FCI-Standard N° 90 / 09. 11. 1998 / GB
BURGOS POINTING DOG
(Perdiguero de Burgos)
TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.
ORIGIN : Spain.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID
STANDARD : 26.05.1982.
UTILIZATION : Pointing dog for fur and
feather; much appreciated by the hunters who want a robust dog,
resistant on any terrain and for any type of hunting, obedient, strong
and above all endowed with a keen sense of smell.
His excellent skill and style of hunting results from his calm
and firmness in tracking as well as from his impeccable pointing and
retrieving. Although usually
used on small game, he is not averse to the hunting of big game, a task
where he shows great courage.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 7 Pointing
Dogs. Section 1.1
Continental Pointing Dogs, type « Braque ».
With working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : Hunting dog of good
size, well balanced and of medium proportions.
With a well developed head and pendulous ears, a compact body and
solid legs; short coat. Of medium frame the length of the body should
possibly be the same as the height at the withers.
In stance and in movement balance in proportions and functional
harmony are desired.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : Robust, balanced,
calm and sedate he is an excellent pointing dog, specializing in hunting
feathered and small game.
With his soft, very noble expression, it is a breed with an excellent
temperament, docility and intelligence.
HEAD
GENERAL APPEARANCE : Large and powerful with
a well developed skull, a strong foreface and muzzle, and hanging
corkscrew ears. The cranial-facial
ensemble seen from above must be moderately rectangular with progressive
diminution towards the nose, without however giving an appearance of a
pointed muzzle. The relation
between the length of the skull and that of the muzzle is of 6 to 5.
The cranial-facial axes are divergent.
CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Broad, strong, rounded, convex in
profile, with a well marked median furrow and a slightly marked
occipital crest.
Superciliary arches pronounced.
Stop : Gentle slope, only slightly marked.
FACIAL REGION :
Nose : Dark brown, wet, large and wide with
open nostrils.
Muzzle : Straight in profile or very
slightly convex towards the nose.
Broad in its entire length, must not give the impression of being
pointed. Broad nasal bridge.
Lips : Hanging without being limp.
Upper lip should well cover the lower lip.
The lower lip forms a well defined labial corner (commissure).
The mucous membranes must be dark brown.
Jaws/Teeth : Teeth solid, white and sound.
Scissor bite. All
premolars must be present.
Eyes : Medium size, almond shaped; colour
preferably dark hazel with a noble and soft expression sometimes giving
the impression of sadness.
Eyelids medium thick, brown pigmented the same as the mucous membranes.
The lower lid should be as close as possible to the eyeball.
Leathers : Large and hanging, of triangular
shape. Set at eye level. At
rest, they hang gracefully in corkscrew.
Without being drawn forward they must meet the corner of the lips
but not the nose. Soft and
limp to the touch, with fine skin and hair, distinct plexus of veins.
When the dog is attentive, the ear set is higher and the line of
the set-on flatter.
Palate : With pink mucous membranes and well
marked ridges.
NECK : Strong and powerful; broad at the
beginning, widening slightly towards the body.
Upper line slightly arched.
Underline with a well defined double dewlap starting from both
corners of the lips, without being too much exaggerated.
BODY :
General appearance : Square, strong and
robust with powerful chest and thorax, giving the impression of power
and agility.
Withers : Well defined.
Topline : Straight, horizontal or preferably
with a slight slope down from the withers.
Never a sway back.
Without rocking or rolling when on the move.
Back : Powerful and muscular.
Loin : Of medium length, broad and muscular,
giving the impression of power.
Croup : Broad and solid.
Its inclination in relation to the topline, or also to the ground,
should be inferior to 45°.
Height at the croup equal or slightly less than the height at the
withers.
Chest : Broad, deep, reaching elbow level,
muscular and powerful. Point
of sternum quite prominent.
Ribs well developed, round, not flat, rib spaces well marked and getting
wider towards the floating ribs.
The thoracic perimeter must be equal to the height at the withers
increased by a quarter of the height at the withers.
Belly/Flanks : Belly moderately tucked up
towards the genitals. Flanks
deep and well defined.
