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 HUNGARIAN
SHORT-HAIRED POINTER (VIZSLA) |
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| GENERAL APPEARANCE | - Medium sized, elegant gun dog of noble appearance with short russet gold coat. His rather light, dry, lean structure embodies the harmony of beauty and strength. | |
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| PROPORTIONS | • The
body length slightly exceeds the height at the withers. • The depth of the brisket is slightly less than half the height at the withers. • The muzzle is slightly shorter than half the length of the head. |
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| SIZE | -
Height at the withers: Dogs: 58 - 64 cm Bitches: 54 - 60 cm It is ineffective to increase the height at the withers. A medium size should be aimed at. Overall balance and symmetry are much more important than the mere measurable size. |
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length: (standard
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- weight: (standard does not comment). |
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| TEMPERAMENT | - Lively, friendly, evenly tem-pered, to be trained easily. His outstanding willingness to keep contact with his master while working is one of his essential qualities. He cannot bear rough treatment and must be neither aggressive nor shy. | |
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| SKIN | - Tightly fitting, without folds. The skin is well pigmented. | |
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| COAT | - Hair : Short and dense, should be coarse and hard at the touch. On the head and the leathers, it should be thinner, silkier and shorter. The hair underneath the tail should be slightly, but not noticeably, longer. It should cover all of the body ; the underside of the belly is a little lighter coated. No undercoat. | |
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| COLOUR | - Various shades of russet gold and dark sandy gold (sem-melgelb). The leathers may be a little darker, otherwise uniform in colour. Red, brownish or lightened colour is undesirable. A little white patch on the chest or at the throat, not more than 5 cm in diameter, as well as white markings on the toes are not considered faulty. The col-our of the lips and the eyerims corresponds to the colour of the nose. | |
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| HEAD | - Dry, noble, well proportioned. | |
| - | Skull | - Moderately wide, slightly domed. A slightly pronounced groove runs from the moderately developed occiput towards the stop. The superciliary ridges are moderately developed. |
| - | Stop | - Moderate. |
| - | Muzzle | - Blunt, not pointed; with strong jaws, strongly muscled. The bridge of the nose is straight, |
| - | Nose | - Well developed and broad with nostrils as wide as possible. The colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat col-our. |
| - | Lips/Flews | - Tightly fitting, no pendulous flews. |
| - | Cheeks | - Strong, well muscled. |
| - | Jaw/Teeth | - Powerful jaws with a perfect, regular and complete scis-sor bite, the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws ; with 42 healthy teeth according to the dentition formula. |
| - | Eyes | - Slightly oval, of medium size. Well fitting eyelids. Intelligent and lively expression. The brown eye harmonising with the coat col-our, as dark as possible preferred. |
| - | Eears/Leathers | - Set on at medium height, a little backwards. Fine leathers hanging closely to the cheeks, ending in a rounded V shape. The length is about three quarters of the length of the head. |
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| NECK | - Of medium length, harmonising with the overall appearance. The nape very muscular and slightly arched. Tightly fitting skin at the throat. | |
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| BODY | - | |
| - | Topline | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Withers | - Pronounced and muscular. |
| - | Back | - Solid, strong, well muscled, taut and straight. The vertebral spines should be hidden by the muscles. |
| - | Chest | - Deep and broad with well developed, well muscled, moder-ately arched forechest; sternum extending as far back as possible. The sternum and the elbow should be at the same level. |
| - | Ribs | - Moderately arched. Last ribs carried well back. |
| - | Belly | - slightly tucked up. |
| - | Loins | - Short, broad, tight, muscular, straight or slightly arched. The portion from back to loin is well coupled. |
| - | Underline | - Elegant, tight, arching line towards the rear, slightly tucked up. |
| - | Croup | - Broad and of sufficient length, not cut off short. Sloping slightly to the tail. Well muscled. |
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| LIMBS | ||
| Forequarters - Viewed from the front, straight and parallel. Viewed from the side, legs are vertical and placed well under the body. Good bones, strongly muscled. | ||
| - | Shoulders | - Long, sloping and flat, well attached shoulder blade. Flexible. Strong, dry musculature. Well angulated between shoulder blade and upper arm. |
| - | Upperarms | - As long as possible. Well muscled. |
| - | Elbows | - Fitting close to the body, however not tied in, turning neither in nor out. Well angulated between upper arm and forearm. |
| - | Forearms | - Long, straight, sufficiently muscled. Bone strong, but not coarse. |
| - | Carpus | - Strong, tight. |
| - | Pasterns | - Short, only very slightly sloping. |
| - | Forefeet | - Slightly oval, with well knit, sufficiently arched, strong toes. Strong brown nails. Tough, resistant, slate grey pads. The feet are parallel when standing or moving. |
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| Hindquarters - Viewed from behind, straight and parallel. Well angulated. Strong bone. | ||
| - | Thighs | - Long and muscular. Good angulation between pelvis and upper thigh. |
| - | Stifles/knees | - Well angulated. |
| - | Lowerthighs | - Long, well muscled and sinewy. Its length is almost equal to that of the upper thigh. Good angulation between lower thigh and metatarsus. |
| - | Metatarsus | - Vertical, short and dry. |
| - | Hocks | - Strong, dry and sinewy, rather well let down. |
| - | Hindfeet | - Similar to forefeet. |
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| Tail | - Set on slightly low, strong at the base, then tapering. In coun-tries where tail docking is not prohibited by law, the tail may be short-ened by one quarter to avoid hunting hazards. If tail docking is pro-hibited, the tail reaches down to the hock joint and carried straight or slightly sabre like. On the move, it is raised up to the horizontal. It is well covered by dense coat. | |
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| Gait/Movement | - The typical gait is an animated, light-footed trot, elegant and far reaching, with much drive and corresponding reach. Not exhausting gallop when working in the field. The back is firm and the topline remains level. Good, upright carriage. Pacing un-desirable. | |
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| Faults | - should be regarded in exact proportion to its degree. | |
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| Severe Faults | - (standard does not comment). | |
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ELIMINATING
FAULTS - • Distinct deviations from the characteristics of the breed. • Strong deviation from the sexual characteristics. • Atypical head. • Spotted(butterfly) nose. • Pendulous or dribbling flews. • Under- or overshot mouth. Wry mouth, including all intermediate forms. • One or more missing incisors and/or canine and/or premolars 2-4 and/or molars 1-2 ; more than two missing PM1 ; the M3 are dis-regarded. Not visible teeth are assessed as missing ones. Super-numerary teeth not in line with the o-thers. • Cleft palate, harelip. • Light yellow eyes. Very loose eyelids; ectropion, entropion. Dis-tichiasis (double row of eyelashes). • Pronounced dewlap. • Dewclaws. • Very faulty movement. • Atypical coat. • Dark brown or pale yellow colour. Parti-coloured, not uniformly coloured. White chest patch larger than 5 cm. • White feet. • Lacking pigmentation either on the skin or on the lips and eyerims. • Any type of weakness in temperament. • Deviation of more than 2 cm from the above mentioned heights at withers. Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified. |
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| NOTE: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum. | ||