Breed Standard

FCI-Standard N° 108 / 25. 09. 1998 / GB                                                                      

                                                Picardy Spaniel (Epagneul picard)

TRANSLATION : Mrs Kincaid.

ORIGIN : France.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 30.10.1964.

 

UTILIZATION : Pointing dog.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. :       Group     7          Pointing Dogs.

                                            Section       1.2   Continental Pointing                            Dogs, Spaniel type.

                                            With working trial.

GENERAL APPEARANCE: A strong, broadbacked dog, well boned with strong limbs; gentle expression; head carriage gay and striking.  Very well constructed forequarters.

HEAD

CRANIAL REGION:

Skull: Wide and rounded, prominent occiput; parietals flat.

Stop: Sloping to the muzzle, not at right angle.

FACIAL REGION:

Nose: Brown, medium sized, nicely rounded.

Muzzle: Long, sufficiently wide, tapering from the set on at the skull to the nose; very slightly arched in the middle part.

Lips: Of medium thickness, slightly let down, not hanging.

Eyes: Dark amber in colour, well opened; expression frank and friendly.

Ears: Set on rather low, framing the skull with beautiful wavy, silky hair.

NECK: Well let into the shoulders, muscular.

BODY: Haunch bones slightly lower than the withers.

Loin: Straight, not too long, wide and full.

Croup: Very slightly sloping, rounded.

Chest: Deep, sufficiently wide, reaching well down to elbow level.

Flanks: Flat, yet deep, though with a slight tuck-up.

TAIL: Set-on not too high.  Hanging down in two slight curves, convex and concave.  Not too long, furnished with lovely silky feathering.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS: Forelegs straight, well muscled, feathered.

Shoulders: Shoulder-blade rather long, somewhat upright, sufficiently muscled.

Upper arm: Well muscled.

Elbow: Well set.

HINDQUARTERS: Hindlegs well feathered down to the hock.

Haunches: Prominent, reaching to the level of the back and loins.

Upper thighs: Straight, long, broad, well muscled.

Hocks: Slightly bent.

Rear pastern: Straight.

FEET: Round, large, tight, with a little feathering between the toes.

SKIN: Rather fine and supple.

COAT

HAIR: Dense and not too silky; fine on head, slightly wavy on the body.

COLOUR: Grey mottling with brown patches on different pads of the body and root of tail.  Most often marked with tan on head and limbs.

SIZE

Height at the withers:  55 to 60 cm.

A tolerance up to 62 cm is accepted for males.

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.

·      Head pear-shaped, too narrow.

·      Skull too square, too narrow, too short.

·      Stop at right angle.

·      Nose black, pointed, pinched; split nose.

·      Muzzle too short, too curved.

·      Lips too thick, too short.

·      Eyes too light, too deep set, level with the skull; slit eyes; vicious look.

·      Ears narrow, short, set on too high, too curly or lack of silky hair.

·      Neck too long, too thin, too short.

·      Back too long, sunken.

·      Loin too long, too narrow, too weak.

·      Croup too sloping.

·      Chest too narrow, not deep enough.

·      Flanks too full, too deep, with excessive tuck-up.

·      Tail carried in sabre-fashion, too long, too curled, set-on too high or too low.

·      Forelegs without feathering, fine, tied at elbows or out at elbows.

·      Shoulder blade short, too upright or too oblique, sloping too much backwards.

·      Upper arm with weak bone.

·      Pastern joint knuckling over.

·      Haunches too low, too high, too close together.

·      Upper thighs narrow, lack of feathering.

·      Hocks too bent or cow-hocked.

·      Feet narrow, flat or splayed.

·      Skin too thick.

·      Hair fine, silky, curly, or too short.

·      Too much brown colour, patched with white or black.

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.