ORIGIN :
China.
PATRONAGE :
Great Britain.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 24.06.1987.
UTILIZATION : Guard dog, companion.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 5 Spitz and
primitive type.
Section 5 Asian Spitz and related
breeds.
Without
working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE :
Active, compact, short-coupled and essentially well balanced, leonine in
appearance, proud, dignified bearing; well knit frame; tail carried well over
back.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : Quiet dog, good guard, bluish-black tongue; unique in its stilted
gait. Independant, loyal, yet
aloof.
HEAD
CRANIAL
REGION :
Skull : Flat, broad; well filled out under the eyes.
Stop : Not pronounced.
FACIAL
REGION :
Nose : Large and wide in all cases black (with exception of cream and near
white in which case a light-coloured nose is permissible, and in blues and
fawns a self-coloured nose).
Muzzle : Moderate in length, broad from eyes to end (not pointed at end like a
fox).
Flews : Flews and roof of mouth black (blue black), gums preferably
black. Tongue bluish black.
Jaws/Teeth : Teeth strong and level, jaws strong, with a perfect, regular and
complete scissor bite, i.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 :
Back : Short, level and strong.
Loins : Powerful.
Chest
: Broad and deep.
Ribs well sprung, but not barrelled.
TAIL : Set high, carried
well over back.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS : Forelegs perfectly straight, of moderate length, woth good bone.
Shoulders : Muscular and sloping.
HINDQUARTERS : Hindlegs muscular.
Hock
joint : Well let down, with minimal angulation,
essential to produce the characteristic stilted gait. Never flexing forward.
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
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 : Coat 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.
COLOUR : Whole coloured black, red, blue, fawn, cream or white, frequently
shaded but not 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 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.
