TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.

ORIGIN : Spain, Catalonia.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 26.05.1982.

UTILIZATION : It is in the driving of flocks that the true essence of this breed manifests itself, because not only does he obey the shepherd, but in numerous cases, he shows his initiative, directing the flock with marvellous ease, preventing any animal from separating from the others. Through his great bravery and courage, he can also be used for guarding missions. Because of his size, his beautiful coat, his intelligence and his great loyalty to his masters, he can be an excellent companion.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 1     Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs (except Swiss Cattle Dogs).

                                              Section 1   Sheepdogs.

                                              Without working trial.                                   

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : Originates from the Catalonian Pyrenees, has propagated in all other pastoral zones of Catalonia.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Of well balanced medium proportion, medium size, with a beautiful coat.

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS : Slightly longer than high, approximately in proportion of 9 to 8.

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : A very sedate dog, active and intelligent, with a noble expression, with a hardy and pleasant character, really devoted to the shepherd and flocks entrusted to him, wary of strangers, which at times make him seem unsociable.

He is very vigilant, very resistant to heat, cold and all atmospherics. A very frugal alimentation is sufficient for him to work in extreme conditions.

HEAD : Strong head, slightly convexe and wide at the base, without heaviness, well proportioned with the rest of the body. The skull-muzzle proportion is of 4 to 3.

CRANIAL REGION :

Skull : Slightly longer than wide, with a clearly marked furrow in its first third part, which gets flatter and remains so up to the occiput where a crest is formed. Occipital bone pronounced.

The upper profile of the skull is slightly domed and may show a less accentuated short space in the middle. The frontal sinus well developed, as much lengthwise as widthwise. Superciliary ridges well marked.

Stop : Well visible but not too pronounced.

FACIAL REGION :

Nose : Straight, proportioned with the head, must be black.

Muzzle : Straight, rather short, in shape of a truncated pyramid, with rounded outlines.

Lips : Rather strong, short, formed almost straight, with lower lip not pendulous, strongly pigmented with black; the palate is also black.

Jaws/Teeth : Strong, of good size, white and sound. Scissor bite. Blunt canines (tusks) are admitted in the working dogs.

Eyes : Wide open, expressive, alert and intelligent gaze, round, dark amber colour, with black rimmed eyelids.

Ears : Set high, triangular, fine, pointed. Insertion cartilage supple and not thick. Hanging ears, carried close to the head. Ratio between ear width: length = 8 to 10. Covered with long hair ending in mobile fringes. For the working dogs cropped ears are accepted.

NECK :  Vigorous, solid, muscled, rather short, but with such proportions permitting a good mobility, well tied to the shoulders.

BODY : Slightly elongated, strong, muscled, giving an impression of power and agility.

Withers : Well visible.

Back : Topline straight, not saddle-backed, slightly raised croup, which, in any case, shall be equal or slightly inferior to the withers. That difference at first sight may seem favourable to the croup because of the quantity of coat and undercoat which it carries.

Croup : Robust, muscled, slightly sloping.

Chest : Wide, well developed, reaching elbow level. Curved ribs, not flat, allowing for a good thoracic capacity in respect of the work.

Belly and flanks : Belly slightly tucked up, with short but strong and well marked flanks.

TAIL : Rather low set, may be long, going beyond the hock, or short, measuring less than 10 cm. There are also tailless subjects, and, for the working dogs, docked tail is admitted. When the dog is at rest, the tail just hangs. It forms a hook in its lower part. Sabre tail also accepted. In action, the tail is raised gaily but not rolled on the back. Is abundantly covered with slightly wavy hair.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS : Strong, lean, straight, vertical and parallel, seen from the front or in profile. The elbow-wither distance is about equal to that of the elbow to ground.

Shoulders : Muscled, strong, slightly oblique.

Scapular-humeral angle : Of about 110°.

Arm : Strong, muscled with parallel elbows, neither in or out, close to the body.

Humeral-radial angle : Of about 135°.

Forearm : Vertical, strong, fit for the work.

Carpus (Carpal joint) &  Metacarpus (Pastern) : Following the same vertical as the forearm, rather short.

Feet : Oval, pads black and hard, interdigital membranes neat and well covered with hair, nails black and strong.

HINDQUARTERS : Strong, muscled, vertical, giving impression of power and agility.

Thighs : Long, broad and muscled, with strong bones.

Coxal-femoral angle : Of about 115°.

Femoral-tibial angle : Of about 120°.

Legs : Strong bones and muscles.

Hocks : Must be well let down, parallel and vertical.

