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FCI-Standard N° 209 / 20.04.1998 / GB |
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TIBETAN
TERRIER
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ORIGIN
: Tibet. |
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PATRONAGE
: Great Britain. |
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DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE
ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD
: 25.08.1988. |
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UTILIZATION
: Companion dog. |
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CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.
: Group 9 Companion and Toy Dogs. |
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Section 5 Tibetan breeds. |
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Without working trial. |
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GENERAL APPEARANCE
: Sturdy, medium-sized, long-haired, generally square outline; resolute
expression. |
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BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT
: Lively, good-natured. Loyal companion dog with many engaging ways.
Outgoing, alert, intelligent and game; neither fierce nor pugnacious.
Sparing of affection to strangers. |
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HEAD
: Head well furnished with long hair, falling forward over eyes. Lower jaw
carrying small, but not exaggerated amount of beard. |
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CRANIAL REGION
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Skull
: Of medium length, neither broad nor coarse, narrowing slightly from ear to
eye, neither domed nor absolutely flat between ears. |
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Stop
: Marked in front of eyes, but not exaggerated. |
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FACIAL REGION
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Nose
: Black. |
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Muzzle
: Strong. Length from eye to tip of nose equal to length from eye to base of
skull. |
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Jaw/Teeth
: Lower jaw well developed. Incisors set in slight curve, evenly spaced and
set perpendicular to jaw. Scissor or reversed scissor bite. |
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Cheeks
: Zygomatic arch curved, but not overdeveloped so as to bulge. |
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Eyes
: Large, round, neither prominent nor sunken; set fairly wide apart; dark
brown. Eye rims black. |
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Ears
: Pendant, carried not too close to head, V-shaped, not too large, heavily
feathered. |
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BODY
: Well muscled, compact and powerful. Length from point of shoulder to root
of tail equal to height at withers. |
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Back
: Level over ribs. |
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Loin
: Short, slightly arched. |
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Croup
: Level. |
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Chest
: Well ribbed up. |
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TAIL
: Medium length, set on fairly high and carried in a gay curl over back.
Very well feathered. Kink near tip often occurring and permissible. |
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LIMBS
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FOREQUARTERS
: Heavily furnished. Legs straight and parallel. |
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Shoulders
: Well laid. |
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Pasterns
: Slightly sloping. |
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HINDQUARTERS
: Heavily furnished. |
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Stifles
: Well bent. |
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Hocks
: Low set. |
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FEET
: Large, round, heavily furnished with hair between toes and pads. Standing
well down on pads; no arch in feet. |
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GAIT / MOVEMENT
: Smooth; good reach; powerful drive. When walking or trotting hind legs
should track neither inside nor outside the front legs. |
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COAT |
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HAIR
: Double coat. Undercoat fine and woolly. Top coat profuse, fine but not
silky nor woolly; long; either straight or waved but not curled. |
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COLOUR
: White, golden, cream, grey or smoke, black, parti-colour and tricolours; in
fact any colour except chocolate or liver permissible. |
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SIZE
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Height at shoulder
: Dogs 35.6 - 40.6 cm (14 - 16 ins); |
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bitches slightly smaller. |
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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 and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog. |
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Any dog clearly showing physical
or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified. |
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