(Braque français, type Pyrénées)
TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.
ORIGIN : France.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 06.05.1988.
UTILIZATION : Pointing dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 7 Pointing Dogs.
Section 1.1 Continental Pointing 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.
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.
BELLY : Belly less let down than in the Gascogne type.
TAIL : Fine; can be docked or naturally short.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS : They are lighter than in the Gascogne type.
Shoulders : Muscular and moderately sloping.
HINDQUARTERS :
Feet : Tight.
HAIR : Finer and shorter than that of the Gascogne Type.
SIZE : Male: 47 - 58 cm.
Female : 47 - 56 cm.
The size of 50 to 55 cm is the one to aim for which covers the most numerous utilizations.
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.
· 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.
ELIMINATING FAULTS :
· Aggresive or overly shy.
· 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.
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.