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Compare Pekingese
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Size and lifespan
- Size
- PekingeseSmall
- Typical adult height
- Pekingese15–22 cm
- Typical adult weight
- Pekingeseabout 5 kg
- Typical lifespan
- Pekingesefrom 12 years
Exercise and care
- Exercise
- PekingeseLow: usually content with short daily walks
- Energy
- PekingeseUsually calm
- Grooming
- PekingeseDaily
- Shedding
- PekingeseTends to shed a lot
- Training
- PekingeseGenerally trainable with consistency
- Barking
- PekingeseBarks sometimes
Home life
- Home
- PekingeseOften adapts to flats and smaller homes
- Garden
- PekingeseA garden is not essential
- Time alone
- PekingeseUsually copes only with short periods alone
- Owner experience
- PekingeseSome dog experience helps
Living with others
- Children
- PekingeseUsually better with older, calmer children
- Other dogs
- PekingeseUsually sociable with other dogs
- Cats and small pets
- PekingeseVaries with the individual dog
These are typical breed tendencies from reviewed sources, never a promise about an individual dog. Read each guide for the detail and ask the breeder or rescue about the dog you are considering.