Pekingese Life

The tail is a very important for the pekingese’s beauty. When fully grown it covers a big part of the pekingese’s back

This is a correct tail. It starts high on the back and the hair is dropping on the sides

• Tail – The high set tail is slightly arched and carried well over the back, free of kinks or curls. Long, profuse, straight fringing may fall to either side

2 examples of bad tail  :
This one the tail starts too low and has a shape of a snail

This one is too low and the hair is too much sitting on one side.

• Hindquarters 
  They are lighter in bone than the forequarters. There is moderate angulation of stifle and hock. When viewed from behind, the rear legs are reasonably close and parallel, and the feet point straight ahead when standing or moving.The pekingese’s back legs are built lighter than the front legs. From a back view the legs are parallel and are a little longer than the front legs.

This is a picture of perfect hindquarters

Here are 2 examples of bad hindquarters

The knees are facing outward.

On this one the knees are inward.

 

• Forequarters The elbows should not be visible from a front view. The front legs are strong built, there is a slight curve from the leg to the the paw and the paw is slightly outward.
  They are short, thick and heavy-boned. The bones of the forelegs are moderately bowed between the pastern and elbow. The broad chest, wide set forelegs and the closer rear legs all contribute to the correct rolling gait. The distance from the point of the shoulder to the tip of the withers is approximately equal to the distance from the point of the shoulder to the elbow. Shoulders are well laid back and fit smoothly onto the body. The elbows are always close to the body. Front feet are turned out slightly when standing or moving. The pasterns slope gently.These are correct front legs
  
  Here are 2 examples of incorrect front legs shape.
  On this one the front legs are inward and the elbows are out

On this one the front legs are too straight and too long

 

Perfect head ratio

• Face –The topskull is massive, broad and flat and, when combined with the wide set eyes, cheekbones and broad lower jaw, forms the correctly shaped face. When viewed from the front, the skull is wider than deep, which contributes to the desired rectangular, envelope-shaped appearance of the head. In profile, the face is flat. When viewed from the side, the chin, nose leather and brow all lie in one plane, which slants very slightly backward from chin to forehead.

•  Eyes – They are large, very dark, round, lustrous and set wide apart. The look is bold, not bulging. The eye rims are black and the white of the eye does not show when the dog is looking straight ahead.

• Nose – It is broad, short and black. Nostrils are wide and open rather than pinched. A line drawn horizontally over the top of the nose intersects slightly above the center of the eyes.

• Wrinkle – It effectively separates the upper and lower areas of the face. It is a hair-covered fold of skin extending from one cheek over the bridge of the nose in a wide inverted V to the other cheek. It is never so prominent or heavy as to crowd the facial features, obscure more than a small portion of the eyes, or fall forward over any portion of the nose leather.

• Stop – It is obscured from view by the over-nose wrinkle.

•  Muzzle – It is very flat, broad, and well filled-in below the eyes. The skin is black on all colors. Whiskers add to the desired expression.

• Ears – They are heart-shaped, set on the front corners of the topskull, and lie flat against the head. The leather does not extend below the jaw. Correctly placed ears, with their heavy feathering and long fringing, frame the sides of the face and add to the appearance of a wide, rectangular head.

• Mouth – The lower jaw is undershot and broad. The black lips meet neatly and neither teeth nor tongue show when the mouth is closed.

Below are bad examples of head shape :

Nose too low

Small eyes 

 

Small nose

High ears

Teeth are out

Narrow head

Round skull