ancients breeds in the world not only
but stories but also from DNA research.
But how is Shar-Pei as a
breed what made me fall in love and dedicate our lives to those dogs?
Is that scowling expression
and the rare look? The clown in them? that you do not know what is
behind their minds.
Do they want to be naughty?
or they look at you try to say I LOVE YOU, Only the owner knows that
answers...
They are smart, anthropocentric
dogs very flexible to the owner's mood.
When I was asked to write this article I was a
little bit confused as Shar-pei is my big love.
I can talk about them for hours but is a different thing when you look
at the breed as an owner, different and more specific as a breeder and
different more distance from emotions as a judge.
I decide to write it a bit of all but with the main issue Shar-Pei as a
family member.
Having a Shar-Pei
can be the easiest and the hardest thing.
Shar-Pei are
emotional, they breathe for you so you must have the balance to your
relationship with them as they can be easily spoiled and make your life
real hell.
Because when they understand how much you love them they push you in the
limits to prove them your love. They can make you please them to eat
their food for days .. they want to feel they own you...
The most big problem in the breed is the stress. You must work with the
dog from early stage and take it from a responsible breeder what have
done the correct life steps.
Never take a puppy under 2 months old for after 3 months. The puppy Shar-Pei
must stay with the mother and the littermates, to play with them, to
fight with them and the mother must punish them if they do not act
correctly.
I believe 60% of the puppy are the parents, especially the grandparents.
After is how are going to be raised and is our responsibility to give
the tools to be happy balanced dogs.
When you want to have a
Shar-Pei in your life first do not look at the color as
Shar-Pei is having
more than 17 colors. You must speak and met the breeder (also do not
visit only one breeder). Give the breeder your profile and the breeder
will help you to find the correct
Shar-Pei for you.
I say this because many are dominant and dominant dogs need a person
that can handle them correctly and they will be the perfect dogs in the
future. An amateur owner in a dominant
Shar-Pei is not
good because the dog is going to rule you.
Very import issues are the health issues of the breed. Be sure that the
breeder is having the dogs in good condition. The most common problem is
the eyes and skin. Problems in a good breeder have to solve not of
course that the breeder is God. The biggest problem in the breed is
Fevers that can cause Amyloidosis. Shar-Pei produces more hyaluronan
than other breeds this is also the reason that when they hurt/cut they
heal very quick.
If they produce a lot of hyaluronan is a problem as step by step this
goes around the body and their organs (kidney-liver) and they die. In
the last years, two DNA tests exist in the market at a very early stage.
One is from Upsala in Sweden and the other is from TIHO in Germany. The
tests are not proved yet it needs more research and the safest way for
the responsible breeder is to do a Congo red test after the death of the
dog. It is hard but this is the only way. Many also believe that fewer
wrinkles the dog is having the most healthy it is but this are not true
... it is a different thing and it looks unhealthy when you see
Shar-Pei full of
wrinkles with huge back legs.
Shar-Pei should have wrinkles at the head, neck and the base of the
tail. At the moment the most important helpful test is PLL/POAG that
prevent to have blind dogs in the future from glaucoma. Also, X-rays are
important as many breeds for dysplasia.
I know from what you read maybe you will get panic to have a
Shar-Pei. Do not
be is good to know even nothing happens.
As a breeder that started with the breed before 18 years became and the
owner trying to convince my husband to have a dog in our lives, I must
say that I would never believe in my life that I would be a breeder... I
still do not believe it. BUT THEY ARE UNIQUE and when you put a correct
Shar-Pei in your
life you will always want to have
Shar-Pei.
That dog is going to be your soul mate. I have many dogs around us all
day and I enjoy almost every moment the hard thing is only when they are
gone... and it is usually very quick as they are very tough dogs, they
will show they are in pain the last minute nothing before. For me is not
easy to get over it after year I came to the conclusion that life can
have good and bad moments. The most important is to have love around us
and Shar-Pei is
one of the most loving loyal... from ancient history...
Lila Leventaki
Shar Pei Precious Hug - Greece
FCI JUDGE
www.sharpei.gr
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