FCI-Standard N° 27 (breed cancelled)

NORMAND-POITEVIN     Foto    

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 6  Scent hounds and related breeds.

Da die französischen Laufhundrassen sehr häufig untereinander und auch bisweilen mit englischen Foxhounds gepaart wurden, kann man mit Sicherheit annehmen, daß es sich bei dieser ausgestorbenen Rasse um eine Kreuzung aus dem Chien Normand und dem Poitevin handelte. Die Merkmale des kräftigen Normand sollten dabei vorherrschen, doch war auch ein deutlicher Einfluß des edlen, leichteren Poitevin in der äußeren Erscheinung dieser Laufhundkreuzung erwünscht. Über den muskulösen Franzosen mit dem intelligenten, manchmal etwas melancholischen Blick und dem üppigen, harschen Fell ist heute nur schwer etwas in Erfahrung zu bringen. Einen seiner Urväter, den Poitevin, gibt es in Frankreich allerdings noch immer.

Widerristhöhe: ca. bis 73 cm.

Gewicht: ohne Angaben.

Farbe:
Sein glänzendes Fell sollte dreifarbig sein, dabei oft mit schwarzem Mantel. Eine mausgraue Färbung des Kopfes oder Mantels dagegen war höchst unerwünscht.

FCI-Standard N° 28 / 25. 11. 1996 (Dutch / Ned. standaard)

ARTOIS HOUND (Chien d’Artois)     Foto

TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.

ORIGIN : France.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 24.07.1996.

UTILIZATION : The Artois Hound is a Briquet (small type), nowadays especially used in hunting with the gun. He drives the game closer taking advantage of their faults with cleverness, and his speed is average but maintained.

• In the country : Because of his acute sense of smell, he is capable of out manoeuvring the tricks of the hare.
• In the wood : With his incontestable qualities of a hunter, in the sparse and well scattered groups of tall trees, he hunts a deer beautifully in the desired direction.
• In the thicket : his intrepidity and bravery means that he can stir up and even obstinate boar.
• Moreover : He is a hardy animal, endowed with a marvellous tongue in a high pitched voice which can be heard from far away. Six to eight tricolour matching Artois hounds constitute a small pack susceptible of giving pleasure to a most demanding huntmaster.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 6        Scenthounds and related breeds.

                                              Section 1.2   Medium sized scent hounds.

                                              With working trial.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : This breed, formerly named Picard, was much appreciated in ancient hunting at the time of Henri IV and Louis XIII and much sought after. Selincourt already made much of it, wondering and amazed to see these dogs pulling in a hare which had passed by one hour ago in dry weather.

Le Couteulx de Canteleu, in Manuel de Vénerie Française (1890), (Manual of French Hunting (1890)), praises also the Artois Hound. He reports that the artesien breed of his time was crossbred and difficult to find pure but, in spite of that, it still remained one of the best breeds for hare hunting. He has taken care, however, of placing representatives of the breed in the big kennel of the Jardin d’Acclimatation, so that it would be know by the general public. At the end of the XIXth century and at the beginning of our century, M. Levoir in Picardy has attempted the re-establishment of the old Artois type without really succeeding. During that period and until the beginning of the First World War, it was another Picard breeder, M. Mallard, who dominated the raising of the breed. But if he produced very pretty dogs, as witnessed by his numerous awards in canine shows, they were not always in the type conformed with the description given by the old authors. After the second World War, it was believed that the Artois Hound was one of the breeds lost for ever. But at the beginning of the 1970s M. Audrechy, of Buigny les Gamaches in the Somme, has fixed as a task to reconstitue the kennel. It is thanks to his efforts and those of Mme Pilat that this breed regains its place amongst the scenthounds.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Well constructed dog, muscled and not too long, giving the impression of strength and energy.

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS :

• Size / Length of body                     between 10:10 and 10:11
• Depth of chest / Size                      between 1:2
• Width of skull / Length of head       between 5:9
• Length of muzzle / Length of skull  between 8:10

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : Vigorous and hardy dog, with a very fine nose, assembling well in the pack, balanced and affectionate.

HEAD :

CRANIAL REGION :

Skull : Strong, broad, quite short, rounded and flat at its upper part but with the occipital protuberance only slightly pronounced.

