FEDERATION CYNOLOGIQUE INTERNATIONALE (AISBL) SECRETARIAT GENERAL: 13, Place Albert 1er B – 6530 Thuin (Belgique)

14.09.2022/EN

FCI-Standard N° 370

GOS RATER VALENCIÀ
(Ratonero Valenciano)

TRANSLATION: Mrs. Anna Morgan; Real Sociedad Canina de España. Official language: ES.

ORIGIN: Comunidad Valenciana (Spain).

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID STANDARD: 21/06/2022.

UTILIZATION: Ancestrally dedicated to the traditional hunting of the water rat, rabbits, and moles.
Besides, he is a guard dog for his capacity to warn by means of the bark. Currently, he is also companion dog.

FCI-CLASSIFICATION:
Group 3 Terriers
Section 1 Large and medium sized Terriers
Without working trial

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY: Its origin is related to the examples of dog from the Valencian Community
with similar size and characteristics that go back to the early terrier imports from Great Britain and others that
looked similar. Their existence has been documented in the Valencian Community since the last third of the XIX Century
and were selected and highly valued by the people in the countryside farms and fields for their instincts to warn of and
hunt vermin, as well as for their loyal friendship. Their beginnings coincide with the cultivation of oranges in the
community. The social culture of the zone helped to fixate certain characteristics of the breed. Other names associated
with the breed are: Rateret and Fusterrier

GENERAL APPEARANCE:
Small size, light and not extremely short, variable coat dominating tricolour.

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS:
Width of the skull/length of the skull: 1/1.
Length of the muzzle/length of the skull: 4/5.
Height at the wither/length of body: 3/4

BEHAVIOUR AND TEMPERAMENT:
Lively, happy and active. Affectionate and faithful, reserved with strangers. Brave, not only in hunting but also in the
defence of his owners’ properties. Learns fast.

HEAD:
Well-proportioned with respect to the body.

CRANIAL REGION:
Skull: Cranio-facial axes parallel.

Stop: Marked.

FACIAL REGION:

Nose: Small and dark, according to coat color.

Muzzle: Narrow

Lips: Thin, with no marked corner of the mouth.

Jaws/Teeth: White, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite

Eyes: Medium, oval and not very prominent. Iris color brown.
Eyelids: Thin and well attached to the eye.

Ears: Upright, medium size, triangular, high set.

NECK:Cylindrical, strong, with developed muscles. Without dewlap.

BODY:
Square appearance. Firm and well-marked muscles.

Topline: Straight.

Withers: Little pronounced, at the same height as the croup.

Croup: Short and slightly sloping.

Chest: Wide, strong and muscled. Arched ribcage.

Underline and belly: Slightly tucked up.

TAIL:
Previously customarily docked, not now.

• There are tailless dogs.
• Medium insertion. Thicker at base and finer at point of tail. It is of medium length with short tight fitted coat like
rest of body. It is not curled or twisted and is carried elevated during movement.

LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS:

General appearance: Very muscled and perfectly vertical. Straight and parallel.

Shoulder: Inclined, solid, and adequately muscular.

Upper arm: Strong and sturdy.

Elbow: Neither separated from nor too tight to the chest.

Forearm: Long and thin, but with solid bones.

Forefeet: Hare feet. Resistant nails and pads.

HINDQUARTERS:

General appearance: Very muscled and perfectly vertical. Powerful, with good angulations and musculature, which
contribute to his great capacity for long jumps.

Hock joint: Pronounced, with well-defined tendons.

Hind feet: The same as the forefeet.

GAINT / MOVEMENT: Fast and graceful. Quick, agile, elastic like float action with great jumping
ability. Sufficient ground cover with adequate driving rear action. Efficient and without pacing. Front and rear should
move parallel. Movement should give the impression of easy and effortless motion. Light on feet, floating appearance as
if feet do not touch the ground.

SKIN: Very thin and close to the body.

COAT:

Hair: Thin and short, no longer than 2 cm.

Colour: Spotted coats dominate over the uniform ones. Among the spotted coats the most abundant is the tricolour
(black-tan with white spots), followed by black-tan. It can also be seen the black-white, cinnamon-white, chocolate-tan,
and chocolate-white coats. Within the solid coats colour, it can be seen in cinnamon and black. The colour of nose,
lips, and eyes rimes, black or blending with coat colour.

SIZE AND WEIGHT:
Height at the withers:
Males: 30 to 40 cm, the ideal is 36 cm
Females: 29 to 38 cm, the ideal is 33 cm
In both sexes it is tolerated one cm if the subject is balanced.

Weight:
4 to 8 kg, males and females.

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 and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog and its
ability to perform its traditional work.

• Flesh colour (depigmented) nose or with depigmented spots. lack of pigmentation on lips and eye rims.
• Different proportions than described.
• Level bite.

SEVERE FAULTS:
• Overshot or undershort bite.
• Missing more than 2 PM.
• Not completely upright ears.
• Long and/or curly hair.

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS:
• Aggressive or overly shy dogs.
• Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities.
• Any coat colour different from the standard.
• Albinism

N.B.:
• Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
• Only functionally and clinically healthy dogs, with breed typical conformation, should be used for breeding.

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