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 FRENCH
POINTING DOG - PYRENEAN TYPE |
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HISTORICAL
SUMMARY
The small size French Pointing Dogs «
Pyrenean type » show, while keeping all proportions, with more reduced
dimensions and lighter shapes, the same general characteristics as those of the
« Gascogne type ». They only differ on the following points :
Size; Coat; Nose; Lips; Belly; forequarters; hind feet and tail.
| GENERAL APPEARANCE | - Rustic dog, not heavy but sufficiently muscled. Skin tighter than that of the Gascogne type. | |
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| PROPORTIONS | - Length of muzzle somewhat shorter than that of the skull. | |
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| SIZE | -
Height at the withers: Male: 47 - 58 cm. Female : 47 - 56 cm. The size of 50 to 55 cm is the one to aim for which covers the most numerous utilizations. |
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length: (standard
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- weight: (standard does not comment). |
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| TEMPERAMENT | - (standard does not comment). | |
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| SKIN | - (standard does not comment). | |
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| COAT | - Hair : Finer and shorter than that of the Gascogne Type. | |
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| COLOUR | •
Chestnut brown. • Chestnut brown and white. • Chestnut brown and white strongly speckled. • Chestnut brown marked with tan (above the eyes, at the lips and on the legs). |
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| HEAD | - Quite important but not too heavy. In profile, the lines of the skull and the muzzle are slightly divergent. | |
| - | Skull | - Almost flat or very slightly rounded; shows a medium furrow only lightly marked. The occipital protuberance is barely prominent. |
| - | Stop | - Neither shallow nor accentuated. |
| - | Muzzle | - Broad and rectangular, sometimes a little convex. |
| - | Nose | - Chestnut-brown in colour, nostrils well opened. |
| - | Lips/Flews | - The lips are less pendent or less convex than in the Gascogne type. |
| - | Cheeks | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Jaw/Teeth | - Must be complete. Pincer bite is tolerated. |
| - | Eyes | - Well open and well set into the eye socket, chestnut brown or dark yellow. The expression is frank. |
| - | Eears/Leathers | - Set on above eye line, barely folded. The tips of the leathers must end at 2 cm from the nose leather. |
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| NECK | - Of good length, slightly arched in its upper part, slight or no dewlap. | |
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| BODY | - | |
| - | Topline | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Withers | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Back | - Broad, straight, sometimes a bit long but always well sustained. |
| - | Chest | - Broad seen from the front, long in profile, reaching to the level of the elbow; |
| - | Ribs | - rounded without exaggeration. |
| - | Belly | - Belly less let down than in the Gascogne type. |
| - | Loins | - Short, muscled, slightly arched. |
| - | Underline | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Croup | - Slightly oblique in relation to the topline. |
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| LIMBS | ||
| Forequarters - They are lighter than in the Gascogne type. | ||
| - | Shoulders | - Very muscular and moderately sloping. |
| - | Upperarms | - Strong and well muscled. |
| - | Elbows | - At level of the sternum. |
| - | Forearms | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Carpus | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Pasterns | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Forefeet | - Toes are tight and well arched, giving a compact ensemble, nearly round. The nails are strong and the pads thick and fleshy. |
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| Hindquarters - They are really vertical and straight. | ||
| - | Thighs | - Fleshy, muscular. |
| - | Stifles/knees | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Lowerthighs | - Muscular. |
| - | Metatarsus | - Rather short. |
| - | Hocks | - Moderately angulated. |
| - | Hindfeet | - Tight. |
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| Tail | - Fine; can be docked or naturally short. | |
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| Gait/Movement | - (standard does not comment). | |
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| Faults | -
should be regarded in exact proportion to its degree. • Dog too heavy or too light. • Occipital protuberance too pronounced. • Lips too thick or not let down enough. • Eyes round caused by exaggeration of the zygomatic and superciliary arches. • Leathers flat and too short, or too curled. • Belly too tucked up (whippety). • Splayed feet. |
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| Severe Faults | - (standard does not comment). | |
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ELIMINATING
FAULTS - • Skull/muzzle lines converging or too divergent. • Split nose, pronounced depigmentation. • Over- or undershot mouth. • Entropion, ectropion, pink spots on the eyelids. • Absence of tail. • Syndactyly (toes grown together), surplus toes, absence of toes. 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. | ||