Kennel Lumisuden

Tähti, 2005

WHITE SWISS SHEPHERD DOG

(Weisser Schweizer Schäferhund)

(Berger Blanc Suisse)

ORIGIN: Switzerland.

UTILIZATION: Family and working companion dog with distinctive friendly nature to children; attentive watchdog, cheerful and quick to learn.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.: Group 1  Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs (except Swiss Cattle Dogs).

Section 1 Sheepdogs.  Without working trial.

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.

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.

CRANIAL REGION:

Skull: Only slightly rounded; indicated central furrow.
Stop:  Slightly marked, but clearly perceptible.

FACIAL REGION: 

Nose:  Medium-sized; black pigmentation desired; snow nose and lighter nose accepted.

Muzzle: Powerful and moderately long in relation to the skull; nasal bridge and lower line of muzzle straight, slightly convergent to the nose.

Lips:  Dry , closing tightly, as black as possible.

Jaws/Teeth: Powerful and complete, scissor bite. The teeth should be set square to the jaw.

Eyes: Medium-sized, almond shaped, placed a little obliquely; colour brown to dark-brown; eye lids well fitting with black eye-rims desirable.

Ears: Erect ears, set high, carried upright, parallel and directed forward; in the shape of an oblong, at the tip slightly rounded triangle.

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.

BODY:  Strong, muscular, medium-long.

Withers: Pronounced.
 
Back: Level, firm.

Loins: Strongly muscled.

Croup: Long and of medium breadth; from the set on gently sloping to root of tail.

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.

Belly and flanks: Flanks slender, firm; underline moderately tucked up.

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.

LIMBS: Strong, sinewy, medium bone.

FOREQUARTERS: Straight, seen from the front; only moderately broad stance; seen in profile, well angulated.

Shoulder: Shoulder blade long and well laid back; well angulated; whole shoulder strongly muscled.

Upper arm: Adequately long, strong muscles.

Elbows: Close fitting.

Forearm: Long, straight, sinewy.

Pastern: Firm and only slightly oblique.

HINDQUARTERS: Seen from the rear straight and parallel; standing not too wide; seen from the side with adequate angulation.

Upper thigh : Medium-long, strongly muscled.

Lower thigh: Medium-long, oblique, with solid bone and well muscled.
Hock joint: Powerful, well angulated.

Hock: Medium-long, straight, sinewy; dewclaws should be removed, except in countries where their removal is forbidden by law.

Feet: Oval, hind feet a little longer than forefeet; toes tight and well arched; firm black pads; dark nails desired.

GAIT:  Rhythmical sequence of steps with even drive and enduring; front legs reaching out far, with strong thrust; trot ground covering and easy.

SKIN: Without folds and wrinkles; dark pigmentation.

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.

COLOUR: White.

SIZE AND WEIGHT:

Height at withers:    Dogs       60 - 66 cm.
                            Bitches   55 - 61 cm.

Weight:                  Dogs :    ca. 30 - 40 kg
                            Bitches : ca. 25 - 35 kg.

Typical dogs with slight under- or oversize should not be eliminated.

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.

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.

SERIOUS FAULTS:

• Heavy appearance, too short build (square outline)
• 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.

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.

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

Millis and Pizza, 2004 

Russkiy Toy

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 21.02.2006
UTILIZATION: Companion Dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.:
Group 9 Companion and Toy dogs.
Section 9 Continental Toy Spaniels and Russian Toys. Without working trial.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY: At the beginning of the 20th century, the English Toy Terrier was one of the most popular toy dogs in Russia. However, in the period 1920 – 1950 the breeding of pure toy terriers was almost stopped and the number of dogs fell to a critical level. Only in the mid-fifties did Russian dog-breeders begin the revival of the breed. Practically all dogs which were used for breeding had no pedigrees; many of them were not pure blood. The Standard drafted for Toy Terriers significantly differed from that of the English Toy Terrier in many aspects. From this moment, the evolution of the breed in Russia went its own way.
On the 12th of October, 1958 two smooth-haired dogs, one of which had slightly longer hair, gave birth to a male dog with a spectacular fringes on ears and limbs. It was decided to keep this feature. The male was mated with a female which also had slightly long hair. Thus the longhaired variety of the Russian Toy appeared. It was called Moscow Longhaired Toy Terrier. A dog breeder from Moscow, Yevgueniya Fominichna Zharova, played an important role in the creation of this breed variant.
It was during a long period of development, in an isolated context, along with a specifically conducted selection that a new breed was created : the Russian Toy with two varieties: Longhaired and smooth-haired.

