FCI Standard 286

FCI-Standard N° 286 / 01. 12. 1997 (Dutch / Ned. standaard)

AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER Foto

ORIGIN : U.S.A.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE VALID ORIGINAL STANDARD : 03.09.1996.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 3 Terriers.

Section 3 Bull type Terriers.

Without working trial.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : The Staffordshire Terrier should give the impression of great strength for his size; a well put together dog, muscular, but agile and graceful, keenly alive to his surroundings. He should be stocky, not long-legged or racy in outline. His courage is proverbial.

HEAD : Medium length, deep through.

CRANIAL REGION :

Skull : Broad.

Stop : Distinct.

FACIAL REGION :

Nose : Definitely black.

Muzzle : Medium length, rounded on upper side to fall away abruptly below the eyes.

Lips : Close and even; no looseness.

Jaws/Teeth : Well defined. Under jaw strong and to have biting power. Upper teeth to meet tightly outside lower teeth in front.

Cheeks : Very pronounced cheek muscles.

Eyes : Dark, round, low down in skull, set far apart. No pink eyelids.

Ears : Set high. Cropped or uncropped, the latter preferred. Uncropped ears should be short and held rose or half prick. Full drop to be penalized.

NECK : Heavy, slightly arched, tapering from shoulders to back of skull. No looseness of skin. Medium length.

BODY :

Topline : Back fairly short. Slight sloping from withers to rump with gentle short slope at rump to base of tail.

Loins : Slightly tucked.

Chest : Deep and broad. Well sprung ribs; close together, deep in rear.

TAIL : Short in comparison to size, low set, tapering to fine point; not curled or carried over back. Not docked.

LIMBS :

FOREQUARTERS : Front legs straight, with large bones. Set rather wide apart to permit chest development.

Shoulders : Strong and muscular, with blades wide and sloping.

Pastern : Upright.

HINDQUARTERS : Well muscled.

Hocks : Let down, turning neither in nor out.

FEET : Of moderate size, well arched and compact.

GAIT / MOVEMENT : Springy but without roll or pace.

COAT

HAIR : Short, close, stiff to the touch, glossy.

COLOUR : Any colour, solid, particolour, or patched is permissible; but more than 80% white, black and tan, and liver not to be encouraged.

SIZE : Height and weight should be in proportion. A height of about eighteen to nineteen inches (46 ‑ 48 cm) at the shoulder for the male and seventeen to eighteen inches (43 ‑ 46 cm) for the female to be considered preferable.

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.

· Dudley nose.

· Undershot or overshot mouth.

· Light eyes.

· Pink eyelids.

· Tail too long or badly carried.

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

AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG Foto

ORIGIN: Australia.

UTILIZATION: As the name applies the dog’s prime function, and one in which he has no peer, is the control and movement of cattle in both wide open and confined areas. Always alert, extremely intelligent, watchful, courageous and trustworthy, with a implicit devotion to duty making it an ideal dog.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.: Group 1 Sheepdogs and Cattledogs, except Swiss Mountain and Cattledogs.

Section 2 Cattledogs (except Swiss Mountain and Cattledogs).

Without working trial.

GENERAL APPEARANCE: The general appearance is that of a strong, compact, symmetrically built working dog, with the ability and willingness to carry out his allotted task however arduous. Its combination of substance, power, balance and hard muscular condition must convey the impression of great agility, strength and endurance. Any tendency to grossness or weediness is a serious fault.

BEHAVIOUR/TEMPERAMENT: The Cattle Dogs’s loyalty and protective instincts make it a self-appointed guardian to the stockman, his herd and his property. Whilst naturally suspicious of strangers, must be amenable to handling, particulary in the show ring. Any feature of temperament or structure foreign to a working dog must be regarded as a serious fault.

HEAD: The head is strong and must be in balance with other proportions of the dog and in keeping with its general conformation.

CRANIAL REGION:

Skull: The broad skull is slightly curved between the ears.

