|
| |
KEESHOND:
Kennel Club, London 1994
GENERAL APPEARANCE
Short, compact body, confident carriage. Fox-like head with
small pointed ears, alert expression, large ruff, well feathered tail curled
over back.
CHARACTERISTICS
Sturdy, intelligent and adaptable, ideal companion, good
guard, shows boldly.
TEMPERAMENT
Bold, alert, friendly with marked guarding tendency.
HEAD AND SKULL
Well proportioned, wedge shaped when seen from above; from side
showing definite stop. Dark muzzle equal to length of flat skull. Neither coarse
nor snipey. Nose black.
EYES
Dark, medium size, almond shaped, obliquely set. Well defined
'spectacles' shown as a delicately pencilled black line slanting from outer
corner of eye to lower corner of ear, coupled with distinct marking and shading
forming expressive short eyebrows.
EARS
Dark, small ivy-leafed in shape. Erect, velvety texture. Well set on
head, neither too wide nor meeting.
MOUTH
Jaws strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. the
upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Lips
black.
NECK
Moderately long and arched, covered with thick, profuse coat forming
large ruff.
FOREQUARTERS
Shoulders well sloped. Straight front of medium width with good
bone.
BODY
Short, compact; length from withers to tail equal to height at withers,
well sprung in rib. Good depth of brisket.
HINDQUARTERS
Strong muscled, hindlegs straight when viewed from behind. Hock
showing slight angulation when viewed from side, profuse light coloured trousers
down to hocks.
FEET
Well padded, round, cat-like, tight, cream in colour; black nails.
TAIL
Moderately long, high set, tightly curled over back, double curl highly
desirable. Light plume on top where curled, with black tip, carried closely at
all times.
GAIT/MOVEMENT
Clean, brisk, straight and sharp.
COAT
Harsh, off standing, straight. Dense ruff, well feathered on forelegs and
profuse trousers, not feathered below hock. Soft, thick, light-coloured (not
tawny) undercoat. Never silky, wavy or woolly, nor forming a parting on back.
COLOUR
A mixture of grey and black. Undercoat very pale grey or cream (not
tawny). All shades of grey acceptable, body hairs black tipped. Shoulder
markings well defined and all markings definite. Forelegs and hocks cream with
no black below wrist or hock. Pencilling acceptable.
SIZE
Ideal height: Dogs 45.7 cms (18 ins)
Bitches 43.2 cms (17 ins)
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.
NOTE
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended
into the scrotum.
|
