ARBA announces its new Senior Master Championship today in Cheltenham.
Maryland. In order to earn this championship your dog must already be a Master
Champion and your dog
must earn four group ones over the year..
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American Rare
Breed Association
FCI-Standard N° 304 / 19. 08. 1996 / GB
RUSSIAN-EUROPEAN LAIKA
(Russko-Evropeïakaïa Laïka)
TRANSLATION : Mrs. C. Seidler.
ORIGIN : Russia.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD :
03.06.1980.
UTILIZATION : Multipurpose hunting dog, sledge- and
draught dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 5 Spitz and primitive
Types. Section 2 Nordic hunting dogs. With working
trial.
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : The Russian-european Laika
has been bred from the hunting Laiki of the northern
zone of the European part of Russia. Apart from its
main area of distribution the breed is widely spread in
the middle and central zones of Russia. Since many
years it is bred in large breeding kennels.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : Medium size. Constitution clean
and strong. Skeleton strong. Muscles well developed.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS : Index of format (length of the
body x 100 : height at withers) in dogs 100-103, in
bitches 100-105.
BEHAVIOUR AND TEMPERAMENT : Lively.
HEAD : Not large.
CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : In shape approaching an equilateral triangle.
FACIAL REGION :
Muzzle : Dry and pointed, with tight fitting lips.
Jaw/Teeth : Strong, white; scissor bite.
Eyes : Not large, oval, slanting, dark.
Ears : Mobile prick-ears, pointed at the end.
BODY :
Back : Strong, muscular.
Loins : Short, slightly arched.
Croup : Broad, not long, slightly sloping.
Chest : Deep, well developed.
Belly : Markedly tucked up.
TAIL : Either sickle or ring tail, carried over back or
buttocks.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS : Legs straight. Well formed sloping
shoulders. Pastern not long, slightly inclined.
HINDQUARTERS : Strong with good angulation of hocks.
Lower thigh sufficiently long (a line, dropped
vertically from the ischiadic tuberosity should run
along the front part of the almost vertical metatarsus).
Dewclaws should be removed.
FEET : Oval with strong, tight toes.
GAIT/MOVEMENT : Typical gait : gallop, alternating with
short trot.
SKIN : Thick, without any folds.
COAT
HAIR : Harsh and straight with well developed undercoat.
Short and close fitting on head and ears. Longer on
neck, withers and shoulders. Forms beard on cheek-bones
and a stand-off collar on neck. On the front side the
limbs are covered with smooth close fitting hair, on the
rear side it is somewhat longer, but does not form any
feathering.
COLOUR : Black, grey, white, pepper and salt, dark with
white patches, white with dark patches. Strong ticking
on limbs and red colour are undesirable.
SIZE :
Height at the withers : For males :
52-58 cm.
For bitches : 50-56 cm.
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.
ELIMINATING FAULTS :
Aggressive or overly shy.
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.
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