FCI-Standard N° 132 / 17. 11. 1997 (Dutch / Ned. standaard)

HAMILTONSTÖVARE (Hamiltonstövare)     Foto

TRANSLATION : Renée Sporre-Willes.

ORIGIN : Sweden.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 17.07.1997.

UTILIZATION : Scenthound that gives tongue and is used for hunting hare and fox. It is not a pack hound and it is never used for hunting deer.

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

                                              Section 1.2   Medium-sized hounds.

                                              With working trial.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : Houndbreeds have been known in Sweden since the 16^th century. Hunting with hounds was up to 1789 a privilege for royalty and gentry only. It was not until the end of the 18^th century that the ban that had prevented the peasantry from hunting the land was lifted. Hounds earlier kept only by the nobility became known and commonly spread. The origin of the Hamiltonstövare is believed to be a mixture of scenthounds from Southern Germany, Switzerland as well as Foxhounds and Harriers. At the first Dog Show in Sweden in 1886 some 189 scenthounds were on exhibition. Among them were a dog and a bitch, named Pang and Stella, owned by Count Adolf Patrik Hamilton. This couple is considered the origin of the Hamiltonstövare, or as the hounds initially were called, Swedish hound.  The breed gained the name Hamiltonstövare in 1921 as an honour to the man that had created the breed, the founder of the Swedish Kennel Club, Count A.P. Hamilton.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Well proportioned, giving impression of great strength and stamina. Never heavy. Tricoloured. The differences between male and female dogs should be clearly defined.

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS : Rectangular body. 

BEHAVIOUR /TEMPERAMENT : Friendly and even tempered hound.

HEAD : Longish head.

CRANIAL REGION :

Skull : Skull slightly arched and moderately broad.

Stop : Stop well defined but not too pronounced.

FACIAL REGION :

Nose : Nose always black, well developed  with large nostrils.

Muzzle : Muzzle long, strong and almost rectangular. Bridge of nose straight and parallel to line of skull. Distance from occiput to stop should be equal to that from stop to tip of nose.

Lips : Upper lips rather thin, tight, nicely rounded and not too overhanging. Males should have more pronounced lips than females.

Cheeks : Cheeks lean.

Jaw/Teeth : Scissor bite. Teeth strong and well developed.

Eye : Dark brown with calm expression.

Ear : Set fairly high; when drawn forward, ears not to reach half-way along muzzle and should be raised only slightly when alert. Soft, hanging flat with fore edge not folded out.

NECK : Long, powerful and well set on into shoulders. Skin on neck supple and close fitting. Males should have a well defined arch of the topline.

BODY :

Withers : Withers well defined.

Back : Back level and powerful.

Loin : Loin musclar and slightly arched.

Croup : Croup slightly inclined, long and broad.

Chest : Chest deep, long, well developed and reaching elbows. Ribs moderately sprung.

Underline and belly : Belly only slightly tucked up.

TAIL : Set in  line with back. Straight or slightly curved in sabre fashion. Fairly wide at base and tapering towards tip. In length it reaches hock. When the dog moves, tail preferably not carried above the level of the back.           

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS :

General appearance : Strong bone in harmony with the general appearance of the dog. When viewed from front, forelegs appear straight and parallel.

Shoulder : Shoulder long, muscular and well laid back. Closely attached to body.

Upper arm : Upper arm long and forming a right angle to the shoulder.

Elbow : Close to body and not visible under ribcage.

Pastern (Metacarpus) : Springy and forming a slight angle to forearm.

Forefeet : Oval in shape with well knuckled, tight toes.

HINDQUARTERS :

General appearance : Strong and parallel when viewed from behind.

Thigh : Muscles well developed; thighs broad when viewed from the side.

Stifle : Well angulated.

Hock joint : Well angulated.

Metatarsal : Short, lean and straight.

Hindfeet : Like front feet, dewclaws undesirable.

GAIT/MOVEMENT : Parallel, strong, and long-reaching.

COAT : Harsh, not too short, lying very close to body. On head, ears and front of legs coat should be very short and smooth. Under tail and on back of thighs top coat quite long but not forming a fringe.

COLOUR : Tricolour. Upper side of neck, back, sides of trunk and upper side of tail black. Head, ears and legs, as well as the side of neck, trunk and tail tan. Tan can range from golden tint to a rich, deep reddish-brown. Blaze on upper part of muzzle; under- and upper side of neck, breast, tip of tail and lower part of legs together with feet white.

HEIGHT :

Height at withers : Males :   53-61 cm; ideal size 57 cm (22,5 ins).

                            Bitches : 49-57 cm; ideal size 53 cm (21 ins).

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.

·      Lack of masculinity or femininity.

·      Broad skull,  pronounced occiput.

·      Short or snippy muzzle, dish-face.

·      Heavy cheeks.

·      Light eyes.

·      Overshot or undershot mouth, level bite.

·      Soft back.

·      Short, steep croup.

