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Miniature Pinschers and American Cocker Spaniels
MINIATURE PINSCHER
Kennel Club, London 1994. Revised May 1996
GENERAL APPEARANCE -
Well balanced, sturdy,
compact, elegant, short coupled, smooth-coated toy dog. Naturally well
groomed, proud, vigorous and alert.
CHARACTERISTICS -
Precise hackney gait,
fearless animation, complete self-possession and spirited presence.
TEMPERAMENT -
Fearless and alert.
HEAD AND SKULL -
More elongated than short
and round. Narrow, without conspicuous cheek formation. In
proportion to body. Skull flat when viewed from front. Muzzle rather
strong and proportionate to skull. Nostrils well formed. Nose black
with the exception of chocolate and blue in which it may be self-coloured.
EYES -
Fitting well into face.
Neither too full nor round, nor too small or slanting. Black or nearly
black.
EARS -
Set on high, as small as
possible, erect or dropped.
MOUTH -
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.
NECK -
Strong yet graceful,
slightly arched. Well fitted into shoulders. Free from throatiness.
FOREQUARTERS -
Forechest well developed and full, moderately broad; shoulders clean, sloping
with moderate angulation. Legs straight, medium bone, elbows close to
body.
BODY -
Square, back line straight,
sloping towards rear. Belly moderately tucked up. Ribs well sprung,
deep rather than barrelled. Viewed from top slightly wedge shaped.
HINDQUARTERS -
Parallel and wide enough
apart to fit in with a properly built body. Hindquarters well developed,
muscular with good sweep of stifle, and hocks turning neither in nor out.
Legs straight, medium bone.
FEET -
Cat-like; nails dark,.
TAIL -
Continuation of topline
carried a little high and preferably docked short.
GAIT/MOVEMENT -
Co-ordinated to permit a
true hackneyed action.
COAT -
Smooth, hard and short.
Straight and lustrous. Closely adhering to and uniformly covering body.
Hair forming ridge on any part of head, body or legs highly undesirable.
COLOUR -
Black, blue, chocolate with
sharply defined tan markings on cheeks, lips, lower jaw, throat, twin spots
above eyes and chest, lower half of forelegs, inside of hindlegs and vent
region, lower portion of hocks and feet. All above colours have black pencilling
on toes without thumb marks except chocolates which have brown pencilling. Solid
red of various shades. Slight white on chest permissible but undesirable.
SIZE
- Height: from 25.5cm - 30cm (10 - 12 ins) at withers
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.
NOTE - Male animals
should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
Toy Group A.N.K.C.
© January 1998
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