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French white and orange hound

French white and orange hound

FCI standard Nº 316
Origin
 France
Translation
 Mrs Peggy Davis
Group
 Group 6 Scenthounds and related related breeds
Section
 Section 1.1 Large-sized Hounds
Working
 With working trial
Acceptance on a definitive basis by the FCI
 Monday 01 February 1982
Publication of the official valid standard
 Monday 01 February 1982
Last update
 Tuesday 18 June 1996
En français, cette race se dit
 Français blanc et orange
Diese Norm ist in deutscher Sprache sichtbar
 Französischer Weiss-oranger Laufhund
En español, esta raza se dice
 Sabueso francés blanco y naranja
In het Nederlands, wordt dit ras gezegd
 Franse witte en oranje

Usage
Scenthound.

General appearance
Typical French hound, distinguished, giving an impression of being rustic.

Head

Cranial region
Head
 Quite large, moderately elongated.
Skull
 Slightly domed, occipital crest barely marked. Without prominent superciliary arches. 
Stop
 Well marked.

Facial region
Nose
 Well developed, black, brown-orange.
Muzzle
 Of almost equal length to that of the skull.
Lips
 Quite pronounced giving the muzzle a certain squareness.
Eyes
 Large, brown and dark.
Ears
 Set slightly below eye level, supple, fine, slightly twisted and reaching to about to two fingers from the on-set of the nose.

Neck
Straight, quite long, slight dewlap.

Body
Back
 Broad and straight.
Loin
 Normally arched.
Croup
 Round without falling away.
Chest
 Broad. Ribs rounded.
Side
 Well filled.

Tail
Long.

Limbs

Forequarters
Generality
 Strong and broad.
Shoulders
 Sloping and well muscled.

Hindquarters
Upper thigh
 Very muscular.
Hock
 Near to the ground and slightly bent.

Feet
Hare-feet.

Gait and movement
Rather easy, gallop light and sustained.

Skin
White with yellow or orange markings; the palate can be yellow. Scrotum white or yellow.

Coat
Hair
 Short and fine.
Colour
 White-lemon or white and orange on condition that the orange is not too dark going on to red.

Size and weight
Height at withers
 62-70 cm with 2 cm tolerance for the maximum size.

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 and its ability to perform its traditional work.
• Faults listed should be in degree of seriousness.

General faults
 Faulty conformation.
 Muzzle thin or too long.
 Overshot or undershot mouth.
 Light eyes.
 Tail curved up or deviated.
 Colours of the coat other than those previously mentioned, particularly black or red hair.
 Depigmentation.

Disqualifying faults
 Aggressive or overly shy dogs.

NB :
• Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.
• The above mentioned faults when occurring to a highly marked degree or frequently are disqualifying.
• Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
• Only functionally and clinically healthy dogs, with breed typical conformation should be used for breeding.

Bibliography
https://www.fci.be/
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