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 PICARDY
SPANIEL |
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY
| GENERAL APPEARANCE | - A strong, broadbacked dog, well boned with strong limbs; gentle expression; head carriage gay and striking. Very well constructed forequarters. | |
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| PROPORTIONS | - (standard does not comment). | |
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| SIZE | -
Height at the withers: 55 to 60 cm. A tolerance up to 62 cm is accepted for males. |
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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 | - Rather fine and supple. | |
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| COAT | - Hair : Dense and not too silky; fine on head, slightly wavy on the body. | |
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| COLOUR | - Grey mottling with brown patches on different pads of the body and root of tail. Most often marked with tan on head and limbs. | |
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| - | Skull | - Wide and rounded, prominent occiput; parietals flat. |
| - | Stop | - Sloping to the muzzle, not at right angle. |
| - | Muzzle | - Long, sufficiently wide, tapering from the set on at the skull to the nose; very slightly arched in the middle part. |
| - | Nose | - Brown, medium sized, nicely rounded. |
| - | Lips/Flews | - Of medium thickness, slightly let down, not hanging. |
| - | Cheeks | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Jaw/Teeth | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Eyes | - Dark amber in colour, well opened; expression frank and friendly. |
| - | Eears/Leathers | - Set on rather low, framing the skull with beautiful wavy, silky hair. |
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| NECK | - Well let into the shoulders, muscular. | |
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| BODY | - Haunch bones slightly lower than the withers. | |
| - | Topline | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Withers | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Back | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Chest | - Deep, sufficiently wide, reaching well down to elbow level. |
| - | Ribs | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Belly | - Flat, yet deep, though with a slight tuck-up. |
| - | Loins | - Straight, not too long, wide and full. |
| - | Underline | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Croup | - Prominent, reaching to the level of the back and loins. Very slightly sloping, rounded. |
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| LIMBS | ||
| Forequarters - Forelegs straight, well muscled, feathered. | ||
| - | Shoulders | - Shoulder-blade rather long, somewhat upright, sufficiently muscled. |
| - | Upperarms | - Well muscled. |
| - | Elbows | - Well set. |
| - | Forearms | - Straight. |
| - | Carpus | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Pasterns | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Forefeet | - Round, large, tight, with a little feathering between the toes. |
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| Hindquarters - Hindlegs well feathered down to the hock. | ||
| - | Thighs | - Straight, long, broad, well muscled. |
| - | Stifles/knees | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Lowerthighs | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Metatarsus | - Straight. |
| - | Hocks | - Slightly bent. |
| - | Hindfeet | - Round, large, tight, with a little feathering between the toes. |
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| Tail | - Set-on not too high. Hanging down in two slight curves, convex and concave. Not too long, furnished with lovely silky feathering. | |
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| Gait/Movement | - (standard does not comment). | |
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| Faults | -
should be regarded in exact proportion to its degree. Head pear-shaped, too narrow. Skull too square, too narrow, too short. Stop at right angle. Nose black, pointed, pinched; split nose. Muzzle too short, too curved. Lips too thick, too short. Eyes too light, too deep set, level with the skull; slit eyes; vicious look. Ears narrow, short, set on too high, too curly or lack of silky hair. Neck too long, too thin, too short. Back too long, sunken. Loin too long, too narrow, too weak. Croup too sloping. Chest too narrow, not deep enough. Flanks too full, too deep, with excessive tuck-up. Tail carried in sabre-fashion, too long, too curled, set-on too high or too low. Forelegs without feathering, fine, tied at elbows or out at elbows. Shoulder blade short, too upright or too oblique, sloping too much backwards. Upper arm with weak bone. Pastern joint knuckling over. Haunches too low, too high, too close together. Upper thighs narrow, lack of feathering. Hocks too bent or cow-hocked. Feet narrow, flat or splayed. Skin too thick. Hair fine, silky, curly, or too short. Too much brown colour, patched with white or black. |
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| Severe Faults | - (standard does not comment). | |
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ELIMINATING
FAULTS -
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. | ||