- Height: 6-9 inches
- Weight: up to 14 pounds
- Life Expectancy: 12-14 years
- The thick double coat of the Pekingese requires a good bit of maintenance.
- They are fairly sedate most of the time and have only modest exercise requirements.
- Pekes are affectionate and intelligent and develop very strong connections to their people.
- There were 12 dogs on the Titanic and only two survived, one of which was a Pekingese.
- Does better as an indoor dog.
- They get along well with other dogs and/or pets.