FCI-Standard N° 106 /
07. 09. 1998 / GB
BLUE PICARDY SPANIEL
(Epagneul bleu de
Picardie)
TRANSLATION
: Mrs. Peggy Davis.
ORIGIN :
France.
DATE OF
PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 24.06.1987.
UTILIZATION
: Pointing dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. :
Group 7 Pointing Dogs.
Section 1.2Continental Pointing Dogs; « Spaniel » type.
With working trial.
GENERAL
APPEARANCE : Quite low to the ground dog, well built for the job.
General appearance on the whole, a true Picardy Spaniel.
HEAD
CRANIAL
REGION :
Skull :
Oval, relatively wide without prominent parietal bones, occipital crest
slightly visible.
Stop :
Moderately accentuated but marked.
FACIAL
REGION :
Nose :
Broad, well open nostrils.
Muzzle :
Long and quite broad.
Lips : Wide
and pendulous forming a distinctly square muzzle.
Eyes : Calm
expression; eyes dark, large, well open.
Leathers :
Must be set slightly above the eye level, quite thick, framing the head;
beautiful wavy silky hair; the leather stretched in its length must
reach the tip of the muzzle.
NECK : Well
set. A slight dewlap is
permitted.
BODY :
Back and
loin : Not too long, well sustained.
Croup :
Rather a little falling away.
Chest : Of
medium depth.
Ribs :
Harmoniously sprung and descending to elbow level.
TAIL : Not
extending too much beyond the hock and definitely without a hook.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS :
Shoulder
and upper arm : Slightly oblique.
Forearm :
Strong and well muscled.
Forefoot :
Round, a little broad but not flat, well furnished with hair in between
tightly closed toes.
HINDQUARTERS :
Upper
thighs : Well muscled.
Lower
thighs : Long and furnished with profuse fringes.
Hocks :
Bent without exaggeration and furnished with fringes from the hock to
the foot.
Hind foot :
Round, a little broad but not flat, well furnished with hair in between
tightly closed toes.
COAT
HAIR :
Flat; or slightly wavy: legs and tail well furnished with fringes.
COLOUR :
Grey black speckled forming a bluish shade, with black patches.
SIZE
:
Height at
the withers : 57 to 60 cm for the males, a little less for the females.
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.
Skull : Too
narrow-lacking chiselling.
Muzzle :
Pointed.
Eye : Light
and too small.
Leather :
Short, set too high and too thin.
Chest :
Ribs too flat or too round.
Foot :
Flat, splayed or too broad.
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.
