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Switzerland
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| DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD
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Switzerland 26.11.2002 |
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| UTILIZATION
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Family and working companion dog with distinctive friendly nature to children; attentive watchdog, cheerful and quick to learn. |
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| CLASSIFICATION
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Group 1 Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs (except Swiss Cattle Dogs).
Section 1 Sheepdogs.
Without working trial.
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| GENERAL APPEARANCE |
A powerful, well-muscled, medium-sized, white shepherd dog with erect ears, double coat or long double coat or long double coat; elongated shape; medium sized bone and elegant, harmonious outline. |
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| IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS |
Moderately long rectangular shape : body length (from the point of shoulder to point of buttock) to height at withers = 12 : 10.
The distance from the stop to the noseleather slightly beyond the distance from the stop to the occipital protuberance.
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| BEHAVIOUR / CHARACTER |
Lively, without nervousness, attentive and watchful; towards strangers sometimes slightly aloof but never apprehensive or aggressive. |
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| HEAD |
Strong, dry and finely chiselled, in good proportion to the body. Seen from above and from the side wedge-shaped. Axes of skull and foreface parallel.
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Skull |
Only slightly rounded; indicated central furrow |
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Stop |
Slightly marked, but clearly perceptible. |
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| FACIAL REGION |
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Nose |
Medium-sized; black pigmentation desired; snow nose and lighter nose accepted. |
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Muzzle |
Powerful and moderately long in relation to the skull; nasal bridge and lower line of muzzle straight, slightly convergent to the nose |
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Lips |
Dry , closing tightly, as black as possible |
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Jaws/Teeth |
Powerful and complete, scissor bite. The teeth should be set square to the jaw. |
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Eyes |
Medium-sized, almond shaped, placed a little obliquely; colour brown to dark-brown; eye lids well fitting with black eye-rims desirable |
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Ears |
Erect ears, set high, carried upright, parallel and directed forward; in the shape of an oblong, at the tip slightly rounded triangle |
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| NECK |
Medium-long and well muscled, with harmonious set on at the body, without dewlap; the elegantly arched neckline runs without disruption from the moderately high carried head to the withers |
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| BODY |
Strong,muscular,medium-long
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Withers |
Pronounced |
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Back |
Level,firm |
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Loins |
Strongly muscled |
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Croup |
Long and of medium breadth; from the set on gently sloping to root of tail. |
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Chest |
Not too broad; deep (about 50 % of the height at the withers); reaching to the elbows; ribcage oval; well extending to the rear. Prominent forechest |
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Belly and flanks |
Flanks slender, firm; underline moderately tucked up |
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TAIL |
Bushy sabre tail, tapering to the tip; set on rather deep; reaching at least to the hock joint; at rest, it hangs either straight down or with a slight saber-like curve in its last third part; in movement carried higher, but never above the topline |
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| FOREQUARTERS |
Straight, seen from the front; only moderately broad stance; seen in profile, well angulated
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Shoulder |
Shoulder blade long and well laid back; well angulated; whole shoulder strongly muscled |
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Upper arm |
Adequately long, strong muscles |
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Elbows |
Close fitting |
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Forearm |
Long, straight, sinewy |
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Pastern |
Firm and only slightly oblique
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| HINDQUARTERS |
Seen from the rear straight and parallel; standing not too wide; seen from the side with adequate angulation
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Upper thigh |
Medium-long, strongly muscled
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Lower thigh |
Medium-long, oblique, with solid bone and well muscled |
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Hock joint |
Powerful, well angulated |
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Hock |
Medium-long, straight, sinewy; dewclaws should be removed, except in countries where their removal is forbidden by law |
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Feet |
Oval, hind feet a little longer than forefeet; toes tight and well arched; firm black pads; dark nails desired |
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| GAIT |
Rhythmical sequence of steps with even drive and enduring; front legs reaching out far, with strong thrust; trot ground covering and easy |
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| SKIN |
Without folds and wrinkles; dark pigmentation |
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| COAT/HAIR |
Medium length, dense, close-lying double coat or long double coat; abundant undercoat covered with hard, straight protection hair; face, ears and front of legs are covered with shorter hair; at the neck and the back of the legs the coat is slightly longer. Slightly wavy, hard hair is permitted |
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| COLOUR |
White |
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| SIZE AND WEIGHT |
Height at withers
Dogs: 60 - 66 cm
Bitches: 55-61 cm
Weight
Dogs: 30-40 Kg
Bitches: 25-35 Kg
Typical dogs with slight under- or oversize should not be eliminated |
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| FAULTS |
Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the serious- ness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree
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MINOR FAULTS |
- • Slight deer colour (light yellow or fawny shading) on eartips, back and upperside of the tail.
- • Partial loss of pigment of flecked appearance on noseleather, lips and/or eye rims
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SERIOUS FAULTS |
• Heavy appearance, too short build (square outline)
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Masculinity or femininity not clearly defined .
• Missing more than two PM1; the M3 are not taken into account.
• Drop (hanging) ears, semi-pricked ears, button ears.
• Strongly sloping backline.
• Ringtail, kinky tail, hook tail, tail carried over back.
• Soft, silky topcoat; woolly, curly, open coat; distinctly long hair without undercoat.
• Distinct deer colour (distinct yellowish or tawny discolouring) on eartips, back and upperside of the tail
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ELIMINATING FAULTS |
• Overly shy or aggressive.
• One eye or both eyes blue, protruding eyes.
• Entropion, ectropion.
• Over-or undershot mouth, wry mouth.
• Total loss of pigment on nose, lips and/or eye rims.
• Total loss of pigment in the skin and on the pads.
• Albinism
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