Stop : Accentuated.

FACIAL REGION :

Nose : Black, strong, with well opened nostrils.

Muzzle : Straight and, seen in profile, moderately elongated.

Lips : The upper lip largely covering the lower lip and must be rather important so as to give a square shape to the extremity of the muzzle, seen in profile.

Jaws/Teeth : Scissor bite, the upper incisors covering the lower in a narrow contact and are well set squarely in relation to the jaws.

Eyes : In relation to the width of the forehead, the eyes are not very close together; they are round, level with the head surface, with a melancholic and soft expression; dark brown in colour. The mucous membranes of the lower lids must not be visible.

Leathers : Set at eye level, a little thick, broad, round at the tip, almost flat and quite long, reaching the beginning of the nose.

NECK : Moderately long, powerful; very little dewlap.

BODY :

Back : Broad and well supported.

Loin : Slightly arched.

Croup : The hips give a slight inclination to the croup, which is well muscled.

Chest : Broad and long, rather let down so that the sternal line arrives at elbow level. Ribs well sprung.

Belly : Flanks full.

TAIL : Strong, quite long; there should be some longer and coarser, slightly offstanding hairs (like ears of grain) towards the tip; carried sickle fashion, never falling forward.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS :

View of ensemble : The limbs are strong and vertical.

Shoulders : Oblique and muscled.

Elbows : Set well in the axis of the body.

Forearm : Slightly oblique.

HINDQUARTERS :

View of ensemble : Seen from behind, the point of the buttock, the middle of the leg, the hock, the metatarsal and the foot are on the same vertical line.

Upper thighs : Let down and well muscled.

Hock joints : Strong and moderately angulated.

Metatarsals : short and strong.

FEET : Slightly elongated, strong but sufficiently tight; the pads are black, tough and compact.

GAIT / MOVEMENT  : Even and easy.

SKIN : Quite thick.

COAT

HAIR : Short, thick and quite flat.

COLOUR : Dark fawn tricolour, similar to the coat of the hare or the badger, with mantle or large patches, the head usually fawn, sometimes with black overlay.

SIZE AND WEIGHT  :

Height at withers : Males and females : 53 to 58 cm

                            With a tolerance of 1 cm.

Weight : On average 28 to 30 kg.        

FAULTS : Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.

Head :

• Narrow skull, dome shaped.

• Muzzle too pointed.

• Upper lip insufficiently let down and tight.

• Eye slightly light, conjunctiva visible.

• Ears set below eye level, short, not flat enough.

Neck :

• Long reach of neck, light.

Body :

• Dorsal region too long, topline soft, hollow.

• Ribs flat.

• Whippety flanks.

Tail :

• Too long, deviated.

Forequarters :

• Straight shoulder.

• Out at elbows.

• Straight pastern.

• Flat feet.

• Toes splayed, too long.

Hindquarters :

• Thighs flat.

• Hocks straight, either cow-hocked or barrel-shaped.

Colour :

• Mottled.

Behaviour :

• Timid subject.

ELIMINATING FAULTS :

• Shy or aggressive subject.

• Lack of type (the dog on the whole not sufficiently resembling his fellow creatures of the same breed).

• Anatomical anomaly.

• Determined hereditary disabling defect.

• Under- or overshot mouth.

• Eye very light.

• Weak limbs.

• Other colour than that of the standard.

• Distinctly mottled.

• Height at the withers other than that of the standard

Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.

N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

FCI-Standard N° 29 (breed cancelled)

ARTÉSIEN NORMAND     Foto    

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 6  Scent hounds and related breeds.

Der Artesien Normand war ein recht gewichtiger Meutehund von mittlerer Größe. Den niederläufigen Schlag dieser französischen Laufhundrasse, den Basset Artesien Normand, gibt es noch heute; er ist sowohl als Jagd- als auch als Haus- und Familienhund beliebt. Sein inzwischen ausgestorbener hochbeiniger Bruder - aus dem der Basset erst entstand - war sein Ebenbild. Er besaß dieselben tief angesetzten Behänge, große, ernst blickende Augen, die breite, gut entwickelte Nase und den stolzen, doch gutmütigen Charakter. Seine Bewegungsabläufe waren typisch für französische Laufhunde: ruhig und ohne Steifheit.

