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Being the owner of a Pekingese dog is a one of the most rewarding experiences you will ever have. The Pekingese is a fiery, charming and loyal companion who will bring you many, many years of joy.
The Pekingese is strong willed, courageous and full of life, although, at times he/she can be downright stubborn! The Pekingese is known for being a bit rebellious if she wants to prove her authority and independence, so don’t be alarmed if your seemingly happy Peke flat out refuses to eat one day.
When it comes to home-life, the Pekingese makes a great family pet and does well around children. In fact, the Pekingese will assume the role of “guardian” when it comes to family. Exercising your Pekingese is very important and not hard to do if you train them on a leash and socialize them early on. However, while the Pekingese does enjoy a good romp in the park, her favorite past time is sleeping (she is also a very vivid dreamer!!) and she most certainly does not like to be bothered.
The Pekingese makes a great “apartment” dog, meaning she doesn’t need a huge yard, as long as she is exercised daily and she should never be kept as an “out door” dog.
As far as mealtime is concerned, the Pekingese is a greedy eater with an insatiable appetite. They are very protective of their food and even the most well-mannered Peke has been known to snip or bark at another dog who comes near the sacred food bowl.
Whether you are already the proud owner of an amazing Pekingese dog, or you are thinking of owning one, Pekingese-info.com has all the information you need to keep your loving companion happy and healthy. Here, we not only provide you with the basics in regards to caring for your Pekingese pup, but we also offer many great tips and suggestions from other Pekingese owners!
Pekingese Poem
“Let the Lion Dog be small; let it wear the swelling cape of dignity around its neck; let it display the billowing standard of pomp above its back.
Let its face be black; let its forefront be shaggy; let its forehead be straight and low.
Let its eyes be large and luminous; let its ears be set like the sails of war junk; let its nose be like that of the monkey god of the Hindus.
Let its forelegs be bent; so that it shall not desire to wander far, or leave the Imperial precincts.
Let its body be shaped like that of a hunting lion spying for its prey.
Let its feet be tufted with plentiful hair that its footfall may be soundless and for its standard of pomp let it rival the whick of the Tibetans’ yak, which is flourished to protect the imperial litter from flying insects.
Let it be lively that it may afford entertainment by its gambols; let it be timid that it may not involve itself in danger; let it be domestic in its habits that it may live in amity with the other beasts, fishes or birds that find protection in the Imperial Palace.
And for its colour, let it be that of the lion – a golden sable, to be carried in the sleeve of a yellow robe; or the colour of a red bear, or a black and white bear, or striped like a dragon, so that there may be dogs appropriate to every costume in the Imperial wardrobe.
Let it venerate its ancestors and deposit offerings in the canine cemetery of the Forbidden City on each new moon.
Let it comport itself with dignity; let it learn to bite the foreign devils instantly.
Let it be dainty in its food so that it shall be known as an Imperial dog by its fastidiousness; sharks fins and curlew livers and the beasts of quails, on these may it be fed; and for drink give it the tea that is brewed from the spring buds of the shrub that groweth in the province of Hankow, or the milk of the antelopes that pasture in the Imperial parks.
Thus shall it preserve its integrity and self-respect; and for the day of sickness let it be anointed with the clarified fat of the legs of a sacred leopard, and give it to drink a throstle’s eggshell full of the juice of the custard apple in which has been dissolved three pinches of shredded rhinoceros horn, and apply it to piebald leeches.
So shall it remain – but if it dies, remember thou too art mortal.
-Dowager Empress T’sun Hsi
