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Toy Panda Dog Breed Standard
General Description
The Toy Panda Dog's body is compact with a sweet facial expression. The body is proportionate.
The Toy Panda Dog was developed to mimic the adorable larger breed dogs now creatively groomed to resemble the Giant Pandas of China, without the artificial grooming and dyes.
The Toy Panda Dog is bred to be piebald or Irish marked in color patter with a combination of white and any other body color. Some Panda Dogs will be solid in color due to health and temperament being priority over pattern in choice as breeding stock.
Temperament
The Toy Panda Dog is happy, high-spirited, playful, curious and energetic. Highly intelligent, eager and quick to learn. They want to be with people. Being a companion breed, temperament of breeding stock has been kept in top priority.Toy Panda Dogs are entertaining, learn tricks easily, and will make you laugh!
Size
Weight: 5-20 pounds with focus on an overall balanced animal rather than height.
Coat
The toy panda dog has a silky easy-care coat that is soft and plush in a medium length coat. Shorter or longer coats are permitted but considered a fault. The body style is pudgy in build.
Health
The breed development began in 2002 and there have not been genetic health issues. Early testing was done on breeding stock as initially selected for improvement of the breed.
History
The Toy Panda Dog was originally started as part of the Pocket Bear breeds developed by the the Queen Elizabeth Pocket Beagle Foundation breeders. Only child safe breeds were used that were stable in temperament and were not snappish. In 2010 it was decided that these fluffy little Panda like dogs be separated into their own breed.
A companion breed of toy grouping
The Toy Panda Dog will do fine in an apartment. They are bred as a companion breed and for people who are looking for something with a more adorable bear type look.
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