GENERAL APPEARANCE: A small elegant dog, lively, long-legged, with fine bone and lean muscles. Sexual dimorphism only slightly defined.

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS: Square build. The height at elbows is only slightly more than half of the height at withers ; the chest is sufficiently deep.

BEHAVIOUR/TEMPERAMENT: Active, very cheerful, neither cowardly nor aggressive. The behaviour is significantly different between males and females.

HEAD: Small compared to the body.
CRANIAL REGION:
Skull: High but not too wide (width at the level of zygomatic arches does not exceed the depth of the skull).
Stop: Clearly pronounced.

FACIAL REGION:
Nose: Small, black or matching the coat colour.
Muzzle: Lean and pointed, slightly shorter than the skull.
Lips: Thin, lean, tight- fitting and dark or matching the coat colour.
Jaws/Teeth: Small, white. Scissor bite. Absence of 2 incisors permitted in each jaw.
Cheekbones: Only slightly pronounced.
Eyes: Quite large, rounded, dark, slightly prominent, set well apart and looking straight ahead. Eyelids are dark or
matching the coat colour, tightly fitting.
Ears: Big, thin, set high, erect.
NECK: Long, lean, carried high, slightly arched.

BODY:
Topline: Gradually sloping from the withers to the root of the tail.
Withers: Slightly pronounced.
Back: Strong and straight.
Loin: Short and slightly arched.
Croup: The croup is somewhat rounded and slightly sloping.
Chest: The chest is oval, sufficiently deep and not too wide.
Underline and Belly: Tucked up belly and drawn up flanks, forming a nicely curved line from the chest to the flanks.

TAIL: Docked (only two or three vertebrae are left), carried high. In countries where tail docking is prohibited by law it is left in its natural state. Undocked: sickle tail. It should not be carried lower than back level.

LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS: Thin and lean; seen from the front, the front legs are straight and parallel.
Shoulders: The shoulder blades are moderately long and not too sloping.
Upper arm: Forming an angle of 105 degrees with the shoulder blade. The length of upper arm is approximately equal to the length of shoulder.
Elbows: In line with the body.
Forearm: Long, straight.
Carpus (Wrist): Lean.
Metacarpus (Pastern): Almost vertical.
Forefeet: Small, oval, turning neither in nor out. Toes well-knit and arched. Nails and resilient pads are black or
match the coat colour.

HINDQUARTERS: Seen from the rear, the hind legs are straight and parallel, but standing a little bit wider than the
forelegs. Stifles and hocks are sufficiently bent.
Upper thigh: Muscles are lean and developed.
Lower thigh: The upper and lower thighs are of the same length.
Hock: Sufficiently angulated.
Metatarsus (Rear pastern): Vertical.
Hind feet: Arched , a little bit narrower than forefeet. Nails and pads are black or match the coat colour.

GAIT/MOVEMENT: Easy, straightforward, fast. No noticeable change in the topline when moving.
SKIN: Thin, dry and tight-fitting.

COAT
HAIR: There exists two types for the breed: smooth-haired and longhaired.
Smooth-haired : short, close-lying, shiny hair, without undercoat or bald patches.
Longhaired : body is covered with moderately long (3-5 cm), straight or slightly wavy hair, close-lying, which does not hide the natural outline of the body . Hair on the head and on the front part of limbs is short and close -lying. Distinct feathers on rear side of limbs. The feet have long, silky hair which completely hides the nails. Ears are covered with thick, long hair forming a fringe. Dogs of more than 3 years have such a
fringe, which should completely hide the outer edges and tips of the ears. Body hair should not look tousled
nor be too short (less than 2 cm.).
COLOUR: Black and tan, brown and tan, blue and tan. Also red of any shade with or without black or brown overlay.
Richer shades are preferable for all colours.

SIZE AND WEIGHT:
Height at withers: Dogs and bitches: 20 – 28 cm (tolerance +/- 1 cm)
Weight: Dogs and bitches: up to 3 kg.
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.

* Timid behaviour.
* Level bite or incisors sloping forward.
* Semi-pricked ears. This condition in longhaired dogs with heavy fringes is permissible but not desirable.
* Low set tail.
* Presence of bald patches in smooth-haired dogs.
* Too long or too short hair on body of longhaired dogs.
* Small white spots on chest and toes.
* Solid black, brown and blue colours. Tan markings too large or with dark shadings.