Stop: The skull flattens to a slight but definite stop.

FACIAL REGION:

Nose: Black.

Muzzle: Broad and well filled in under the eyes, tapering gradually to form a medium length, deep, powerful muzzle with the skull and muzzle on parallel planes.

Lips: Tight and clean.

Cheeks: Muscular, neither coarse nor prominent.

Teeth: The teeth sound, strong and evenly spaced, gripping with a scissor-bite, the lower incisors close behind and just touching the upper. As the dog is required to move difficult cattle by heeling or biting, teeth which are sound and strong are very important.

Underjaws: Strong, deep and well developed.

Eyes: The eyes should be of ovale shape and medium size, neither prominent nor sunken and must express alertness and intelligence. A warning or suspicious glint is characteristic when approached by strangers. Eye colour: dark brown.

Ears: The ears should be of moderate size, preferably small rather than large, broad at the base, muscular, pricked and moderately pointed, neither spoon nor bat eared. The ears are set wide apart on the skull, inclining outwards, sensitive in theire use and pricked when alert; the leather should be thick in texture and the inside of the ear fairly well furnished with hair.

NECK: The neck is extremely strong, muscular and of medium length broadening to blend into the body and free from throatiness.

BODY: The length of the body from the point of the breast bone, in a straight line to the buttocks, is greater than the height at the withers, as 10 is to 9. The topline is level.

Back: Strong.

Loins: Broad, strong and muscular. Dog strongly coupled.

Croup: Rather long and sloping.

Chest: Deep, muscular and moderately broad.

Ribs: Well sprung and carried well back, not barrel ribbed.

Flanks: Deep.

TAIL: The set on of the tail is moderately low, following the contours of the sloping croup and of length to reach approximately to the hock. At rest, it should hang in a very slight curve. During movement or excitement the tail may be raised, but under no circumstances should any part of the tail be carried past a vertical line drawn through the root. The tail should carry a good brush.

LIMBS:

FOREQUARTERS: The forelegs have strong, round bone, extending to the feet and should be straight and parallel, viewed from the front.

Shoulders: The shoulders are strong, sloping, muscular and well angulated to the upper arm and should not be too closely set at the point of the withers. Although the shoulders are muscular and the bone is strong, loaded shoulders and heavy fronts will hamper correct movement and limit working ability.

Pastern: Pasters should show flexibility with a slight angle to the forearm when viewed from the side.

HINDQUARTERS: The hindquarters are broad, strong and muscular. When viewed from behind, the hind legs, from the hocks to the feet are straight and placed parallel, neither close nor too wide apart.

Thighs: Long, broad and well developed.

Stifles: Well turned.

Hocks: Strong and well let down.

FEET: The feet should be round and the toes short, strong, well arched and held close together. The pads are hard and deep, and the nails must be short and strong.

GAIT/MOVEMENT: The action is true, free, supple and tireless and the movement of the shoulders and forelegs is in unison with the powerful thrust of the hindquarters. The capability of quick and sudden movement is essential. Soundness is of paramount importance and stiltiness, loaed or slack shoulders, straight shoulder placement, weakness at elbows, pasterns or feet, straight stifles, cow or bow hocks, must be regarded as serious faults. When trotting the feet tend to come closer together at the ground level as speed increases, but when the dog comes to rest he should stand four square.

COAT:

HAIR: The coat is smooth, a double coat with a short, dense undercoat. The outer coat is close, each hair straight, hard and lying flat, so that it is rain-resisting. Under the body to behind the legs, the coat is longer and forms near the thigh a mild form of breeching. On the head (including the inside of the ears), to the front of the legs and feet, the hair is short. Along the neck it is longer and thicker. A coat either too long or too short is a fault. As an average the hars on the body should be from 2,5 to 4 cm (appr. 1-1½ inch) in length.

