CHINESE TANG DOG
(TANG GOU)
唐狗
a.k.a. Chinese Pastoral Dog, Chinese Rural Dog
The Tang has existed for about seven thousand of years in southern part of China. In ancient time, they were bred as a guard dog and also used for hunting, they are exceptionally devoted to his owner.
A natural distrust to strangers makes the dog the ideal watchdog for home and farm. The breed took on the name as Tang because of Tang Dynasty, the most flourishing period in China history.
历史概述：唐狗在中国南方已有几千年历史。在古代，它们用于看家护院和狩猎。它们非常忠于主人。他们对陌生人的警惕性使他们成为家庭和农场的理想守护者。犬种名为唐狗（Gou中文为狗）仅因唐朝是中国历史上最为繁荣昌盛的时期。
Chinese Tang Dog 唐狗
a.k.a. Chinese Pastoral Dog, Chinese Rural Dog
The Tang has existed for over 10,000 years in southern part of China and parts now known as Vietnam. In ancient time, they were bred as a guard dog and also used for hunting, they are exceptionally devoted to his owner.
A natural distrust to strangers makes the dog the ideal watchdog for home and farm. The breed took on the name as Tang because of Tang Dynasty, the most flourishing period in China history.
歷史概況：唐狗在中國南方已有數千年的歷史。(10,000)。 在古代，它們被用於家務和狩獵。他們對主人非常忠誠。他們對陌生人的警惕使他們成為家庭和農場的理想守護者。由於唐朝是中國歷史上最繁榮的時期，這種狗被命名為唐狗（狗在中文中是狗的意思）。
GENERAL APPEARANCE:
A medium-sized dog with well balance, active, compact, short -coupled. They are captivating on account of their beautiful coats, made to stand off by plentiful undercoat. Should always be able to move freely and must not have so much coat as to impede activity or cause distress in hot weather. A bluish-black tongue is characteristic.
整体外形：体态匀称、有活力、身体紧凑、短身的中型犬。它们的魅力所在是拥有丰富华丽的被毛，衬托于丰满的底毛。应该总是可以行动自如，不得因被毛过多而影响到活动或是在炎热天气中令犬只不适。蓝黑色的舌头是其典型特征。
Loyal, attentive, lively and brave. Tang Gou is neither timid nor aggressive.
行为和秉性：忠诚、专注、活泼且勇敢。唐狗既不胆怯也不好斗。
Hair 毛质:
Outer coat rather harsh and straight, undercoat soft and dense. Head, ears, front side of front and hind legs and the feet are covered by short, thick hair. The rest of the body has a long rich coat. Neck and shoulders are covered by tick mane. The backside of the front legs is well feathered , the hind legs have ample feathering from croup to hocks. The tail is bushy. 外层毛粗硬且直，底毛柔软浓密。头、耳、前后腿的前侧和脚的毛短且厚质地柔软。身体其余部位毛长且丰满。肩颈覆盖着粗鬃毛。前腿背面有羽状毛，后腿从臀部到飞节被毛丰富。尾毛浓密。
Colour毛色:
Only solid colour acceptable. Colour covers all shades of colour, such as cream, cream sable, red-sable, black. 只有纯色可以接受。毛色包含所有深浅不同的颜色，如奶油色、浅雕色、红雕色、黑色。
Size 尺寸:
Desirable minimum height at the withers 42 cm 理想的最低肩高为42厘米
Desirable maximum height at the withers 56 cm 理想的最高肩高为56厘米
HEAD:头部
CRANIAL REGION: 颅部：
Skull:Medium size of head, flat and broad. Often appears to frown caused by beyond the wrinkled skin of the head
头骨：中等大小的头部，平且宽。皱眉不可以超过头部松皱的皮肤。
Forehead: Not pronounced. 额断：不明显。
FACE: 面部：
Nose鼻: The nose is large and wide, in which case a lighter coloured dogs with lighter coloured nose are permissible.
鼻子大且宽，允许毛色浅的狗有较浅色的鼻头。
Muzzle口吻:
The muzzle is not overlong and stands in pleasing proportion to the skull.