·      Tail carried above the line of the back.

·      Steep shoulder blades.

·      Restricted hind movement.

·      Mixture of black and brown colour.

·      Heavy black markings that covers sides of trunk, shoulders and thighs.

·      Other white markings than those described in the standard.

·      Two-coloured (yellow-white, black-white, black-tan) or any preponderance of any of the three permissible colours.

ELIMINATING FAULTS :

·      Aloofness.

·      Pronounced over- or undershot bite.

·      Size outside the maximum and minimum limit.

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.

TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.

ORIGIN : France.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 06.05.1988.

UTILIZATION : Pointing dog.

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

                                              Section 1.1  Continental Pointing Dogs, type « Braque ».

                                              With working trial.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : There are two different types of French Pointing Dogs: the large size « Gascogne type » and the small size « Pyrenean type ». Both types are originally from the South-West of France and the Central Pyrenees where they stayed in pure state.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Pointing dog of medium proportions with « Braque » type, noble appearance, powerful but without excessive heaviness, robust with strong bone structure. The females are finer. The skin is supple, quite loose.

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS : Length of muzzle somewhat shorter than that of the skull.

HEAD : Quite important but not too heavy. In profile, the lines of the skull and the muzzle are slightly divergent.

CRANIAL REGION :

Skull : Almost flat or very slightly rounded; shows a medium furrow only lightly marked. The occipital protuberance is barely prominent.

Stop : Neither shallow nor accentuated.

FACIAL REGION :

Nose : Broad, brown in colour, nostrils well opened.

Muzzle : Broad and rectangular, sometimes a little convex.

Lips : Pendent; the labial commissure is quite folded.

Jaws/Teeth : Must be complete. Pincer bite is tolerated.

Eyes : Well open and well set into the eye socket, chestnut brown or dark yellow. The expression is frank.

Leathers : Of medium length, set at eye level, not too broad at their set on, framing the head well, slightly folded and rounded at their tip. One or two vertical folds may be on the cheek at level and a little above the attachment of the ear. The tip of the leathers must reach the rear rim of the noseleather.

NECK : Of good length, slightly arched in its upper part, always with a slight dewlap.

BODY :

Back : Broad, straight, sometimes a bit long but always well sustained.

Loin : Short, muscled, slightly arched.

Croup : Slightly oblique in relation to the topline.

Chest : Broad seen from the front, long in profile, reaching to the level of the elbow; the ribs are rounded without exaggeration.

Belly : Flat. Belly only slightly tucked up.

TAIL : Generally docked and continuing the convexity of the line of the rump, although the long tail, if well carried, is not a fault, no more than the naturally short tail.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS : Legs vertical, straight and muscular.

Shoulders : Very muscular and moderately oblique.

Upper arm : Strong and well muscled.

Elbows : At level of the sternum.

Front feet : Toes are tight and well arched, giving a compact ensemble, nearly round. The nails are strong and the pads thick and fleshy.

HINDQUARTERS : They are really vertical and straight.

Thighs : Fleshy, muscular.

Legs : Muscular.

Hocks : Moderately angulated.

Tarsal and metatarsal : Rather short.

Hind feet : Compact, almost round.

COAT

HAIR : Rather thick and well furnished; finer on the head and ears.

COLOUR :

·      Chestnut brown.

·      Chestnut brown and white.

·      Chestnut brown and white strongly speckled.

·      Chestnut brown marked with tan (above the eyes, at the lips and on the legs).

SIZE  : Male:      58 to 69 cm.

            Female :  56 to 68 cm.

            Preferred size : 61 to 63 cm.

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.

·      Dog too heavy or too light.

·      Occipital protuberance too pronounced.

·      Lips too thick or not let down enough.

·      Eyes round caused by exaggeration of the zygomatic and superciliary arches.

·      Leathers flat and too short, or too curled.

·      Belly too tucked up (whippety).

·      Splayed feet.

ELIMINATING FAULTS :

·      Skull/muzzle lines converging or too divergent.

·      Split nose, pronounced depigmentation.

·      Over- or undershot mouth.

·      Entropion, ectropion, pink spots on the eyelids.

·      Absence of tail.

·      Syndactyly (toes grown together), surplus toes, absence of toes.

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

TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.

ORIGIN : France.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 06.05.1988.

UTILIZATION : Pointing dog.

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

                                              Section 1.1  Continental Pointing Dogs, type « Braque ».

                                              With working trial.

The small size French Pointing Dogs « Pyrenean type » show, while keeping all proportions, with more reduced dimensions and lighter shapes, the same general characteristics as those of the « Gascogne type ». They only differ on the following points:

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Rustic dog, not heavy but sufficiently muscled. Skin tighter than that of the Gascogne type.

HEAD :

Nose : Chestnut-brown in colour, nostrils well opened.

Lips : The lips are less pendent or less convex than in the Gascogne type.

Leathers : Set on above eye line, barely folded. The tips of the leathers must end at 2 cm from the nose leather.

