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 SMALL
MUNSTERLANDER |
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY
| GENERAL APPEARANCE | - Strong with great nobility and elegance. | |
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| PROPORTIONS | - (standard does not comment). | |
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| SIZE | -
Height at the withers: Dogs : 52-56 cm. Bitches : 50-54 cm. Permitted tolerance in height : Plus or minus 2 cm (measuring allowance). |
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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 | - Taut. | |
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| COAT | - Hair : Sleek, dense, medium length, hardly wavy; close fitting. | |
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| COLOUR | - Brown-white, white ticked with brown (roan); tan markings permitted on muzzle and eyes (Jungklaus markings). | |
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| HEAD | - Noble. Expression is part of type. | |
| - | Skull | - Dry, slightly rounded, not too broad. |
| - | Stop | - Slight. |
| - | Muzzle | - Strong, long; nasal bridge straight. |
| - | Nose | - Brown; flesh-coloured patches on nose leather undesirable. |
| - | Lips/Flews | - Short, well fitting. |
| - | Cheeks | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Jaw/Teeth | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Eyes | - As dark brown as possible. Eyelids lying close to the eyeball and covering haw. |
| - | Eears/Leathers | - Broad, set on high, close fitting, running to a point. Must not reach too far beyond edge of lips. |
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| NECK | - Medium length. Crest of neck muscular and slightly arched. | |
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| BODY | - | |
| - | Topline | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Withers | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Back | - Firm, medium length. |
| - | Chest | - Deep and roomy. |
| - | Ribs | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Belly | - Only slight tuck up. |
| - | Loins | - Broad, firm. |
| - | Underline | - Only slight tuck up. |
| - | Croup | - (standard does not comment). |
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| LIMBS | ||
| Forequarters - Forelegs straight, feathered. | ||
| - | Shoulders | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Upperarms | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Elbows | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Forearms | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Carpus | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Pasterns | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Forefeet | - Round, arched, tightly knit. Too much hair undesirable. |
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| Hindquarters - Hind legs well angulated, with breeches. | ||
| - | Thighs | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Stifles/knees | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Lowerthighs | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Metatarsus | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Hocks | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Hindfeet | - Round, arched, tightly knit. Too much hair undesirable. |
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| Tail | - Medium length,with long feathering carried straight. Last third may be lightly curved upwards. | |
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| Gait/Movement | - (standard does not comment). | |
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| Faults | -
should be regarded in exact proportion to its degree. • Entropium, ectropium; bird of prey eyes. • Leather short-haired, smooth. • Chest barrel shaped. |
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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. | ||