口吻部不能过长，与头骨有良好的比例。
Lips唇:
The lips are not exaggerated, close fitting to the jaws and do not form any folds to the corner of the mouth. A solid black mouth including the roof and flews, with a bluish-black tongue is ideal. However, some dilution may be evident in gums of blues and fawns and this dilution may be more pronounced in cream. 唇不夸张，紧贴颌部，不会向嘴角形成任何褶皱。黑色嘴，包括上嘴唇以及下垂的部分，理想的舌头为蓝黑色。但是，蓝色和浅黄褐色的犬只可能会在齿龈处出现颜色变浅的情况，这种情况在奶油色犬只中更为明显。
Barking 叫聲:
The bark is almost non-existent. It is usually more like a cough, which if continued, will gradually grow into a short barking-like sound. 樹皮幾乎不存在。它通常更像是咳嗽，如果持續下去，會逐漸變成短促的犬吠聲。
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Jaw/ Teeth 颌/牙: The jaws are strong, with a complete scissor bite. The upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and at square to the jaws. 颌强壮，有完整的剪状咬合。上牙紧贴下牙，颌呈方形。
Cheeks面颊 :
Well developed. 发达。
Eyes眼睛:
The eyes are medium size, longish shape, slightly slanting and dark. A matching coloured eye permissible in fawns, creams.
眼睛中等大小，长形，略倾斜且为深色。毛色为淡黄色、奶油色的犬，眼睛颜色允许与其匹配。
Ears 耳:
The small, triangular ears are set high, slightly inclining forward and firmly pricked.
小且为三角形，耳位高，略微向前倾斜，立耳。
NECK 脖颈:
The medium length of neck is set well on the shoulders, slightly arched.
中等长度的脖颈与肩部很好的连接，略呈拱形。
Tail 尾:
The tail is set on high and medium length, reaching upwards and rolls forward over the back, straight from the root. It is firmly over the back and is covered with bushy hair. A double curl at tip is allowed.
尾根高且中等长度。向上延伸，在背部向前卷曲，根部笔直。紧贴背部，且赋有非常丰富的毛。尾尖双重卷曲可以接受。
Long-hairbreeds may have a normal tail.
長毛品種可能有正常的尾巴。
Frown
The dog appears to frown particularly when head is down due to additional skin but the frown should be restricted to the area between just above the eyes to a line drawn between the start of the years.
狗似乎會皺眉，特別是當頭部低下時，但皺眉應該限制在眼睛正上方到耳朵起點之間的線之間的區域。
BODY 躯干：
Topline 背线:
Short, level and strong. 短，水平且结实。
Withers肩隆:
High withers drop imperceptibly into the shortest possible, straight , firm back.高高的肩隆缓缓下落，衔接尽可能短的、笔直、结实的背部。
Loin腰部:
Short coupled, broad and strong.接合短，宽且强壮。
Croup (lower back)臀部:
The croup is broad and short, not falling away. 臀部宽且短，不松弛。
Chest胸:
The deep chest is well sprung, forechest well developed .胸深，扩张自然，前胸发育良好。
Underline and belly 下腹线和腹部:
The belly has only a slightly tuck up. 腹部轻微上收。
LIMBS 四肢
FOREQUARTERS: 前驱：
General appearance 综述:
Straight, rather broad front. The dog will often sleep with crossed front legs.直，前部相当宽。睡覺方式：前腿交叉
Shoulder肩:
The Shoulder blade is long and well laid back. The Shoulder is well muscled and firmly connected to the brisket. 肩胛骨长且自然后倾。肩部肌肉发达，稳固地与胸部连接。
Upperlimb 上臂:
The upper limb (arm) which is approximately the same length as the shoulder blade, forms an angle of 90 degrees to the shoulder blade. 上臂与肩胛骨的长度大致相同，形成90度的肩胛骨角度。
Elbow肘:
Close fitting to the brisket and turns neither nor out. 紧贴胸部且不外翻。
Forearm前臂:
Perfectly straight, with substance. 完美笔直。
Front feet 前脚:
Round, like cat feet, with well arched toes. 圆润，似猫足，脚趾圆拱。
HINDQUARTER 后躯：
General appearance 综述:
The hindquarters are powerful, with muscles well developed. The hind legs stand straight and parallel.后躯有力，肌肉发达。后腿站立时笔直且相互平行。
Thigh 大腿:
Well developed.发达。
Stifle (Knee) 后膝（膝关节:
Only slight bend. 略微弯曲。
Hock 飞节:
Moderately angulated and well let down. 角度适中垂直于地面。Hind feet后脚 :
The hind feet are small, tightly closed with well arched toes, so called cat feet. 后脚小，紧凑且脚趾自然拱起，因此被称为猫足。
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The Tang dog has a rich coat, compact body and short stature. It is a medium-sized dog with a ratio of shoulder height to body length of 9:10 to 10:10 (ideally 10:10). The Chinese Tang dog with its highly pointed muzzle, pricked ears, almond shaped eyes, a pointed muzzle, a double coat, characteristic bluish-black tongue and a tail that curves over the back may also have been the origin of the “spitz” characteristics of many modern breeds.
