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Border Collie

Border Collie

FCI standard Nº 297
Origin
 Great-Britain
Group
 Group 1 Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs (except Swiss Cattle Dogs)
Section
 Section 1 Sheepdogs
Working
 With working trial
Acceptance on a definitive basis by the FCI
 Tuesday 27 September 1977
Publication of the official valid standard
 Wednesday 24 June 1987
Last update
 Monday 21 December 2009
En français, cette race se dit
 Border Collie
Diese Norm ist in deutscher Sprache sichtbar
 Border Collie
En español, esta raza se dice
 Border Collie
In het Nederlands, wordt dit ras gezegd
 Border Collie

Usage
Sheepdog.

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.

Important proportions
Skull and foreface approximately equal in length. Body slightly longer than height at shoulder.

Behaviour / temperament
Tenacious, hard-working, of great tractability. Keen, alert, responsive and intelligent. Neither nervous nor aggressive.

Head

Cranial region
Skull
 Fairly broad, occiput not pronounced. 
Stop
 Very distinct.

Facial region
Nose
 Black, except in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brown. In blues nose should be slate colour. Nostrils well developed.
Muzzle
 Tapering to nose, moderately short and strong.
Jaws and teeth
 Teeth and jaws strong with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws.
Cheeks
 Not full or rounded.
Eyes
 Set wide apart, oval shaped, of moderate size, brown in colour except in merles where one or both 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.

Neck
Of good length, strong and muscular, slightly arched and broadening to shoulders.

Body
Body
 Athletic in appearance. Slightly longer than height at withers.
Loin
 Deep and muscular but not tucked up.
Chest
 Deep and rather broad.
Ribs
 Well sprung.

Tail
Moderately long, the bone reaching at least to 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.

Limbs

Forequarters
Generality
 Front legs parallel when viewed from front. Bone strong but not heavy.
Shoulders
 Well laid back.
Elbows
 Close to body.
Pastern
 Slightly sloping when viewed from side.
Forefeet
 Oval, pads deep, strong and sound, toes arched and close together. Nails short and strong.

Hindquarters
Generality
 Broad, muscular, in profile sloping gracefully to set on of tail.
Upper thigh
 Long, deep and muscular.
Stifle
 Well turned.
Metatarsus
 From hock to ground, hindlegs well boned and parallel when viewed from rear.
Hock
 Strong, well let down.
Hind feet
 Oval, pads deep, strong and sound, toes arched and close together. Nails short and strong.

Gait and movement
Free, smooth and tireless, with minimum lift of feet, conveying impression of ability to move with great stealth and speed.

Coat
Hair
 Two varieties : Moderately long or Smooth. In both, topcoat dense and medium textured, undercoat soft and dense giving good weather resistance. In the moderately long-coated 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 and weight
Height at withers
 Ideal height at withers males 53 cm (21 ins), females 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 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.

Disqualifying faults
 Aggressive or overly shy.

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
http://www.fci.be/
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