GENERAL APPEARANCE : Leonine in appearance with alert and intelligent expression. Small, well balanced, thick-set with great dignity and quality.  Any signs of respiratory distress under normal conditions are unacceptable and should be heavily penalised.

BEHAVIOUR AND TEMPERAMENT : Fearless, loyal, aloof, not timid or aggressive.

HEAD : Large, proportionately wider than deep.

CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Broad, wide and flat between ears ; not domed ; wide between eyes.
Stop : Pronounced.

FACIAL REGION : Profile flat with nose well up between eyes.  Black pigment essential on nose, lips and eye rims.
Nose : Short and broad, nostrils large and open.  A wrinkle, either continuous or broken, should extend from the cheeks to the bridge of nose in a wide inverted “v”.  This should not adversely affect or obscure eyes or nose.  Pinched nostrils and heavy over-nose wrinkles are unacceptable and should be heavily penalised.
Muzzle : Wide with firm underjaw.
Mouth : Level lips, must not show teeth or tongue.  Firm under-jaw essential.
Eyes : Large, clear, round, dark and lustrous. Free from obvious eye problems.
Ears : Leathers heart-shaped, set level with the skull, carried close to the head and not coming below line of muzzle.  Long profuse feathering.
 
NECK :  Short and thick.

BODY : Short, heavier in front than rear, with a distinct waist. 
Topline : Level.
Chest : Broad and well sprung ribs slung between forelegs.

TAIL : Set high, carried tightly, slightly curved over back to either side.  Long feathering.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS : Short, thick, heavily boned forelegs. Bones of forelegs slightly bowed between pasterns and elbows.  Shoulders laid back and fitting smoothly into the body.  Elbows should be close to the body.

HINDQUARTERS : Hind legs lighter than forelegs, with moderate angulation and definition of stifles.  Firm hocks.  When viewed from the rear, legs are reasonably close and parallel.  Absolute  soundness essential.

FEET : Large and flat, not round.  Standing well up on feet, not on pasterns.  Front feet slightly turned out. Hind feet point straight ahead.

GAIT / MOVEMENT : Slow, dignified rolling gait in front.  Typical movement not to be confused with a roll caused by slackness of shoulders.  Close action GO BACK TO LIST.  Soundness in forequarters, hindquarters and movement is of the utmost importance.

COAT

HAIR : Long, straight with profuse mane extending beyond shoulders forming a cape around neck ; top coat coarse with thick, softer undercoat.  Feathering on ears, back of legs, tail and toes. Length and volume of coat should not obscure the shapeliness of body.

COLOUR : All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit, except albino or liver.  Parti-colours evenly broken.

SIZE AND WEIGHT  : Ideal weight not exceeding 5 kg (11 lbs) for dogs and 5.4 (12 lbs) for bitches.  Dogs should look small but be surprisingly heavy when picked up ; heavy bone and a sturdy well-built body are essentials of the breed.

FAULTS : Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.

Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.

N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

Nazionalit China.

The history   Origin Probably has in its veins blood of Volpino, but its origins forgiveness in the night of the times to beyond four thousand years ago. For many centuries it was the predelight of the imperial family of Beijing and was carried in Europe in the 1860 from the British and French soldiers who of it had found some copy in the plundered Palace aroused

A curiosit that this small dog came carried from the imperial family allinterno of a tascone,   in order to hold the hands to the warmth.

Ciass. utii . Group 9 dogs from company.

Ransom: the standard indicates alone the ideal weight, that it must be inferior to 5 kg in the male and 5,5 kg in the female.

Head   Massiccia, wide and flat between the ears, not to cupola; daspetto absolutely flat of profile         with the tartufo situated very up between the eyes. Deep Stop. Wide, rugoso snout. Tartufo much, wide, short black one. Well adapted set of teeth; the teeth do not have to be visible n, n the lingua.Occhi Dark, lucenti, large, prominenti but without excess.

  Ears It situates to you to level of the skull, fall back adherent to the head.

Neck   , rather short large.

Short Body .   Low Sterno between the limbs. Straight back.