Angle of hock : About 140°.

Metatarsus (Rear pastern) : Rather short, strong and vertical.

Feet : Identical to front feet, but with low set double bony dewclaws. These dewclaws are joined together and joined to the first toe of the foot by a membrane.

GAIT / MOVEMENT  : Supple, typical of shepherd dogs. Gallop only obtained in very large spaces, but in the ring, the typical gait is a short trot, with that gait peculiar to all dogs with dewclaws.

SKIN : Rather thick, close and tight all over the body and the head. Well pigmented.

COAT :

HAIR : Long, flat, or very slightly wavy, rough with abundant undercoat on the whole of the posterior third of the body. On the head we notice a beard, moustaches, tuft and eyebrows which do not affect the sight. Tail well covered with hair as are all the extremities. 

It is noticeable that during the moult we observe a typical phenomenon: the moult occurs in two times. First of all it affects the coat on the front part, giving the impression of two halves of dogs with different coats; then it is the turn of the hind part of the dog and everything becomes uniform again.

COLOUR : Seen from the distance the dog seems to be unicolour and may have lighter shadings at the extremities. Seen close up, it is noticeable that the colour comes from the mixture of hairs of different tones: fawn, brown more or less reddish, grey, black and white. The basic colours deriving from this mixture are:

• Fawn, in its light tones, medium or dark.

• Sable, with chestnut hairs, fawn, white and black, also in its light tones, medium and dark.

• Grey, made up of white, grey and black with shadings going from silver grey to blackgrey. If black is dominant and is simply combined with white, it gives a black which looks frosty. 

There are also dogs with a mixture of black, fawn and reddish brown, which can dominate in one or several parts, giving the impression of black and tan subjects. 

Not admitted are white or black spots. Sometimes a few white hairs, as a star shape on the chest are tolerated, or on the upper part of the toes, but, in that case however, this must not be accompanied by white nails.

SIZE:

Height at withers : from 47 to 55 cm for dogs,

                            from 45 to 53 cm for bitches.

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.

SERIOUS FAULTS :

• Head flat or without furrow.

• Rose shaped ears or badly set. Insertion cartilage thick, long or sticking out.

• Light eyes.

• 2 PM missing.

• Slight prognathism.

• Saddle back.

• Legs or feet turned in or out.

• A few white nails.

• Lack of bone in the dewclaws or single dewclaw.

ELIMINATING FAULTS :

• Aggressive or overly shy.

• Lack of pigmentation of the lips, the nose, eyelids and palate.

• Brown nose.

• Blue eyes.

• White spots.

• Missing more than 2 PM or any two teeth.

• Tail rolled on the loins.

• Lack of dewclaws or interdigital membranes.

• All the nails white.

• More than 3 cm more or less of the limits of the size.

• Head like a Pyrenean shepherd or a Briard.

• Lower or upper prognathism.

Quality being equal, we tend to prefer dogs without any mutilations (ears, tail or blunt teeth for reason of work). We shall refuse those with such mutilations if they are not dogs working with flocks. The well pigmented tones are desirable in the colour and therefore better appreciated.

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° 88 / 24. 06. 1987 (Dutch / Ned. standaard)

TRANSLATION : C. Seidler.

ORIGIN : Spain (Balearic Islands).

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 26.05.1982.

UTILIZATION : The Podenco Ibicenco is mainly used for hunting rabbits without guns, by day and  at night. Thanks to his particularly good scenting ability, which, coupled with hearing, he uses more than sight, he scents and hunts out rabbits with ease, even in dense cover. Nimble and bright, he catches his prey quickly, specially when hunting together with other dogs. When one dog indicates game, he is surrounded by all the others, which keep a certain distance and stand in wait. They bark only when they see or hear the game and when they have surrounded it. Both when indicating and catching game, all dogs wag their tail fast, but are easily put off their waiting attitude. The Podenco Ibicenco is also used for hunting hare and large game. He is a good retriever. With certain exceptions only bitches are used for the formation of a pack or, at most, with one male only, as the latter do not work together during a hunt and are quarrelsome. When a pack has caught several thousand rabbits, it can happen with this breed, that some dogs from the same pack no longer want to hunt until they have had a considerable rest. The Spanish expression « enconillarse » (go to rest) refers to this peculiarity.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 5    Spitz and primitive types.

                                              Section 7  Primitive type-Hunting dogs.

