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CHOW CHOW |
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Origin: China
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FCI.Standard Nr
205 |
Protroage: Great Britain |
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Utilization: |
Guard
dog, compaion |
| Classification |
Group 5, Section
5,Without working trail |
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General
Appearence:
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Active,
compact, short-coupled and essentially well balanced,leonine
in appearance, proud ,dignified bearing; well knit frame; tail
carried well over back. |
| Behaviour/
Temerament: |
Quiet dog, good guard, bluish– black
tongue; unique in its stilted gait. Inderpendant, loyal, yet
aloof. |
| Head |
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| Cranial
Region |
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Skull: |
Flat, broad; well filled out under the
eyes. |
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Stop: |
Not pronounced. |
| Facial
Region |
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Nose: |
Large and wide in all cases black( with
exception of cream and near white in whichcase a
light-coloured nose is permissible, and in blues and fawn a
self-coloured nose. |
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Muzzle: |
Moderate in length, broad from eyes to
end( not pointed at end like a fox). |
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Flews: |
Flews and roof of mouth black(Blue black),
gums preferably black. Tongue bluishblack Jaws/Teeth: Teeth
strong and level, jaws strong, with a perfect, regular and
complete scissor bitei.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping
the lower teeth and set square to the jaws. |
| Eyes: |
Dark oval shaped. Medium sized and clean.
A matching coloured eye permissible in blues and fawns. Clean
eye, free from entropion, never being penalised for sake of
mere size. |
| Ears: |
Small, thick,
slightly rounded at tip, carried stiffly and wide apart but
tilting well forward over eyes and slightly towards each other
giving peculiar characteristic scowling expression of the
breed. Scowl never to be achieved by loose wrinkled skin of
head. |
| Neck: |
Strong full, not short, set well on
shoulders and slightly arched. |
| Body: |
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Back: |
Short, level and strong. |
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Loins: |
Powerful. |
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Chest: |
Broad and deep. Ribe well sprung, but not
barrelled. |
| Tail: |
Set high,carried well over back. |
| Limbs: |
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| Forquarters: |
Forelegs perfectly straight, of moderate
length, woth good bone. |
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Shoulders: |
Muscular and sloping. |
| Hindquarters: |
Hindlegs muscular. |
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Hock
joint: |
Well let down, with minimal angulation,
essential to produce the characteristic stilted gait. Never
flexing forward. |
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Hock: |
From hock joints downwards to
appear straight. |
| Feet: |
Small, round, cat-like, standing well, on
toes. |
| Gait/
Movement: |
Short and stilted. Forelegs and hindlegs
moving parallel to each other and straight forward. |
| Coat: |
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Hair. |
Either
rough or smooth.
Rough: Profuse, abundant,dense,straight and
stand-off. Outer coat rather coarse in texture, with soft
woolly undercoat. Especially thick round neck forming mane or
ruff and with good culottes or breechings on back of thighs.
Smooth: Coar short, abundant, dense, straight,
upstanding, not flat, plush-like in texture
Any artificial shortening of the coat which alters the
natural outline or expression should be penalised. |
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Colour: |
Whole coloured black, red, blue, fawn,
cream or white, frequently shaded but in patches or
parti-coloured( underpart of tail and back of thighs
frequently of a lighter colour. |
| Size: |
Height at withers: Dogs 48 –56 cm (19-22
ins) at shoulder.
Bitches 46 -51 cm (18-20 ins) at shoulder. |
| Faults: |
Any departure from
the foregoing point should be considered a fault and the
seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should in
exact proportion to its degree. |
| N.B.: |
Male animals should have two
apparently normal testicles fully decended into the scrotum.
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Standard
24.06.1987
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