ORIGIN :
China.
PATRONAGE :
Great Britain.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 24.06.1987.
UTILIZATION : Toy Dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 9 Companion
and Toy Dogs.
Section 4 Hairless
Dogs.
Without
working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : A
small, active and graceful dog; medium-to fine-boned, smooth hairless body,
with hair on feet, head and tail only; or covered with a soft veil of
hair. Two distinct types of this breed :
Deer type, racy and fine-boned, and Cobby type, heavier in body and bone.
BEHAVIOUR /
TEMPERAMENT : Happy, never vicious.
HEAD : Smooth, without
excess wrinkles. Distance from base of
skull to stop equal to distance from stop to tip of nose. Head presenting graceful appearance with
alert expression.
CRANIAL
REGION :
Skull : Slightly rounded and elongated.
Stop : Slightly pronounced, but not extreme.
FACIAL
REGION :
Nose : A prominent feature, narrow in keeping with muzzle. Any colour nose acceptable.
Muzzle : Tapering slightly but never pointed, lean without flews.
Lips : Tight and thin.
Jaws/Teeth : Jaws strong, with perfect, regular scissor bite, i.e. the upper teeth
closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws.
Cheeks : Cleanly chiselled, lean and flat, tapering into muzzle.
Crest : Ideally beginning at stop tapering off down neck. A long and flowing
crest preferred, but sparse acceptable.
Eyes : So dark as to appear black.
Little or no white showing.
Medium size. Set wide apart.
Ears : Set low : highest point of base of ear level with outside corner of
eye. Large and erect, with or without
fringe, except in Powder Puffs where drop ears are permissible.
NECK : Lean, free from
throatiness, long and sloping gracefully into strong shoulders. When moving, carried high and slightly
arched.
BODY : Medium to long,
supple.
Back : Level.
Loin : Taut.
Croup : Well rounded and muscular.
Chest : Rather broad and deep, not barrel-ribbed. Breast bone not prominent. Brisket extending to elbows.
Underline : Moderate tuck-up.
TAIL : Set high, carried
up or out when in motion. Long and
tapering, fairly straight, not curled or twisted to either side, falling
naturally when at rest. Plume long and
flowing, confined to lower two-thirds of tail.
Sparse
plume acceptable.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS : Legs long and slender, set well under body.
Shoulders : Clean, narrow and well laid back.
Elbows : Held close to body.
Pasterns : Fine, strong, nearly vertical.
HINDQUARTERS : Hindlegs set wide apart.
Angulation of the rear limb must be such as to produce a level back.
Stifles : Firm and long, sweeping smoothly into hock.
Hocks : Well let down.
FEET : Extreme hare-foot, narrow and very long, with unique elongation of
small bones between joints, especially in forefeet, which almost appear to
possess an extra joint. Nails any
colour, moderately long. Socks ideally
confined to toes, but not extending above top of pastern. Feet and toes turning neither in nor out.
GAIT / MOVEMENT :
Long, flowing and elegant with good reach and plenty of drive.
COAT
HAIR : No large patches of hair anywhere on body. Skin fine-grained, smooth, warm to the
touch. In Powder Puffs coat consists of
an undercoat with soft veil of long hair, veil coat a feature.
COLOUR : Any colour or combination of colours.
SIZE / WEIGHT :
Ideal
height in dogs : 28-33 cm (11-13 ins)
at withers.
Bitches : 23-30 cm ( 9-12 ins) at withers.
Weight
varies considerably, but should not be over 5 1/2 kgs (12 lbs).
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.
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.