                                              Without working trial.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : This breed originates in the Balearic Islands of Majorca, Ibiza, Minorca and Formentera, where it is known by the original name of « Ca Eivissec ». It is also widely found in Catalonia, round Valencia, in the Roussillon and in the Provence, where it is known by the names Mallorquí, Xarnelo, Mayorquais, Charnegue, Charnegui and Balearic Dog. Probably these dogs were brought to the islands by the Phoenecians, Carthaginians and eventually also the Romans. 

This dog is a typical primitive and robust representative of one of the oldest still existing breeds. Illustrations of these dogs are found in the graves of the Pharaohs and on objects in museums, so that the existence of the breed can already be proved in the year 3400 BC.  

IMPORTANT PROPORTION : The distance from the tip of the muzzle to the eyes is equal to that from the eyes to the occiput.

HEAD : Seen as a whole, the long, fine head has the appearance of a cone cut off near its base; completely dry, rather small in relation to body.

CRANIAL REGION :

Skull : Long and flat (dolichocephalic). Occipital bone protruding. Forehead fine and flat.

Stop : Barely pronounced.

FACIAL REGION :

Nose : Nose leather flesh colour. Nostrils open. Nasal bridge slightly arched.

Muzzle : Nasal bridge and nose protrude over lower jaw; fine, long and according to colour of coat, flesh colour.

Lips : Thin,close fitting, flesh colour.

Teeth : Perfect fitting bite, scissor bite, white and regular.

Eyes : Slanting, small, light amber colour, reminiscent of caramel colour. The amber colour can be more or less intensive according to coat colour. Without seeming very noble, the expression shows intelligence but also fear and mistrust.

Ears : Always stiff, very mobile. Pointing forward or sideways in a horizontal plane or held backwards. Upright when dog is animated. The center of the ear set on is level with the eyes. The shape is that of an elongated rhomboid, which has been cut off by a third of its long diagonal. They are fine without hair on the inside of the ear opening; of medium, not exaggerated size. 

NECK : Very dry, both in its upper and lower part. Its length is a quarter the length of the body, slightly arched and muscular. Skin is taut, smooth, without dewlap. Normally, the coat is longer and denser in the region of the set on to the body, especially in the smooth variety. 

BODY : Regarded as a whole, the body is symmetric, slightly convex and of medium, even proportions, compact and slightly longer than heigh, without the differences being laid down exactly.

Withers : Well defined, high, dry and long. 

Back : Long, straight and pliable. Muscles strong, yet flat.

Loins : Arched, of medium breadth, strong and firm. 

Croup : Strongly sloping with bone structure visible; it shows very strong, hard muscles.

Chest : Deep, narrow and long, but not reaching to the elbows. Forechest pointed and strongly protruding. Ribs flat.

Abdomen :Tucked up, but not too much.

TAIL : Set on low; there should be some longer and coarser, slightly offstanding hairs (like ears of grain) towards the tip; long. When the tail is pulled through between the legs, it should reach the spine. Slightly thicker at set on, gradually tapering towards the tip. Hanging naturally in repose; in movement carried in sickle shape more or less tightly curved. Preferably not carried upright or too much curled over back.  

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS : Vertical, symmetric. Seen from front, the position of the front legs is very close together; altogether sturdy, with long limbs which give the impression of a slim, fast, yet strong animal.

Shoulders : Shoulder blades slanting, strong and freely mobile.

Upper arm : Very long, straight, strong and very close in position.

Elbow : Broad, set well apart from the body, parallel to the median plane of the body, but never loose.

Forearm : Broadening towards front pastern.

Pastern : Strong, firm, broad and well upright.

HINDQUARTERS : Vertical with long, strong, flat muscles.  

Hock : Well angulated, broad, set low, vertical, turning neither out nor in.

FEET : Almost harefoot. Toes long and close together. Profuse hair in space between toes; nails very strong and normally white, occasionally according to coat colour. Pads very hard.

GAIT/MOVEMENT  : The preferred movement is a suspended trot. Gallop is very fast and gives the impression of great agility.

SKIN : Taut, close fitting to body; reddish pigment, but may be a different colour where coat colour differs.

COAT

HAIR : Smooth rough or long hair. 

·      The smooth should not be silky, but strong and shiny.

·      The rough should be hard and very dense, somewhat shorter on head and ears and somewhat longer on rear of thighs and underside of tail. A beard is highly valued. The longhair is softer and should have at least a length of 5 cm. The head is very densely coated.

COLOUR : Preferred are white and red, or entirely white or red. Fawn dogs are permitted, provided it is an exceptionally good specimen; in smooth coats, however, this colour is not permitted.

HEIGHT : Dogs    : 66 to 72 cm.

