had one shap pei long time ago, named shabe.
So playful with owner, kind of very nice dog.
The origin of the Chinese Shar-Pei can be traced to the province of Kwun Tung (present-day Guangdong) and has existed for centuries in the southern provinces of China. These dogs helped their peasant masters with various tasks, such as herding cattle and guarding the home and family, and have proven themselves to be qualified hunters of wild game—usually wild pigs—and, of course, they were used for generations as fighting dogs by the Chinese nobility, although the practice became rarer after the people's revolution, when such activities were seen as the preserve of the decadent classes.
Incidentally, Western breeders maintain that any dog in China that protects property is called a fighting dog, whereas in Canada and the United States, they are referred to as guard dogs.
Shar Pei puppies, showing the greater number of wrinkles
As puppies, Shar Pei have numerous wrinkle, but as they mature, these wrinkles disappear as they "grow into their skin". Shar Pei were once named as one of the world's rarest dog breeds by Time magazine and the Guinness Book of World Records, and the American Kennel Club did not recognize the breed until 1991.
