French pointing dog pyrenean type (Dog standard)

French pointing dog pyrenean type is a rustic dog, not heavy but sufficiently muscled. skin tighter than that of the gascogne type.

FCI-Standard N° 134 / 07. 08. 1998 / GB

FRENCH POINTING DOG PYRENEAN TYPE
(Braque français, type Pyrénées)

TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.

ORIGIN : France.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 06.05.1988.

UTILIZATION : Pointing dog.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 7 Pointing Dogs.
Section 1.1 Continental Pointing Dogs, type « Braque ».
With working trial.
The small SIZE French Pointing Dogs « Pyrenean type » show, while keeping all proportions, with more reduced dimensions and lighter shapes, the same general characteristics as those of the « Gascogne type ». They only differ on the following points :

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Rustic dog, not heavy but sufficiently muscled. SKIN tighter than that of the Gascogne type.

HEAD :
Nose : Chestnut-brown in COLOUR, nostrils well opened.
Lips : The lips are less pendent or less convex than in the Gascogne type.
Leathers : Set on above eye line, barely folded. The tips of the leathers must end at 2 cm from the nose leather.

NECK : Slight or no dewlap.

BELLY : Belly less let down than in the Gascogne type.

TAIL : Fine; can be docked or naturally short.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS : They are lighter than in the Gascogne type.
Shoulders : Muscular and moderately sloping.

HINDQUARTERS :
FEET : Tight.

HAIR : Finer and shorter than that of the Gascogne Type.

SIZE : Male: 47 - 58 cm.
Female : 47 - 56 cm.
The SIZE of 50 to 55 cm is the one to aim for which covers the most numerous UTILIZATIONs.

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.
Dog too heavy or hyperlight.
Lips too droopy or too light.
Round eyes caused by the exaggeration of the zygomatic and superciliary arches.
Leathers set at eye level, too long (touching the nose).
Belly too tucked up (whippety).
Splayed FEET.

ELIMINATING FAULTS :
Aggresive or overly shy.
Split nose, pronounced depigmentation of the nose leather.
Entropion, ectropion, pink spots at the base of the eyelids.
No TAIL (anury).
Syndactyly (toes grown together), surplus toes, absence of toes.

Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.

N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

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