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GENERAL APPEARANCE |
Large-sized dog, sturdily
built, well balanced and with much substance ; secondary
sex characteristics strongly marked, with high nobility
and dignity in modesty ; constitution tough. |
BEHAVIOUR
/ TEMPERAMENT |
The
temperament is composed, faithful, docile and receptive. |
IMPORTANT
PROPORTIONS |
The
ratio of height at withers to length of body ( from the point
of the shoulders to the point of the buttock) is 10 : 11,
but the body is slightly longer in bitches than in dogs. |
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HEAD |
CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : The size is in proportion to
the body. The forehead is broad, with distinct furrow.
No wrinkle.
Stop : Defined.
FACIAL REGION :
Nose : Large and black. Slight and diffuse
lack of pigment accepted in white dogs only, but black
is always preferred.
Muzzle : Moderately long and strong with
broad base, tapering but not pointed. Nasal bridge straight.
Jaws/Teeth : Teeth strong with scissor
bite.
Lips : Tight.
Cheeks : Moderately developed.
Eyes : Relatively small, almost triangular
in shape due to the rising of the outer eye corner, set
moderately apart, dark brown : the darker, the better.
Ears : Relatively small, thick, triangular,
slightly rounded at tips, set moderately apart, pricked
and inclining forward.
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| NECK |
Thick
and muscular, without dewlap, in balance with head.
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| BODY |
Back : Straight and strong.
Loin : Broad and muscular.
Chest : Deep, forechest well developed, ribs moderately
well sprung.
Belly : Well drawn up. |
TAIL |
Set
on high, thick, carried vigorously curled over back ; the
tip nearly reaching hocks when let down. |
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LIMBS |
FOREQUARTERS
:
Shoulders : Moderately sloping and developed.
Elbows : Tight.
Forearms : Straight and heavy-boned.
HINDQUARTERS : Well developed,
strong and moderately angulated.
FEET : Thick, round, arched
and tight.
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GAIT/MOVEMENT
|
Resilient
and powerful movement. |
| COAT |
HAIR : Outer coat harsh and straight,
undercoat soft and dense ; the withers and the rump are
covered with slightly longer hair ; the hair on tail is
longer than on the rest of the body.
COLOUR : Red fawn, sesame
(red fawn hairs with black tips), brindle and white. All
the above mentioned colours except white must have "urajiro".
(Urajiro = whitish coat on the sides of the muzzle, on
the cheeks, on the underside of jaw, neck, chest, body
and tail and on the inside of the legs).
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| SIZE
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Height
at the withers : Dogs : 67 cm,
bitches : 61 cm.
There is a tolerance of 3 cm more or less.
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| FAULTS |
Any
departure from the foregoing points should be considered
a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should
be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.
- Bitchy dogs / doggy bitches.
- Undershot or overshot mouth.
- Missing teeth.
- Blue or black spotted tongue.
- Iris light in colour.
- Short tail.
- Shyness. |
ELIMINATING
FAULTS |
-
Aggresive or overly shy.
- Ears not pricked.
- Hanging tail.
- Long hair (shaggy).
- Black mask.
- Markings on white ground.
Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural
abnormalities shall be disqualified.
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| N.B. |
Male animals should have two apparently
normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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