                  Bitches : 60 to 67 cm.

Without undue strictness, dogs which are close to the required measurements can be accepted, provided they are well proportioned and aesthetic.

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.

SERIOUS FAULTS :

·      Head short and broad.

·      Stop markedly pronounced.

·      Missing of a premolar.

·      Drop ears.

·      Barrel ribs.

·      Elbows turned outwards.

·      Cow hocks.

·      Feet turned out.

·      Crossing of feet and hocks in movement.

ELIMINATING FAULTS :

·      Skull in the shape of a stair (plane of skull too high in relation to nasal bridge).

·      Brown pigment or black spots on nose leather.

·      Any form of prognathism.

·      Eyelids and lips : Reddish brown.

·      Evidence of crossing with a « Galgo » or other form of sighthound:

- Folded ears.

- Dark eyes.

- Croup broad.

- Barely defined forechest.

- Front legs wide apart.

- Thighs rounded and broad with visible veins.

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

TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.

ORIGIN : Spain.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 26.05.1982.

UTILIZATION : Pointing dog for fur and feather; much appreciated by the hunters who want a robust dog, resistant on any terrain and for any type of hunting, obedient, strong and above all endowed with a keen sense of smell. His excellent skill and style of hunting results from his calm and firmness in tracking as well as from his impeccable pointing and retrieving. Although usually used on small game, he is not averse to the hunting of big game, a task where he shows great courage.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 7        Pointing Dogs.

                                              Section 1.1   Continental Pointing Dogs, type « Braque ».

                                              With working trial.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Hunting dog of good size, well balanced and of medium proportions. With a well developed head and pendulous ears, a compact body and solid legs; short coat. Of medium frame the length of the body should possibly be the same as the height at the withers. In stance and in movement balance in proportions and functional harmony are desired.

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : Robust, balanced, calm and sedate he is an excellent pointing dog, specializing in hunting feathered and small game. With his soft, very noble expression, it is a breed with an excellent temperament, docility and intelligence.

HEAD

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Large and powerful with a well developed skull, a strong foreface and muzzle, and hanging corkscrew ears. The cranial-facial ensemble seen from above must be moderately rectangular with progressive diminution towards the nose, without however giving an appearance of a pointed muzzle. The relation between the length of the skull and that of the muzzle is of 6 to 5. The cranial-facial axes are divergent.

CRANIAL REGION :

Skull : Broad, strong, rounded, convex in profile, with a well marked median furrow and a slightly marked occipital crest. Superciliary arches pronounced.

Stop : Gentle slope, only slightly marked.

FACIAL REGION :

Nose : Dark brown, wet, large and wide with open nostrils.

Muzzle : Straight in profile or very slightly convex towards the nose. Broad in its entire length, must not give the impression of being pointed. Broad nasal bridge.

Lips : Hanging without being limp. Upper lip should well cover the lower lip. The lower lip forms a well defined labial corner (commissure). The mucous membranes must be dark brown.

Jaws/Teeth : Teeth solid, white and sound. Scissor bite. All premolars must be present.

Eyes : Medium size, almond shaped; colour preferably dark hazel with a noble and soft expression sometimes giving the impression of sadness. Eyelids medium thick, brown pigmented the same as the mucous membranes. The lower lid should be as close as possible to the eyeball.

Leathers : Large and hanging, of triangular shape. Set at eye level. At rest, they hang gracefully in corkscrew. Without being drawn forward they must meet the corner of the lips but not the nose. Soft and limp to the touch, with fine skin and hair, distinct plexus of veins. When the dog is attentive, the ear set is higher and the line of the set-on flatter.

Palate : With pink mucous membranes and well marked ridges.

NECK : Strong and powerful; broad at the beginning, widening slightly towards the body. Upper line slightly arched. Underline with a well defined double dewlap starting from both corners of the lips, without being too much exaggerated.

BODY :

General appearance : Square, strong and robust with powerful chest and thorax, giving the impression of power and agility.

Withers : Well defined.

Topline : Straight, horizontal or preferably with a slight slope down from the withers. Never a sway back. Without rocking or rolling when on the move.

Back : Powerful and muscular.

Loin : Of medium length, broad and muscular, giving the impression of power.

Croup : Broad and solid. Its inclination in relation to the topline, or also to the ground, should be inferior to 45°. Height at the croup equal or slightly less than the height at the withers.

Chest : Broad, deep, reaching elbow level, muscular and powerful. Point of sternum quite prominent. Ribs well developed, round, not flat, rib spaces well marked and getting wider towards the floating ribs. The thoracic perimeter must be equal to the height at the withers increased by a quarter of the height at the withers.

