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DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE
ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD
: 24.03.2004. |
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UTILIZATION
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Dissuasion and Companion Dog. |
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CLASSIFICATION
F.C.I.
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Group 2
Pinscher and Schnauzer-Molossoid
breeds-Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs and
other breeds. Section 2.1 Molossoid breeds,
Mastiff Type. Without working trial. |
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GENERAL APPEARANCE : |
Smooth-coated, thick
set, rather low in stature, broad, powerful
and compact. Head fairly large in
proportion to size, but no point so much in
excess of others as to destroy the general
symmetry, or make the dog appear deformed,
or interfere with its powers of motion.
Face short, muzzle broad, blunt and inclined
upwards. Dogs showing respiratory distress
highly undesirable. Body short, well knit,
with no
tendency towards obesity.
Limbs stout, well muscled and in hard
condition. Hindquarters high and strong but
somewhat lighter in comparison with heavy
foreparts. Bitches not so grand or
well-developed as dogs. |
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BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT |
Conveys
impression of determination, strength and
activity. Alert, bold, loyal, dependable,
courageous, fierce in appearance, but
possessed of affectionate nature.
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HEAD: |
Viewed
from side, head appears very high and short
from back to point of nose. Forehead flat
with skin upon and about head, loose and
finely
wrinkled,
neither prominent nor overhanging face.
Projections of frontal bones prominent,
broad, square and high. From stop, a furrow,
both broad and deep extending to middle of
skull being traceable to apex. Face from
front of cheek-bone to nose, short, skin
wrinkled. Distance from inner corner of eye
(or from centre of stop between eyes) to
extreme tip of nose not exceeding length
from tip of nose to edge of underlip. |
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CRANIAL REGION:
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Skull:
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Skull
large in circumference. Viewed from front
appears very high from corner of lower jaw
to apex of skull; also very broad and
square. |
Stop:
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Deep,
wide indentation between eyes. |
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FACIAL REGION:
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Viewed
from front, the various properties of the
face must be equally balanced on either side
of an imaginary line down centre.
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Nose:
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Nose and
nostrils large, broad and black, under no
circumstances liver colour, red or brown;
top set back towards eyes. Nostrils large
wide and open, with well-defined vertical
straight line between.
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Muzzle:
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Muzzle
short, broad, turned upwards and very deep
from corner of eye to corner of mouth. Nose
roll must not interfere with the line of
layback. |
Lips:
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Flews (chops)
thick, broad, pendant and very deep, hanging
completely over lower jaws at sides, not in
front, joining underlip in front and quite
covering teeth. |
Jaws/Teeth:
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Jaws
broad, massive and square, lower jaw
projecting in front of upper and turning up.
Jaws broad and square with six small front
teeth between canines in an even row.
Canines wide apart. Teeth large and strong
not seen when mouth closed. When viewed
from front under jaw directly under upper
jaw and parallel. |
Cheeks:
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Cheeks
well-rounded and extended sideways beyond
eyes. |
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Eyes: |
Seen from
front, situated low down in skull, well away
from ears. Eyes and stop in same straight
line, at right angles to furrow. Wide
apart, but outer corners within the outline
of cheeks. Round in shape, of moderate size,
neither sunken nor prominent, in colour very
dark- almost black- showing no white when
looking directly forward. Free from obvious
eye problems |
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Ears: |
Set
high-i.e. front edge of each ear (as viewed
from front) joins outline of skull at top
corner of such outline, so as to place them
as wide apart, as high and as far from eyes
as possible. Small and thin. “Rose ear”
correct, i.e. folding inwards back, upper or
front inner edge curving outwards and
backwards, showing part of inside of burr. |
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NECK: |
Moderate
in length, very thick, deep and strong.
Well-arched at back, with much loose, thick
and wrinkled skin about throat, forming
dewlap on each side, from lower jaw to chest. |
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BODY: |
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Topline:
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Slight
fall to back close behind shoulders (lowest
part) whence spine should rise to loins (top
higher than top of shoulder), curving again
more suddenly to tail, forming arch (termed
roach back)-a distinctive characteristic of
breed.
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Back:
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Back
short, strong, broad at shoulders,
comparatively narrower at loins. |
Chest:
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Chest
wide, laterally round, prominent and deep.
Body well-ribbed up behind. Brisket
capacious, round and very deep from top of
shoulders to lowest part where it joins
chest. Well let down between forelegs. Large
in diameter, round behind forelegs (not
flat-sided, ribs well-rounded). |
Belly:
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Belly
tucked up and not pendulous. |
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TAIL: |
Set on
low, jutting out rather straight and then
turning downwards. Round, smooth and devoid
of fringe or coarse hair. Moderate in
length-rather short than long-thick at root,
tapering quickly to a fine point. Downward
carriage (not having a decided upward curve
at end) and never carried above back. |
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LIMBS: |
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FOREQUARTERS: |
Forelegs
very stout and strong, well-developed, set
wide apart, thick, muscular and straight,
presenting rather bowed outline, but bones
of legs large and straight, not bandy nor
curved and short in proportion to hindlegs,
but not so short as to make back appear
long, or detract from dog’s activity and so
cripple him.
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Shoulders:
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Shoulders
broad, sloping and deep, very powerful and
muscular giving appearance of being “tacked
on” body. |
Elbows:
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Elbows
low and standing well away from ribs. |
Pasterns:
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Pasterns
short, straight and strong. |
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HINDQUARTERS: |
Legs large and
muscular, longer in proportion than forelegs,
so as to elevate loins.
Legs long and muscular from
loins to hock; short, straight, strong lower
part. |
Stifles:
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Stifles
round and turned slightly outwards away from
body. |
Hocks:
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Hocks thereby
made to approach each other and hind feet to
turn outwards. Hocks slightly bent, well let
down. |
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FEET: |
Fore, straight and turning very slightly
outward; of medium size and moderately
round. Hind, round and compact. Toes
compact and thick, well split up, making
knuckles prominent and high.
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GAIT / MOVEMENT: |
Peculiarly heavy and
constrained, appearing to walk with short,
quick steps on tips of toes, hind feet not
lifted high, appearing to skim ground,
running with one or other shoulder rather
advanced. Soundness of movement of the
utmost importance. |
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COAT: |
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HAIR:
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Fine texture, short, close and smooth (hard
only from shortness and closeness, not
wiry). |
COLOUR:
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Whole or smut, (i.e. whole
colour with black mask or muzzle). Only
whole colours (which should be brilliant and
pure of their sort). viz., brindles, reds
with their various shades, fawns, fallows
etc., white and pied (i.e. combination of
white with any of the foregoing colours).
Dudley, black and black with tan highly
undesirable. |
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WEIGHT: |
Dogs : 25 kgs (55 lbs). /
Bitches : 23 kgs (50 lbs). |
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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. |
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Judges are required to strictly adhere to
this standard and take the following faults
into consideration : |
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FAULTS |
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Nose roll overhanging or partly covering the
nose. |
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ELIMINATING FAULTS: |
· Aggressive
or overly shy. |
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· Dogs
showing respiratory distress. |
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· Ingrown
tail. |
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Any dog clearly showing
physical or behavioural abnormalities shall
be disqualified. |
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N.B.: |
Male animals should have two
apparently normal testicles fully descended
into the scrotum. |