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HISTORICAL SUMMARY
| GENERAL APPEARANCE | - The ideal type should have the build of a heavy type of Pointer, 60-65 cm height at the withers, with a not too long, harsh, coat, in colour black, brown or from colour of dried leaves to wheaten. | |
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| PROPORTIONS | - Length of body in proportion to height at withers is 10 : 9. | |
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| SIZE | -
Height at the withers: 60 - 68 cm for males, 55 - 63 cm for females. |
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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 : For ideal type a medium length, harsh, dense, wiry coat is required. The lower part of the legs should have short hair. | |
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| COLOUR | - Black, brown or from colour of dried leaves to wheaten. Any white or brindle colour is not permissible, unless confined to small markings. | |
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| HEAD | - Moderately long, broad, covered with harsh hair with a beard and profuse eyebrows. | |
| - | Skull | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Stop | - Steep. |
| - | Muzzle | - Long, broad is to be preferred, not fine and pointed as with the Poodle. Bridge of nose should be similar to the turned up shape of a Pointer’s. |
| - | Nose | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Lips/Flews | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Cheeks | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Jaw/Teeth | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Eyes | - Large, round, of lively and intelligent expression. Colour dark brown to hazel. |
| - | Eears/Leathers | - Medium size, flat and close fitting, not thick and fleshy; more pointed than rounded and sufficiently coated. |
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| NECK | - Medium length, clean, muscular, nape of neck arched. | |
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| BODY | - | |
| - | Topline | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Withers | - High, long and full. |
| - | Back | - Short and straight. |
| - | Chest | - Moderately broad and very deep. |
| - | Ribs | - well sprung. |
| - | Belly | - Tucked up towards rear, slim; flanks short. |
| - | Loins | - Very muscular. |
| - | Underline | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Croup | - Long and moderately sloping, well muscled. Hips broad. |
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| LIMBS | ||
| Forequarters - Front legs straight and vertical in position. Sinews clearly visible. | ||
| - | Shoulders | - Sloping, broad, long, firmly attached, muscles stand out clearly. |
| - | Upperarms | - Long, well muscled. |
| - | Elbows | - Set far back. |
| - | Forearms | - Long and covered by taut muscles. |
| - | Carpus | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Pasterns | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Forefeet | - Round with tight toes. Robust pads. Hair on feet and toes should be short. |
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| Hindquarters - Hind legs, seen from rear, vertical in position. Correct angulations of joints; muscles taut, long, correspondingly thick. | ||
| - | Thighs | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Stifles/knees | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Lowerthighs | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Metatarsus | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Hocks | - Placed rather far back and high, distinctly angulated. |
| - | Hindfeet | - Round with tight toes. Robust pads. Hair on feet and toes should be short. |
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| Tail | - Should resemble a Pointer’s tail in set-on. Carried straight and horizontally without feathering, but covered with wiry hair. In countries, where the docking of tails is allowed, the tails of puppies, with a view to hunt, should be docked, in bitches to the lower rim of the vagina, in dogs to cover the testicles. | |
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| Gait/Movement | - (standard does not comment). | |
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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 -
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. | ||