Great anglo-french white and orange hound (Dog standard)

Great anglo-french white and orange hound is a quite a strong dog, powerful, showing more english blood in his head than his tricolour colleague.

FCI-Standard N° 324 / 21. 04. 1997 / GB

GREAT ANGLO-FRENCH WHITE AND ORANGE HOUND
(Grand anglo-français blanc et orange)

TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis, brought up to date by Dr. J.-M. Paschoud.

ORIGIN : France.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 27.01.1983.

UTILIZATION : Scenthound.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 6 Scenthounds and related
breeds.
Section 1.1. Large-SIZEd Hounds.
With working trial.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Quite a strong dog, powerful, showing more English blood in his HEAD than his triCOLOUR colleague.

HEAD : Quite short and broad.

CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Rather broad and flat without occipital protuberance; superciliary arches not prominent.
Stop : Well marked.

FACIAL REGION :
Nose : Black or orangy brown.
Muzzle : Bridge of nose rather shrot.
Lips : Extending over the lower jaw and giving the muzzle some squareness.
Eyes : Big, brown and dark.
Ears : Set on quite broadly at eye level line or slightly above, quite thick, slightly turned in and rather short.

NECK : Straight; slight dewlap.

BODY :
Back : Broad and muscular.
Loin : Broad, rather short.
Croup : Rather round.
Chest : Quite deep and let down. Ribs long, slightly rounded.
Flank : Well filled out.

TAIL : Quite long, sometimes towards the tip with few longer and coarser, slightly offstanding HAIRs (like ears of grain) around the TAIL.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS : Strong, broad and vertical.
Shoulders : Close to the chest but well muscled.

HINDQUARTERS :
Thighs : Muscular and fleshy.
Hocks : Slightly bent and close to the ground.

FEET : Rather ground.

GAIT/MOVEMENT : Easy.

SKIN : White with orange or yellow patches.

COAT

HAIR : Short and not too thick.

COLOUR : White-lemon or white-orange on condition that the orange is not too dark tending to red.

SIZE :
Height at the withers : 60 cm to 70 cm.


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.
FAULTS of conformation.
Butterfly nose.
Muzzle too thin.
Over-or undershot mouth.
Light eyes.
Excessive dewlap.
Curved TAIL or deviated to the side.
COLOURs of COAT other than those previously mentioned (black or red HAIR).

ELIMINATING FAULTS :
Aggressive or overly shy.

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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