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Kennel Club, London 1994
F.C.I. Standard No. 162
GENERAL
APPEARANCE - Balanced
combination of muscular power and strength with elegance and grace of
outline. Built for speed and work. All forms of exaggeration should be
avoided.
CHARACTERISTICS - An ideal companion.
Highly adaptable in domestic and sporting surroundings.
TEMPERAMENT - Gentle, affectionate, even
disposition.
HEAD AND SKULL - Long and lean, flat on top
tapering to muzzle with slight stop, rather wide between the eyes, jaws
powerful and clean cut, nose black, in blues a bluish colour permitted,
in livers a nose of the same colour, in whites or parti-colour a
butterfly nose permissible.
EYES - Oval, bright, expression very alert.
EARS - Rose shaped, small, fine in texture.
MOUTH - Jaws strong with a perfect, regular
and complete scissor bite, i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the
lower teeth and set square to the jaws.
NECK - Long, muscular, elegantly arched.
FOREQUARTERS - Shoulders oblique and
muscular, blades carried up to top of spine, where they are clearly
defined. Forelegs straight and upright, front not too wide, pasterns
strong with slight spring, elbows set well under body.
BODY - Chest very deep with plenty of heart
room, brisket deep, well defined, broad back, firm, somewhat long,
showing definite arch over loin but not humped. Loin giving impression
of strength and power, ribs well sprung, muscled on back.
HINDQUARTERS - Strong, broad across thighs,
stifles well bent, hocks well let down, well developed second thighs,
dog able to stand over a lot of ground and show great driving power.
FEET - Very neat, well split up between
toes, knuckles well arched, pads thick and strong.
TAIL - No feathering. Long, tapering, when
in action carried in a delicate curve upward but not over back.
GAIT/MOVEMENT - Free, hindlegs coming well
under body for propulsion. Forelegs thrown well forward low over the
ground, true coming and going. General movement not to look stilted,
high stepping, short or mincing.
COAT - Fine, short, close in texture.
COLOUR - Any colour or mixture of colours.
SIZE -
Height: Dogs 47-51 cm (181û2-20 ins)
Bitches 44-47 cm (171û2-181û2 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.
NOTE - Male animals should have two
apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
Hound Group A.N.K.C. © January 2000
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