Belly/Flanks : Belly moderately tucked up towards the genitals. Flanks deep and well defined.

TAIL : Thick at the root, set at medium height. Is docked to one third or to the half of its length.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS :

View of the ensemble : Limbs vertical, straight and parallel. Solid bone structure. Short pasterns with well developed feet.

Shoulders : Moderately oblique, muscled. The shoulder blade must have about the same length as the upper arm.

Upper arm : Strong and well muscled. Its length should be 2/3 of that of the forearm.

Elbows : Close to the body.

Forearm : Of strong bone structure with well defined tendons. Straight, vertical. Its length is double that of the total length from the pastern joint (carpus) to the ground.

Pastern (Metacarpus) : Very slightly oblique in profile, practically in the prolongation of the forearm. Solid bone structure.

Feet : Cat feet, strong tight toes, well knuckled-up. Dark nails. Pads hard, very broad and resistant. Interdigital membrane moderately developed.

Angulations : Scapular-humeral angle about 100°.

                    Humeral-radial angle about 125°.

HINDQUARTERS :

View of the ensemble : Powerful and muscular, strong bone, with vertical limbs and correct angles; well marked and bent hocks not deviated, giving the impression of power and solidity.

Upper thigh : Very strong with a well developed, clearly defined, visible musculature. Its length is 3/4 of that of the lower thigh.

Lower thigh : Long, of strong bone structure with a length double than that of the hock.

Hock joint : Well marked, with tendon clearly visible.

Hock : Strong bone, perpendicular to the ground.

Feet : Cat-feet, like those of the forelegs, though slightly longer.

Angulations : Coxal-femoral angle - about 100°.

                    Femoral-tibial angle - about 120°.

                    Angle at hockjoint blunter than 130°.              

GAIT / MOVEMENT : Typical gait of the breed is a steady economical trot, flowing and powerful without tendency to lateral rolling movement or to ambling.

SKIN : Elastic without being loose, thick, abundant, of pink colour without patches. All mucous membranes should be brown, never black.

COAT

HAIR : Dense, of medium thickness, short, smooth and evenly distributed all over the body down to the tissue between toes; finer on the head, the leathers and the legs.

COLOUR : The basic colours of the coat are white and liver. These colours mix irregularly, giving a liver-marbled or greyish liver or liver-speckled coat as well as other combinations, according to whether the liver or the white is predominant and according to whether the white patches are smaller or larger. A very frequent characteristic of the coat, although not necessary, is a distinct white patch on the forehead; the leathers are always spotted in self-coloured liver. The liver coloured hairs may form distinct patches of that colour, spread irregularly over the whole coat of the animal. The same applies to white hairs which may form patches of that colour in  the coat without, however, being very extended. Never to be admitted: black colour or tan markings above the eyes and on the legs.

HEIGHT AT THE WITHERS :

Male     : 62-67 cm.                

Bitches : 59-64 cm.                

This breed shows a high degree of dimorphism, the males being more homogenous and the females of more variable sizes and much finer in general.

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.

SLIGHT FAULTS :

·      Nasal bridge slightly convex (Roman nose) without exaggeration.

·      Absence of some premolar.

·      Pincer bite.

·      Conjunctiva (haw) very slightly visible.

·      Lips and dewlap, without being excessive, very pronounced.

·      Upper line not very solid.

·      Front and rear pasterns and feet weak without exaggeration.

·      Scars, wounds and abrasions of skin resulting from hunting work.

IMPORTANT FAULTS :

·      Light general appearance, frail or excessively heavy, and lethargic.

·      Cranio-facial axes parallel.

·      Head small, not in balance with the body.

·      Narrow skull.

·      Pointed muzzle.

·      Absence of various premolars or canines, not due to traumatism.

·      Very pronounced entropion or ectropion; light eyes.

·      Ears too long and too low set.

·      Flews or dewlap exaggerated.

·      Sway back.

·      Height at the croup noticeably superior to the height at withers.

·      Incorrect limbs, weak, not vertical.

·      Loose elbows.

·      Cow hocks.

·      Coat wavy or too long.

·      Unbalanced temperament.

ELIMINATING FAULTS :

·      Cranio-facial axes clearly convergent.

·      Partial or total depigmentation of the nose.

·      Split nose or black nose.

·      Undershot mouth of any degree.

·      Excessively overshot mouth.

·      Albinism (coat and mucous membranes).

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

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