BASSET FAUVE DE BRETAGNE
TRANSLATION:
John Miller and Raymond Triquet.
ORIGIN:
France.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID
STANDARD:
25.03.2003.
UTILISATION:
Scent hound used for hunting rabbit, hare, fox,
roe deer and wild boar.
F.C.I. CLASSIFICATION :
Group 6 Scent hounds and related
breeds.
Section 1.3 Small-sized hounds.
With working trial.
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY:
This little basset has the same qualities as the
breed from which it is derived: the griffon
fauve de Bretagne. Very popular in its region of
origin in the XIX century, it earned a national
reputation in the course of the last 30 years of
the XX century.
Its
exceptional aptitude for hunting has allowed it
to win the French Cup hunting trophy on rabbit a
number of times and it has become very popular.
GENERAL APPEARANCE
: The basset fauve de Bretagne, is a small,
stocky hound, lively, rapid for its size. It
benefits from enormous energy coupled with
excellent hardiness.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT:
The bassets fauves de Bretagne are impassioned
hunters but are also excellent companions of
man, sociable, affectionate and equable. They
adapt themselves easily to all terrains, even
the most difficult, and to all quarry. When
hunting they reveal themselves to be courageous,
wily, and obstinate, which makes them very
successful.
HEAD
CRANIAL REGION
:
Skull:
rather long with marked occipital protuberance.
Seen from the front, the cranium has the form of
a flattened arch and diminishes in width from
the rear to the superciliary arches, which are
not very prominent.
Stop:
A little more marked than with the griffon fauve
de Bretagne.
FACIAL REGION:
Nose:
Black or dark brown Well-open nostrils.
Muzzle:
Slightly tapering rather than being perfectly
rectangular.
Lips:
Covering well the lower jaw but without excess.
Moustaches only slightly furnished.
Jaws/Teeth:
The jaws and teeth are strong, meeting in a
perfect and even scissors bite. The upper
incisors cover the lower in close contact. The
incisors are set square to the jaws. Absence of
first premolars is not penalized.
Eyes:
Neither bulging nor set too deeply in the
orbits, dark brown in colour. The conjunctiva is
not apparent. The expression is lively.
Ears:
Finely attached, in line with the eye, just
reaching the end of the nose when drawn forward,
ending in a point, turned inwards and covered by
finer and shorter hair than on the rest of the
body.
NECK
:
Rather short and well muscled.
BODY
Back:
Short for a basset and broad. Never swaybacked.
Loin:
Broad and muscular.
Chest:
Deep and broad.
Ribs:
Rather rounded.
Abdomen:
The underline rises only slightly towards the
rear.
TAIL:
Carried slightly sickle-fashion, of medium
length, large at the base, often bristly and
well-tapered at the end. In action, the tail is
carried above the top line and makes regular
movements from side to side.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS
:
Overview:
The limbs have good bone.
Shoulder:
Oblique and well set on the thorax.
Elbow:
In the line with the body.
Forearm:
Vertical or curving slightly in (which is not to
be sought after).
Metacarpus (Pastern):
Seen in profile, somewhat oblique. Seen from the
front, in the axis of the body or slanting
slightly out (which is not to be sought after).
HINDQUARTERS
:
Overview:
Well muscled. The limbs are well poised. Seen
from behind, the rear limbs are parallel,
neither close nor wide.
Thigh:
Long and well muscled.
Hock:
Well let down and moderately bent.
Metatarsus (rear pastern):
Vertical.
FEET
:
Compact with the toes tight together, arched and
with solid nails. The pads are hard.
GAIT/MOVEMENT
:
Lively.
SKIN
: Rather thick, supple. Absence of dewlap.
COAT
HAIR
: Coat very rough, harsh, rather short, never
woolly or curly. The face shouldn’t be too
bushy.
COLOUR:
Fawn coloured, from golden wheaten to red brick
in hue. A few black hairs dispersed on the back
and ears are tolerated. Occasionally the
presence of a small white star on the chest,
something not sought after.
HEIGHT
MALES and FEMALES:
32 cm minimum (12.6”)
38
cm maximum (15.5”)
with a tolerance of 2 cm (0.8”) for exceptional
specimens.
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.
SEVERE FAULTS
:
Behaviour:
Head:
·
Wide, flat
skull. Superciliary arches too prominent,
·
Short or
pointed muzzle. Heavy and pendulous upper lips.
Eyes:
Ears
:
Body:
-
Frail in appearance. Top line not level
enough. Too tucked up.
Tail:
Limbs:
Coat:
-
Sparse, smooth, fine, soft.
ELIMINATING FAULTS
Temperament:
-
Aggressive or overly shy.
Lack of type:
·
Insufficient
breed characteristics, which means the animal on
the whole doesn’t resemble other samples of the
breed.
Jaws/Teeth:
·
Overshot or
undershot.
Eyes:
·
Overly light.
Pigmentation:
·
Totally or
partially unpigmented areas on the nose or the
edges of eyelids or lips.
Tail:
·
Kinked.
Forequarters:
·
Excessive
crook.
Dewclaws:
-
Presence of dewclaws (this breed is always
free from dewclaws).
Coat:
-
Long, woolly coat. Any coat other than that
defined by the standard.
Height:
-
Outside the limits defined by the standard.
Defects:
-
Noticeable invalidating defect. Anatomical
malformation
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.
