FCI-Standard N° 320 / 24.
07. 1996 /GB
WIREHAIRED SLOVAKIAN
POINTER
(Slovenský hrubosrstý
Stavač)
TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy
Davis.
ORIGIN : Slovakia.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF
THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 06.01.1995.
UTILIZATION : Pointer.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. :
Group 7 Pointing dogs Section
1.1
Continental Pointing Dogs,
type “Braque”.
With working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : Dog
of moderate strength, working type, but with nobleness in his lines.
The basic colour of the coat is called “grey” and the hair is
harsh (hard). He must be fit
and able to work on the plain, in the woods and in the water and
especially to work after the shooting, searching and retrieving wounded
game. He is obedient and
easy to train.
IMPORTANT PORPORTIONS :
Shape : The ratio of
length of the body to the height at the withers must be of 10 : 9 in the
males and of 10 : 8 in the females.
Unique type : It is
desirable that the dog be solidly built, but not of a heavy type.
HEAD : General
description : Sufficiently long, lean, without folds in the skin,
proportional to the body.
CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Rectangular shape,
the superciliary arches must be pronounced, the frontal furrow visible.
The occipital crest is felt at the touch.
Stop : The slope is
moderate (about 45°).
FACIAL REGION :
Nose : Sufficiently
large, dark in colour. Large nostrils.
Muzzle : Approximately
the same length as the skull, sufficiently high and wide.
Lower jaw even and strong with a well developed set of teeth.
The muzzle is straight.
Lips :
Moderately developed; fitting closely, dark in colour.
Teeth : Well developed,
scissor bite.
Eyes : Almond shape, well
set into the eyesocket, of amber colour, with an intelligent expression.
In the puppies and the young dogs, they are bluish (azure).
The eyelids are dark.
Leathers : Of
proportional length, set above eye level.
Broad at the inset (base) and the flap is rounded.
NECK : Of medium length,
lean, without skin folds, well muscled; inserted high in the withers.
BODY :
General appearance,
topline : The dog is well built, rather high in size, straight back, the
neck attached high and the head carried high.
Wither : Is well
pronounced and well linked with the line of the back.
Back : Is straight, well
muscled, solid, very slightly sloping towards the rear.
The croup is broad, sufficiently long, neither overbuilt nor
drooping.
Chest : Sufficiently long
and broad, oval, in proportion with the whole of the body, let down to
the elbow. Ribs well sprung,
breast well developed.
Underline and Belly :
Moderately tucked in.
TAIL : Moderately strong,
set rather high, carried downwards when the dog is at rest; carried
horizontally when the dog is in action.
Well furnished with hair but not brush style.
The tail is shortened (docked) at half length.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS :
On the whole well developed, vertical seen from the front or in
profile.
Scapulo-humeral angle :
110°.
Angle of elbow : 135°.
Shoulder : Well developed
and muscled.
Shoulder-blades : Placed
obliquely.
Forearm : Vertical with
lean and marked musculature.
Carpus (Carpal joint) :
Practically vertical.
Metacarpus (Pastern) :
Quite strong, relatively short, almost vertical.
Forefeet : Rounded with
tight and well arched toes.
The nails and the pads are dark in colour.
Claws of inner toes must be removed.
HINDQUARTERS : Well
angulated ensemble seen from profil, and vertical seen from behind.
Thighs : Sufficiently
long, broad and well muscled.
Angle of hip, (coxal-femoral)
: 80° to 85°.
Leg : Broad, sufficiently
long and well muscled.
Femoral-tibial (stifle)
angle : Between 125° and 130°.
Angle of the hock :
Between 125° and 135°.
Hock : Almost vertical.
Hind feet : Rounded, toes
tight and well arched. The nails and the pads are dark in colour.
Dewclaws must be removed.
GAIT / MOVEMENT
: Balanced, lively; at work on
the plain the dog gallops.
SKIN : Of medium
thickness, elastic, without folds, of a grey colour.
COAT
HAIR : Undercoat : down
short and fine. Normally looses it in the summer.
Topcoat about 4 cm long, harsh, straight and flat.
At the lower part of the muzzle, the hair is longer and softer,
forming a moustache. Above
the eyes, the hair is more marked and laying obliquely.
The forehead and the occiput are covered with short harsh hair.
The hair on the leathers is short and soft.
The tail is very hairy.
COLOUR : The basic colour
is brown shaded sable (said “grey”) with varying lighter and darker
shadings without white markings, or with white markings on the legs, and
on the chest. Also “grey”
with more or less large markings, eventually speckled.
SIZE :
The height at withers :
Is from 62 to 68 cm for the males and from 57 to 64 cm 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.
SERIOUS FAULTS :
Size too big or too small
in relation to the standard.
Colour much too light
going to nearly white.
Heavy appearance and
without nobleness.
Head too strong.
Arched back.
Leathers too long or too
thick.
Hair too long or silky.
Hair too short, without moustaches.
ELIMINATORY FAULTS :
Other basic colour than
the “grey” (brown shaded sable).
All anatomical faults
like prognathism upper and lower, entropion, ectropion, irregular
position of the legs.
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.