Widerristhöhe: zwischen 45 und 60 cm.

Gewicht: ohne Angaben.

Farbe:
Das Fell des Artesien Normand war glatt, sehr dicht und fein. Es konnte entweder dreifarbig oder zweifarbig weiß mit orangefarbenen bzw. mit hasenfarbigen oder dachsgrauen Flecken, sein. Eine Tüpfelung (Schimmelung) war unerwünscht. Als ausschließende Fehler galten neben Über- und Unterbiss vor allem Farbabweichungen.

FCI-Standard N° 30 / 22. 04. 1997 (Dutch / Ned. standaard)

PORCELAINE     Foto

TRANSLATION : Brought up to date by Dr. Paschoud.

ORIGIN : France.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 19.10.1964.

UTILIZATION : Scenthound.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 6       Scenthounds and related breeds.

                                              Section 1.2  Medium sized houndsds

                                              With working trial.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Hunting dog for small game (driving game to waiting guns), very distinguished, very French looking and showing top quality in all details of its structure.

HEAD : Must be very typical, lean and finely sculptured; rather long altogether. 

CRANIAL REGION :

Skull : Wide at the top between the leathers, occipital protuberance rounded. The forehead is flat, with a median furrow not too much marked.

Stop : Marked, without exaggeration.

FACIAL REGION :

Nose : Well developed and very black. Nostrils well open.

Muzzle : Of good length, neither square nor pointed; the nasal bridge, at first straight, ends very slightly arched.

Lips : The upper lip covers the lower without being drooping or thick. Mucous membranes black.

Eyes : Normally developed, dark in appearance, well sheltered under the superciliary arches. Expression intelligent and sweet.

Leahters : Leather thin, well curled inwards, ending rather in a point, reaching the end of the muzzle. Set on narrow, never above the line of the eye.

NECK : Fairly long, light, showing a little dewlap of tense and lean appearance.

BODY

Back : Withers well prominent, back broad and straight.

Loins : Wide, very muscular, well coupled, not excessive in length.

Croup : Slightly slanting; haunches placed well apart and slightly prominent.

Chest : Average width, but deep.

Ribs : Corresponding to the chest described above, rather long without being flat.

Flanks : Slightly tucked up, but full.

TAIL : Well attached, fairly strong at the root, thinning at the tip, of average length. Without any longer and coarser, slightly offstanding hairs (like ears of grain).  Carried slightly curved.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS : Forelegs fairly long, lean but not too fine; straight and parallel; tendons well attached.

Shoulders : Constructed for gallop, long, well sloping, well muscled without being heavy. 

Feet : Typical for a French hound, with rather elongated and fine but tight toes; pads hard and tough.

HINDQUARTERS

Thighs : Well descending; muscles very apparent and clean; of moderately strong development.

Hocks : Strong and well let down, normally angulated. 

GAIT/MOVEMENT : Lively and gay; gallop light and tireless.

SKIN : Fine and supple, marbled with numerous black spots.

COAT

HAIR : Smooth, thin, close lying and shining; without bare patches. 

COLOUR : Very white, with roundish orange spots, never extended to a mantle. These spots usually superimpose other black pigmented spots of the skin. Orange ticking on the ears is highly characteristic of the breed.

SIZE

Height : For dogs       between 55 and 58 cm (22 to 23,5 inches).

             For bitches   between 53 and 56 cm (21,5 to 22,5 inches).

FAULTS : Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.

ELIMINATING FAULTS :

·       Aggressive or overly shy.

·       Lack of type.

·       Eyes or nose light; excessive lack of pigment.

·       Tail furnished with some longer and coarser, slightly offstanding hairs ( like ears of grain).

·       Coat harsh and thick.

·       Orange mantle.

·       Orange spots too bright, tending to mahogany, greyish or mingled with black hairs. Distinct orange spots but too pale, and even the absence of spots are not sought after, but are not considered as a eliminatory fault.

·       Excess or lack of height at withers. An exeption may be made for males which, excelling in their quality and therefore capable of being used at stud, reach the maximum height of 60 cm (24 inches).

·       Any fault affecting the utilization of the dog, as rickets, lack of a correct stance, insufficient reach of the movement.

Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.

N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

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