中國唐犬被毛豐富，身體緊湊，身材矮小。是一種中型犬，肩高與體長的比例為9：10至10：10（理想為10：10）。 中國唐犬的高尖口吻、豎耳、杏仁狀眼睛、尖口吻、雙層被毛、特有的藍黑色舌頭和向後彎曲的尾巴也可能是“斯皮茨”特徵的起源許多現代品種。
They have fierce independence and can be suspiciousness and aggression towards other dogs, even ones they know, and they require much training and socialization when they are puppies before they become manageable in an urban environment and their suspiciousness towards unfamiliar humans makes them great guard dogs, although they can be trained to be friendly to visitors when introduced to visitors by their owners. In many cases, the Tang dog will always be suspicious of other dogs and growl at them although in the urban outdoor environment they will learn quickly to be sociable (after the slightly suspicious greeting).
它們具有強烈的獨立性，對其他狗（甚至是它們認識的狗）可能會產生懷疑和攻擊性，當它們還是小狗時，它們需要大量的訓練和社交才能在城市環境中變得易於管理，它們對不熟悉的人類的懷疑使它們成為偉大的看門狗，儘管當主人將它們介紹給訪客時，可以訓練它們對訪客友好。在許多情況下，唐犬總是會對其他狗產生懷疑並對它們咆哮，儘管在城市的戶外環境中它們很快就會學會社交（在稍微可疑的問候之後）。
As a result, introducing another dog into the home of a Chinese Tang Dog can be a difficult experience.
因此，將另一隻狗引入“中國唐犬”的家中可能是一個困難的經歷。
It is believed both Chow Chow (Songshi-Quan) and Shar-Pei may have been developed from the “Tang dog”, a view widely held by many traditional bone-mouth Shar-Pei breeders in Hong Kong and something that was reflected by the UK Midland Shar-Pei dog club in 2006 which produced a paper on this[1]. The ChowChow being originally called the Tang Empire Dog (“Tang Quan” (Dog of the Tang Empire) reflecting the fact that during the Tang Dynasty (618 to 906 A.D.), one of the emperors took on such a fancy to the breed that he housed 5,000 chow chows and had may staff members to maintain them and hunt with them.(1)
據認為，「鬆獅犬」和沙皮犬可能都是由「唐狗」發展而來，這一觀點被香港許多傳統骨口沙皮犬飼養者廣泛持有，英國米德蘭也反映了這一觀點沙皮犬俱樂部於 2006 年就此發表了一篇論文。 鬆獅犬最初被稱為唐帝國犬（“唐犬”（唐帝國的狗），反映了唐朝（公元 618 至 906 年）期間的事實，一位皇帝非常喜歡這個品種，以至於他飼養著5,000 隻鬆獅犬，並有5 名工作人員來照顧它們並與它們一起狩獵。(1)
In the 2000s, the Tang Dog Association was established in Hong Kong to raise people’s attention to Tang dogs and in 2017, a Tang Dog won the World Dog Show championship at the dog show held by the Chinese Kennel Union.
2000年代，香港成立了一個協會，引起人們對保護這種狗的關注，2017年，一隻「中國唐狗」在中國犬業聯盟舉辦的狗展上贏得了世界狗展冠軍。
[1] The Tang dog and their relation with Shar-Pei By Eric T. Omura July 1, 2006 , Omura, Eric, Development of Shar-Pei and its variation, paper presented to Midland Shar-Pei Club, June 18, 2001
Characteristics
- Fiercely protective of owners (and often food)
- Excellent Guards, Hunters and Guides
- Loyal, attentive, lively and brave.
CHEWEY BOOKS
- Classic Childrens Books
- Stories about Chewey, the Tang Dog
The Chinese Tang Dog,
once being prevalent in the whole of Central and Southern Asia,
has given rise to a wide number of descendants including:
The Chinese Shinu Inu
The Chow Chow
The Shar Pei
The Vietnamese Village Dog/Wietnamese Dingo
The Australian Dingo
CHINESE TANG DOG
Information with thanks from :
Chinese Kennel Club
Hong Kong Tang Dog Association,
Taiwan Chinese Tang Dog Association
and
General Public Information
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