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

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FCI-Standard N° 134

BRAQUE FRANÇAIS, TYPE PYRÉNÉES

(French Pointing Dog Pyrenean Type)

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TRANSLATION: Mrs. Peggy Davis. Official language (FR).

ORIGIN: France.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID STANDARD: 16.06.2022.

UTILIZATION: Pointing dog.

FCI-CLASSIFICATION:	Group 7	Pointing Dogs.	Pointing
	Section 1.1 Continental

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.

EARS: 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.

BODY:
Underline and belly: Belly less let down than in the Gascogne type.

TAIL: Fine; can be docked or naturally short.

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LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS: They are lighter than in the Gascogne type.

Shoulder: Muscular and moderately sloping.

Forefeet: Tight.

HINDQUARTERS:

Hind feet: Tight.

COAT:

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

SIZE: Male: 51 – 58 cm.

Female: 49 – 56 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 and its effect

upon the health and welfare of the dog.

•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.

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS:
•Aggressive or overly shy.

•Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities.

•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.

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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.

The latest amendments are in bold characters.

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