BORDER
COLLIE
FCI
Standard number 297
ORIGIN: Great Britain
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE VALID
STANDARD: 24.08.1988.
CLASSIFICATION FCI: Group 1. Sheepdogs
and Cattle Dogs (except Swiss Cattle Dogs)
Section 1. Sheepdogs
Without working trial
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Well proportioned,
smooth outline showing quality, gracefulness and
perfect balance, combined with sufficient substance
to give impression of endurance. Any tendency to
coarseness or weediness undesirable.
CHARACTERISTICS: Tenacious, hard-working
sheepdog, of great tractability.
TEMPERAMENT: Keen, alert, responsive
and intelligent. Neither nervous nor aggressive.
HEAD AND SKULL: Skull fairly broad,
occiput not pronounced. Cheeks not full or rounded.
Muzzle, tapering to nose, moderately short and strong.
Skull and foreface approximately equal in length.
Stop very distinct. Nose black, except in brown
or chocolate colour when it may be brown, in blues
nose should be slate colour. Nostrils well developed.
EYES: Set well apart, oval shaped,
of moderated size, brown colour except merles where
one or part of one or both may be blue. Expression
mild, keen, alert and intelligent.
EARS: Medium size and texture,
set well apart. Carried erect or semi-erect and
sensitive in use.
MOUTH: Teeth and jaws strong, with
a perfect and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper
teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square
to the jaws.
NECK: Of good length, strong and
muscular, slightly arched and broadening to shoulders.
Topline is level, with slight arch over the loins.
Body is athletic in appearance.
FOREQUARTERS: Front legs parallel
when viewed from front, pasterns slightly sloping
when viewed from the side.Bone strong but not heavy.
Shoulders well laid back, elbows close to body.
BODY: Athletic in appearance, ribs
well sprung, chest deep and rather broad, loins
deep and muscular, but not tucked up. Body slightly
longer than height at shoulder.
HINDQUARTERS: Broad, muscular and
in profile sloping gracefully to set of tail. Thighs
long, deep and muscular with well turned stifles
and strong well let down hocks.From hock to ground,
hind legs well boned and parallel when viewed from
the rear.
FEET: Oval in shape, pads deep,
strong and sound, toes arched and close together.
Nails short and strong.
TAIL: Moderately long, the bone
reaching at least to the hock, set on low, well
furnished and with an upward swirl towards the end,
completing graceful contour and balance of dog.
Tail may be raised in excitement, never carried
over back.
GAIT/MOVEMENT: Free, smooth and
tireless, with minimum lift of feet, conveying impression
of ability to move with great stealth and speed.
COAT: Two varieties: 1) Moderately
long; 2) Smooth. In both, topcoat dense, and medium
textured, undercoat soft and dense giving good weather
resistance. In moderately long coat variety, abundant
coat forms mane, breeching and brush. On face, ears,
forelegs (except for feather), hindlegs from hock
to ground, hair should be short and smooth.
COLOUR: Variety of colours permissible.
White should never predominate.
SIZE: Ideal height: dogs 53 cms
(21'' ); bitches slightly less
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.
NB: Male animals should have
two apparently normal testicles fully descended
into the scrotum
|