NECK : Slight or no dewlap.

BELLY : Belly less let down than in the Gascogne type.

TAIL : Fine; can be docked or naturally short.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS : They are lighter than in the Gascogne type.

Shoulders : Muscular and moderately sloping.

HINDQUARTERS :

Feet : Tight.

HAIR : Finer and shorter than that of the Gascogne Type.

SIZE  : Male:     47 - 58 cm.

            Female : 47 - 56 cm.

The size of 50 to 55 cm is the one to aim for which covers the most numerous utilizations.

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.

·      Dog too heavy or hyperlight.

·      Lips too droopy or too light.

·      Round eyes caused by the exaggeration of the zygomatic and superciliary arches.

·      Leathers set at eye level, too long (touching the nose).

·      Belly too tucked up (whippety).

·      Splayed feet.

ELIMINATING FAULTS :

·      Aggresive or overly shy.

·      Split nose, pronounced depigmentation of the nose leather.

·      Entropion, ectropion, pink spots at the base of the eyelids.

·      No tail (anury).

·      Syndactyly (toes grown together), surplus toes, absence of toes.

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° 135 / 22. 09. 2000 (Dutch / Ned. standaard)

SWEDISH LAPPHUND (Svensk Lapphund)     Foto

TRANSLATION : Renée Sporre Willes, in collaboration with R. Triquet.

ORIGIN : Sweden.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 26.06.2000.

UTILIZATION : Herding dog, nowadays mainly kept as a companion dog.

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

                                              Section 3  Nordic Watchdogs and Herders.

                                              Without working trial.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : The Swedish Lapphund (a Nordic Spitz used in the past for reindeer herding by the nomadic Laplanders) has been known in the Nordic area for centuries.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Typical Spitz dog of slightly less than medium size and with proud head carriage. Its coat is weather resistant.

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS : Rectangular body shape.

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : Lively, alert, kind and affectionate. The Lapphund is very receptive and willing to work. Its abilities as a good guard and herding dog made it very useful in the reindeer trade. It is very versatile, suitable for obedience training, agility, herding, tracking, etc. It is easy to train, full of endurance and toughness.

HEAD

CRANIAL REGION :

Skull : Slightly longer than broad; forehead rounded and occiput not clearly defined.

Stop : Very well marked.

FACIAL REGION :

Nose : Preferably dark, or very black.

Muzzle : A little more than one third of the length of the head. Foreface strong, evenly tapering towards tip of nose. Nose bridge straight.

Lips : Close fitting. Palate and lips strongly pigmented.

Jaws/Teeth : Scissor bite with evenly set and well developed teeth.

Eyes : Set well apart, round, fairly big, but not protruding. Brown, preferably dark brown and full of expression. Rims strongly pigmented.

Ears : Triangular, broad at base, small, pricked, tips slightly rounded. Set well apart and very mobile. Tipped ears are undesirable but not as eliminating fault.

NECK : Medium length, clean-cut and powerful.

BODY : Well put together, slightly longer than height at withers.

Back : Level, strong, muscular and springy.

Loin : Short and broad.

Croup : Proportionally long and broad, slightly sloping and well muscled.

Chest : Rather deep reaching to elbow. Ribcage proportionally long, oval and with well developed last ribs. Forechest well developed; well defined breastbone.

Underline and belly : Belly slightly tucked up.

TAIL : Rather high set, reaching to hock when extended. Carried curled over back when the dog is moving.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS : Forequarters should be sufficiently angulated at shoulders and elbows to provide good reach.

Shoulders : Shoulder blade well laid back.

Elbows : Fitting close to chest.

Forearm : Straight, strong and parallel, standing and moving.

Pasterns : Sufficiently slanting.

Forefeet : Strong, oval, with tightly knit toes, hardy and elastic padding; well covered with fur also between pads. Nails and pads strongly pigmented.

HINDQUARTERS : Well angulated, but not exaggerated, in stifle and hock joint.

Upper thigh : Muscular.

Hocks : Low-set to give power of propulsion. Dewclaws undesirable.

Hind feet : As front feet.

GAIT / MOVEMENT : Light and springy, covering ground, with drive.

COAT

HAIR : Profuse double coat. Hair standing straight out from body, undercoat dense and very finely curled. Short on head and front of legs. Longer on brisket, backside of legs and on tail. Bushy, long and dense on tail. Forming a ruff round neck.

COLOUR : Usually solid black; bronzing is typical. Liverbrown was known a long time ago. White on chest, on feet and tip of tail is permissible but more white is undesirable.

HEIGHT  :

Height at withers : Ideal size for males : 48 cm,

                            Ideal size for females : 43 cm.

                            Allowance for +/- 3 cm.

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.

SEVERE FAULT :

·      No trace of undercoat.

ELIMINATING FAULTS :

·      Aggressive or overly shy.

·      Untypical.

·      Abnormalities.

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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