Shar-Pei (Definite Introduction)
Say When you think of Shar Pei, what is your first image? Because the appearance looks very relaxed, everyone's image is nothing more than a bit funny, silly, and quite cute. But if the editor of Boqi tells you that it is known as "China's No. 1 Dog Fighting", are you surprised? Not only that, the Shar-Pei has been a native dog breed in China for more than 2,000 years. Very curious, isn't it? Let’s follow the editor of Boqi to take a look at this rare dog breed.
1. Introduction
The Shar-Pei, also known as the Dali Dog, is produced in Yidai, Dali Town, Nanhai, Guangdong, China. It is one of the famous fighting dogs in the world and has the smallest number of existing ones in the world. One of the dog breeds. The shape is square. Its body shape is special: its head is like a hippopotamus, its mouth is like a tile tube, its triangular eyes, its tongue is blue, and its skin is covered with wrinkles when it is young, so it is called Shar-Pei. Because it is born with loose and wrinkled skin, and it is thick enough to cover the whole body like "armor". When fighting with the enemy in the fighting field, it will not be bitten and injured. As a winner in the fighting arena, it is deeply loved and welcomed by the Chinese people. It has the treasured title of "China's No. 1 Fighting Dog" and is also one of the people's favorite companion dogs. The short and rough body hair feels rough when touched, and looks like velvet. When touched along the hair, it really feels like touching velvet. However, when stroked in the opposite direction, it feels like touching sandpaper, with a burning and itchy feeling. . This personality of the Shar-Pei makes other animals dare not bite it.
2. Experience
There are about 2,000 years of experience in tracing the records of Shar-Pei. Although it is not clear who the ancestor of Shar-Pei is, its place of origin is the South China Sea. No dispute. Some experts believe that this dog breed first appeared in China during the Han Dynasty. Excavated statues from Han tombs may serve as evidence that these earth-dried statues have short legs, curly tails, skin-folded heads and square bodies. Among the paintings from the Han Dynasty in China, you can see portraits that look very similar to Shar-Pei dogs. Therefore, the origin of the Shar-Pei can be traced back to 206 AD or about 220 years.
In the past, Shar-Pei dogs were trained and raised as fighting dogs. For some time now, this type of dog breed has been facing extinction. China's dog tax increased in 1947, so many people stopped raising Shar-Pei dogs because they did not get sufficient income, thus making this breedThe number of dog breeds has gradually shrunk. The dog-beating movement since the founding of the People's Republic of China has almost led to the destruction of purebred dogs in China, including Chow Chow, Tibetan Mastiff (definitely introduced) and Shar-Pei.
Between 1970 and 1975, there were Shapi’s rescue operations. In order to maintain this dog breed, a small group of people searched for surviving Shar Pei everywhere. The found Shar Pei were transported to Hong Kong and grown in a planned way. These early Shar-Peis are the basis dogs of the current Shar-Pei breeds all over the world. They are different from the earliest Shar Pei to join the United States and the Shar Pei models from all over the world.
At that time, Matgo Law, a Hong Kong man who liked Shar-Pei dogs, decided to ask for help from breeding farms in the United States. As a result, more than 200 people in the United States wanted to raise Shar-Pei dogs. After the dog was introduced to the United States, its unique appearance immediately became a popular dog breed, triggering Shar-Pei fever, and "Chinese Shar-Pei Clubs" spread throughout the United States. In 1988, there were 29,263 officially registered Shar-Pei dogs in the United States. The American Kennel Club officially recognized the Shar-Pei as a new breed in 1991.
Some conservative Hong Kong growers believe that the development of the "meat-mouthed Shar-Pei" with a huge head may have started in 1960. The "meat-mouthed" Shar-Pei now circulating in overseas markets has a pleasing appearance. , however, due to their stupidity and complicated diseases, the Shar-Pei has long lost its characteristics as a "dog fighting dog". Because the orthodox "bone-muzzled" Shar-Pei shape is not popular in the market, the number of existing purebred Shar-Pei dogs in Dali, South China Sea is also very low.
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