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Shar Pei
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Shar Pei [ʃɑː ˈpeɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a compact squarely-built dog of a Chinese breed, with loose wrinkled skin and a harsh bristly coat
[from Chinese shā pí, literally: sand skin]


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Byline: ANI Melbourne, Dec 26 (ANI): An Australian man, caught with a trafficable amount of ecstasy, told the court that he bought it to use it as birth control pills for his shar peis dog.
Distinguishable by their wrinkled coats and blue-black tongues, Chinese Shar Peis grew out of their wrinkles as adults, retaining wrinkles only on the face, neck and shoulders.
Mandy already had two Shar Peis - Shi and Hugo - as well as Staffordshire bull terrier Buster - when she heard that there was a Shar Pei at the RSPCA in need of a new home.
 
 
 
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