TAIL : Thick at the root, set at medium
height. Is docked to one
third or to the half of its length.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS :
View of the ensemble : Limbs vertical,
straight and parallel. Solid
bone structure. Short
pasterns with well developed feet.
Shoulders : Moderately oblique, muscled.
The shoulder blade must have about the same length as the upper
arm.
Upper arm : Strong and well muscled.
Its length should be 2/3 of that of the forearm.
Elbows : Close to the body
Forearm : Of strong bone structure with well
defined tendons. Straight,
vertical. Its length is
double that of the total length from the pastern joint (carpus) to the
ground.
Pastern (Metacarpus) : Very slightly oblique
in profile, practically in the prolongation of the forearm.
Solid bone structure.
Feet : Cat feet, strong tight toes, well
knuckled-up. Dark nails.
Pads hard, very broad and resistant.
Interdigital membrane moderately developed.
Angulations : Scapular-humeral angle about
100°.
Humeral-radial angle
about 125°.
HINDQUARTERS :
View of the ensemble : Powerful and muscular,
strong bone, with vertical limbs and correct angles; well marked and
bent hocks not deviated, giving the impression of power and solidity.
Upper thigh : Very strong with a well
developed, clearly defined, visible musculature.
Its length is 3/4 of that of the lower thigh.
Lower thigh : Long, of strong bone structure
with a length double than that of the hock.
Hock joint : Well marked, with tendon
clearly visible.
Hock : Strong bone, perpendicular to the
ground.
Feet : Cat-feet, like those of the forelegs,
though slightly longer.
Angulations : Coxal-femoral angle - about
100°.
Femoral-tibial angle - about 120°.
Angle at hockjoint blunter than 130°.
GAIT / MOVEMENT : Typical gait of the breed
is a steady economical trot, flowing and powerful without tendency to
lateral rolling movement or to ambling.
SKIN : Elastic without being loose, thick,
abundant, of pink colour without patches.
All mucous membranes should be brown, never black.
COAT
HAIR : Dense, of medium thickness, short,
smooth and evenly distributed all over the body down to the tissue
between toes; finer on the head, the leathers and the legs.
COLOUR : The basic colours of the coat are
white and liver. These
colours mix irregularly, giving a liver-marbled or greyish liver or
liver-speckled coat as well as other combinations, according to whether
the liver or the white is predominant and according to whether the white
patches are smaller or larger.
A very frequent characteristic of the coat, although not
necessary, is a distinct white patch on the forehead; the leathers are
always spotted in self-coloured liver.
The liver coloured hairs may form distinct patches of that colour,
spread irregularly over the whole coat of the animal.
The same applies to white hairs which may form patches of that
colour in the coat without,
however, being very extended.
Never to be admitted : black colour or tan markings above the
eyes and on the legs.
HEIGHT AT THE WITHERS :
Male :
62-67 cm.
Bitches :
59-64 cm.
This breed shows a high degree of dimorphism,
the males being more homogenous and the females of more variable sizes
and much finer in general.
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.
SLIGHT FAULTS :
Nasal bridge slightly convex (Roman nose)
without exaggeration.
Absence of some premolar.
Pincer bite.
Conjunctiva (haw) very slightly visible.
Lips and dewlap, without being excessive,
very pronounced.
Upper line not very solid.
Front and rear pasterns and feet weak
without exaggeration.
Scars, wounds and abrasions of skin
resulting from hunting work.
IMPORTANT FAULTS :
Light general appearance, frail or
excessively heavy, and lethargic.
Cranio-facial axes parallel.
Head small, not in balance with the body.
Narrow skull.
Pointed muzzle.
Absence of various premolars or canines, not
due to traumatism.
Very pronounced entropion or ectropion;
light eyes.
Ears too long and too low set.
Flews or dewlap exaggerated.
Sway back.
Height at the croup noticeably superior to
the height at withers.
Incorrect limbs, weak, not vertical.
Loose elbows.
Cow hocks.
Coat wavy or too long.
Unbalanced temperament.
ELIMINATING FAULTS :
Aggresive or overly shy.
Cranio-facial axes clearly convergent.
Partial or total depigmentation of the nose.
Split nose or black nose.
Undershot mouth of any degree.
Excessively overshot mouth.
Albinism (coat and mucous membranes).
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.