COLOUR:

Blue: The colour should be blue, blue mottled or blue speckled with or without other markings. The permissible markings are black, blue or tan markings on the head, evenly distributed for preference. The forelegs tan midway up the legs and extending up the front to breast and throat, with tan on jaws; the hindquarters tan on inside of hindlegs and inside of thighs, showing down the front and the stifles and broadening out to the outside of the hindlegs from hocks to toes. Tan undercoat is permissible on the body providing it does not show through the blue outer coat.

Black markings on the body are not desirable.

Red speckle: The colour should be of good even red speckle all over, including the undercoat (neither white or cream) with or without darker red markings on the head. Even head markings are desirable. Red markings on the body are permissible but not desirable.

SIZE:

Height: The height at the withers should be Dogs 46 to 51 cm (approx. 18-20 inches), Bitches 43 to 48 cm (approx. 17-19 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.

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

CHINESE CRESTED DOG Foto 1 and foto 2

GENERAL APPEARANCE : A small, active and graceful dog; medium-to fine-boned, smooth hairless body, with hair on feet, head and tail only; or covered with a soft veil of hair. Two distinct types of this breed: Deer type, racy and fine-boned, and Cobby type, heavier in body and bone.

HEAD : Smooth, without excess wrinkles. Distance from base of skull to stop equal to distance from stop to tip of nose. Head presenting graceful appearance with alert expression.

Nose : A prominent feature, narrow in keeping with muzzle. Any colour nose acceptable.

Jaws/Teeth : Jaws strong, with perfect, regular scissor bite, i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws.

Crest : Ideally beginning at stop tapering off down neck. A long and flowing crest preferred, but sparse acceptable.

Eyes : So dark as to appear black. Little or no white showing. Medium size. Set wide apart.

Ears : Set low: highest point of base of ear level with outside corner of eye. Large and erect, with or without fringe, except in Powder Puffs where drop ears are permissible.

NECK : Lean, free from throatiness, long and sloping gracefully into strong shoulders. When moving, carried high and slightly arched.

Chest : Rather broad and deep, not barrel-ribbed. Breast bone not prominent. Brisket extending to elbows.

TAIL : Set high, carried up or out when in motion. Long and tapering, fairly straight, not curled or twisted to either side, falling naturally when at rest. Plume long and flowing, confined to lower two-thirds of tail. Sparse plume acceptable.

HINDQUARTERS : Hindlegs set wide apart. Angulation of the rear limb must be such as to produce a level back.

FEET : Extreme hare-foot, narrow and very long, with unique elongation of small bones between joints, especially in forefeet, which almost appear to possess an extra joint. Nails any colour, moderately long. Socks ideally confined to toes, but not extending above top of pastern. Feet and toes turning neither in nor out.

GAIT / MOVEMENT : Long, flowing and elegant with good reach and plenty of drive.

HAIR : No large patches of hair anywhere on body. Skin fine-grained, smooth, warm to the touch. In Powder Puffs coat consists of an undercoat with soft veil of long hair, veil coat a feature.

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 and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.

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.

ICELANDIC SHEEPDOG (Islenskur Fjárhundur, Íslenski Fjárhundurinn, Islansk Fårehund) Foto

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : The Icelandic Sheepdog is Iceland’s only native dog. It was brought to Iceland with the first Viking settlers (AD 874 - 930). The Icelandic Sheepdog and its method of working adapted to the local terrain, farming methods and the hard struggle for survival of the Icelandic people over the centuries, making it indispensable in the rounding up of livestock on the farms. The Icelandic sheepdog’s popularity has increased over the last few decades and, despite the fact the breed is still very small in numbers, it is no longer considered to be in danger of extinction.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : The Icelandic Sheepdog is a Nordic herding Spitz, slightly under medium sized with prick ears and a curled tail. Seen from the side the dog is rectangular; the length of the body from the point of shoulder to point of buttock is greater than the height at withers. The depth of the chest is equal to the length of the foreleg. The expression is gentle, intelligent and happy. A confident and lively bearing is typical for this dog. There are two types of coat, long and short both thick and extremely weatherproof. There is a marked difference in appearance between the sexes.

