To initiate breeding programs, more dogs were required, yet the superior dogs were closely guarded by Chinese royals, limiting availability. Nevertheless, some Pekingese made it to the West ...

Dunne gifted her to the queen, and the animal was given a new name: Looty. Pekingese dogs depicted in a 19th-century Chinese hanging scroll. - The Trustees of the British Museum ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - For centuries, owning the flat-faced Pekingese dog was a luxury to be enjoyed only by China's royal family. After years of turmoil and the 1911 revolution that established ...