FCI-Standard N° 352 /
12.06.2006 / GB
RUSSIAN TOY
(Russkiy Toy)
TRANSLATION : RKF, revised by R. Triquet and J. Mulholland.
ORIGIN : Russia.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 21.02.2006
UTILIZATION: Companion Dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.: Group 9 Companion and Toy dogs.
Section 9 Continental Toy Spaniels and Russian Toys.
Without working trial.
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY:
At the beginning of the 20th century, the English Toy Terrier was one of
the most popular toy dogs in Russia.
However, in the period 1920 – 1950 the breeding of pure toy
terriers was almost stopped and the number of dogs fell to a critical
level. Only in the mid-fifties
did Russian dog-breeders begin the revival of the breed.
Practically all dogs which were used for breeding had no
pedigrees; many of them were not pure blood.
The Standard drafted for Toy Terriers significantly differed from
that of the English Toy Terrier in many aspects.
From this moment, the evolution of the breed in Russia went its
own way.
On the 12th of October, 1958 two smooth-haired dogs, one of which had
slightly longer hair, gave birth to a male dog with a spectacular
fringes on ears and limbs.
It was decided to keep this feature.
The male was mated with a female which also
had slightly long hair.
Thus the longhaired variety of the Russian Toy appeared.
It was called Moscow Longhaired Toy Terrier.
A dog breeder from Moscow, Yevgueniya Fominichna Zharova, played an
important role in the creation of this breed variant.
It was during a long period of development, in an
isolated context,
along with a specifically
conducted selection that a
new breed was created : the
Russian Toy with two
varieties:
Longhaired and smooth-haired.
GENERAL APPEARANCE: A small elegant dog, lively, long-legged, with fine
bone and lean muscles.
Sexual dimorphism only slightly defined.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS:
Square build. The height at elbows is
only slightly more than half of the height at withers ; the chest
is sufficiently deep.
BEHAVIOUR/TEMPERAMENT: Active, very cheerful, neither cowardly nor
aggressive. The behaviour
is significantly different between males and females.
HEAD: Small compared to the body.
CRANIAL REGION:
Skull: High but not too wide (width at the
level of zygomatic arches does not exceed the depth of the skull).
Stop: Clearly pronounced.
FACIAL REGION:
Nose: Small, black or matching the coat colour.
Muzzle: Lean and pointed, slightly shorter than the skull.
Lips: Thin, lean, tight- fitting and dark or matching the coat colour.
Jaws/Teeth: Small, white.
Scissor bite. Absence of 2
incisors permitted in each jaw.
Cheekbones: Only slightly pronounced.
Eyes: Quite large, rounded, dark, slightly prominent, set well apart and
looking straight ahead. Eyelids are dark or matching the coat colour,
tightly fitting.
Ears: Big, thin, set high, erect.
NECK: Long, lean, carried high, slightly arched.
BODY:
Topline: Gradually sloping from the withers to the root of the tail.
Withers: Slightly pronounced.
Back: Strong and straight.
Loin: Short and slightly arched.
Croup: The croup is somewhat rounded and slightly sloping.
Chest: The chest is oval, sufficiently deep and not too wide.
Underline and Belly: Tucked up belly and drawn up flanks, forming a
nicely curved line from the chest to the flanks.
TAIL: Docked (only two or three vertebrae are left), carried high. In
countries where tail docking is prohibited by law, it is left in its
natural state. Undocked: sickle tail.
It should not be carried lower than back level.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS: Thin and lean; seen from the front, the front legs are
straight and parallel.
Shoulders: The shoulder blades are moderately long and not too sloping.
Upper arm: Forming an angle of 105 degrees with the shoulder blade.
The length of upper arm is approximately equal to the length of
shoulder.
Elbows: In line with the body.
Forearm: Long, straight.
Carpus (Wrist): Lean.
Metacarpus (Pastern): Almost vertical.
Forefeet: Small, oval,
turning neither in nor out.
Toes well-knit and
arched. Nails and resilient
pads are black or match the coat colour.
HINDQUARTERS: Seen from the rear, the hind legs are straight and
parallel, but standing a little
bit wider than the forelegs.
Stifles and hocks are sufficiently bent.
Upper thigh: Muscles are lean and developed.
Lower thigh: The upper and lower thighs are of the same length.
Hock: Sufficiently angulated.
Metatarsus (Rear pastern): Vertical.
Hind feet: Arched , a little bit narrower than forefeet.
Nails and pads are black or match the coat colour.
GAIT/MOVEMENT: Easy, straightforward, fast.
No noticeable change in the topline when moving.
SKIN: Thin, dry and tight-fitting.
COAT
HAIR: There exists two types for the breed: smooth-haired and longhaired.
Smooth-haired: short, close-lying, shiny hair, without undercoat or bald
patches.
Longhaired: body is covered with moderately long (3-5 cm), straight
or slightly wavy
hair, close-lying, which
does not hide the natural outline of the
body . Hair on the
head and on the front part of limbs is short and close -lying.
Distinct feathers on rear side of limbs.
The feet have long,
silky hair which completely
hides the nails. Ears are
covered with thick, long hair forming a fringe.
Dogs of more than 3 years have such a fringe,
which should completely hide the outer edges and tips of the ears.
Body hair should not look tousled nor be
too short (less than 2 cm.).
COLOUR: Black and tan, brown and tan, blue and tan. Also red of any
shade with or without black or brown overlay.
Richer shades are preferable for all colours.
SIZE AND WEIGHT:
Height at withers:
Dogs and bitches: 20
– 28 cm (tolerance +/- 1
cm)
Weight:
Dogs and bitches: up to 3 kg.
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.
Timid behaviour.
Level bite or incisors sloping forward.
Semi-pricked ears. This
condition in longhaired dogs with heavy fringes is permissible but not
desirable.
Low set tail.
Presence of bald patches in smooth-haired dogs.
Too long or too short hair on body of longhaired dogs.
Small white spots on chest and toes.
Solid black, brown and blue colours.
Tan markings too large or with dark shadings.
ELIMINATING FAULTS:
Aggressive, overly shy.
Overshot, pronounced undershot.
Absence of 1 canine; absence of more than 2 incisors in either
jaw.
Hanging ears.
Short legs.
Many bald patches in short-haired dogs.
Longhaired dogs: absence of fringes on ears and presence of curly hair.
White coat, white spots on
the head, abdomen and above metacarpus; large white patches on chest and
throat, presence of brindle markings.
Size over 30 cm or under 18 cm.
Weight less than 1 kg.
Any dogs clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be
disqualified.
NB: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully
descended into the scrotum.
