ORIGIN : Great Britain.DATE OF PUBL ICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALIDSTANDARD: 24.06.1987. .UTILIZATION : Retriever.CLASSI FICATION F.C.I.: Group 8 Retrievers, Flushing Dogs, Water Dogs.Section 1 Retrievers. With working trial. GENERAL APPEARANCE : Strongly built, short-coupled, very active; broad in skull; broad and deep through chest and ribs; broad and strong over loins and hindquarters. BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : Good-tempered, very agile. Excellent nose, soft mouth; keen lover of water. Adaptable, devoted companion. Intelligent, keen and biddable, with a strong will to please. Kindly nature, with no trace of aggression or undue shyness. HEAD CRANIAL REGION : Skull : Broad. Clean-cut without fleshy cheeks.Stop : Defined.FACIAL REGION :Nose : Wide, nostrils well developed.Muz zle : Powerful, not snipey.Jaws/Teeth : Jaws of medium length, jaws and teeth strong with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite,i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Eyes : Medium size, expressing intelligence and good temper; brown or hazel. Ears : Not large or heavy, hanging close to head and set rather far back. NECK : Clean, strong, powerful, set into well placed shoulders.BODY: Back : Level topline.Loins : Wide, short-coupled and strong.Chest : Of good width and depth, with well sprung barrel ribs.TAIL : Distinctive feature, very thick towards the base, gradually tapering towards tip, medium length, free from feathering, but clothed thickly all round with short, thick, dense coat, thus giving « rounded » appearance described as « Otter » tail. May be carried gaily, but should not curl over back.LIMBS FOREQUARTERS : Forelegs well boned and straight from elbow to ground when viewed from either front or side. Shoulders : Long and sloping. HINDQUARTERS : Well developed, not sloping to tail. Stifle : Well turned. Hocks : well let down. Cowhocks highly undesirable. FEET : Round, compact; well-arched toes and well developed pads. GAIT / MOVEMENT : Free, covering adequate ground; straight and true in front and rear. COAT HAIR : Distinctive feature, short dense without wave of feathering, giving fairly hard feel to the touch; weather-resistant undercoat.COLOUR : Wholly black, yellow or liver/chocolate. Yellows range from light cream to red fox. Small white spot on chest permissible.SIZE :Ideal height at withers : dogs 56-57 cm (22 - 22,5 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.N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum. |
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