BEHAVIOUR AND TEMPERAMENT : The Icelandic Sheepdog is a hardy and agile herding dog which barks, making it extremely useful for herding or driving livestock in the pastures, in the mountains or finding lost sheep. The Icelandic Sheepdog is by nature very alert and will always give visitors an enthusiastic welcome without being aggressive. Hunting instincts are not strong. The Icelandic Sheepdog is cheerful, friendly, inquisitive, playful and unafraid.

HEAD : Strongly built with close fitting skin. Skull slightly longer than muzzle. Triangular when seen from above or the side.

Muzzle : Well-developed, nasal bridge straight. Muzzle slightly shorter than skull. Tapering evenly towards the nose to form a blunt triangle when seen from both above and from the side.

Eyes : Of medium size and almond shaped. Dark brown. Slightly lighter in chocolate brown and some cream dogs. The eye-rims are black. Dark brown in chocolate brown and some cream dogs.

Ears : Erect and of medium size. Triangular with firm edges and slightly rounded tips. Very mobile, reacting sensitively to sounds and showing the dog’s mood.

NECK : Moderately long and muscular with no loose skin. Slightly arched and carried high.

BODY : Rectangular and strong. The length in correct proportion to height and in harmony with general appearance.

FOREQUARTERS : When seen from the front the forelegs are straight, parallel and strong. Normal angulation.

HINDQUARTERS : When seen from behind the hindlegs are straight, parallel and strong. Normal angulation.

GAIT : Displays agility and endurance with good driving action covering the ground effortlessly.

· a) Short haired : The outer coat of medium length, fairly coarse, with a thick, soft undercoat. The hair is shorter on the face, top of head, ears and front of legs, longer on the neck, chest and back of thighs. The tail is bushy and the hair length is in proportion to the coat.

· b) Longer-haired : The outer coat is longer than the above, fairly coarse, with a thick, soft undercoat. The hair is shorter on the face, top of head, ears and front of legs, longer behind the ears, on the neck, chest, behind the forelegs and back of thighs. The tail is very bushy and the hair length is in proportion to the coat.

COLOUR : Several colours are permitted but a single colour should always be predominant. The predominant colours are:

White always accompanies the predominant colour. The most common white markings, which are often irregular, are a blaze or a part of the face, collar, chest, socks of varying length and tip of tail. Lighter shading often occurs on the underside of the dog from throat to tip of tail. On tan and grey dogs a black mask, black tips to the outer hairs and even occasional black hairs often occur. Black (tricolour) dogs have a black coat, white markings as mentioned above and traditional markings in any of the various tan colours on the cheeks, over the eyes (eyebrows) and on the legs. Patches of the above colours on a white background (pied) are permitted. White should not be totally predominant.

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.

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.

BEAGLE HARRIER Foto

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Dog of medium proportions, balanced distinguished, agile and vigorous.

Skull : Rather broad and quite voluminous. Occipital protuberance hardly marked.

Muzzle : Its length is roughly equal to that of the skull. Never square, but in profile tapering without being pointed. Nasal bridge rather straight, never arched.

Eyes : Well open, dark in colour, of a frank, lively and intelligent expression.

Leathers : Quite short and medium-broad; they are set at eye level; they are slightly rounded in their medium part; they come down flat against the skull to turn slightly in their lower part in a slight oval.

NECK : Free although well attached to the shoulders, slightly arched in profile in its upper part.

Chest : Well set down, but ribs never too flat, which could reduce the thoracic cage too much. Sternum well extended to the rear. The false ribs, without being cylindrical, must nevertheless be long and sufficiently well sprung so as to provide an ample thoracic cage.

COLOUR : Tri-colour (fawn with black blanket, and white); not too much importance should be given to the blanket, with markings more or less bright tan, or pale, or with black overlay. Because there exist grey Harrier, the grey tri-colours or the white-greys would not be either disqualified or penalised only because of their colour.

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.

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.