he weighs about 55 pounds,i do believe in china these dogs guarded the palece where head honcho lives.they are strange and very guarding and very like just dont know for sure.when i am around ,ok,but when i am gone he goes nuts at passerbuyers from front door.i get up about 20 times anight after he barks out back.and he barks like a loin or bear,i cut his balls cuz the animal inflation and i was not a breeder .there are many more out there.i hate to have puppies and just dont know where they go so i bob barker it