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Cimarrón Uruguayo

Cimarrón Uruguayo

FCI standard Nº 353
Origin
 Uruguay
Translation
 Jorge Nallem, in collaboration with Raymond Triquet, Renée Sporre-Willes and Jennifer Mulholland. (Official language: ES)
Group
 Group 2 Pinschers and Schnauzers, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain- and Cattle dogs
Section
 Section 2.1 Molossoid, Dogue type
Working
 Without working trial
Acceptance on a definitive basis by the FCI
 Tuesday 07 November 2017
Publication of the official valid standard
 Thursday 16 June 2022
Last update
 Friday 08 July 2022
En français, cette race se dit
 Cimarron Uruguayen
Diese Norm ist in deutscher Sprache sichtbar
 Uruguayischer Cimarron
En español, esta raza se dice
 Cimarrón Uruguayo
In het Nederlands, wordt dit ras gezegd
 Cimarrón Uruguayo

Usage
Excellent for herding, big game hunting and guard.

Brief historical summary
The origin of the Cimmarón Uruguayo is uncertain. It is known to be descended from the dogs introduced by the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors. These dogs left in the country crossed among themselves. Natural selection had as a result that only the fitter, the stronger and more clever individuals survived. This is how the Cimarrón was born. The inhabitants of the time, recognizing the value of these dogs, domesticated them and progressively began to use them successfully as guards of their estates and as herding dogs in their daily work with cattle.

General appearance
The Cimmarón Uruguayo is a medium sized dog of dogue type, strong, compact, with good bone, well muscled and agile.

Important proportions
- Height at the withers : length = 10 : 11.
- Height at the withers is equal to the height at the croup.
- Muzzle slightly shorter than skull.
- Height to elbow same as from elbow to the withers.

Behaviour / temperament
Balanced, intelligent and of great courage.

Head

Cranial region
Skull
 Wider than long. Occiput slightly pronounced. 
Stop
 Moderate.

Facial region
Nose
 Broad, black or in accordance with coat colour.
Muzzle
 Powerful. Medium width, slightly shorter than skull.
Lips
 Upper lip covers lower lip but is not hanging.
Jaws and teeth
 Jaws strong, powerful. Teeth strong, well aligned, preferably complete bite, allowing absence of PM1. Scissor bite, i.e. upper incisors closely overlapping the lower incisors and set square to the jaws.
Cheeks
 Well developed, not bulging.
Eyes
 Medium size, almond shape, with inquisitive expression. Any shade of brown and in accordance with coat color, the darker the better. Eyelids tightly fitting eyeball and fully pigmented.
Ears
 Medium size, set neither too high nor too low, triangular, drooping but not close to the cheeks or in rose shape. Traditionally cropped in country of origin.

Neck
Strong, well muscled, not too long.

Body
Topline
 Level or with a slight depression behind the withers.
Withers
 Well defined.
Loin
 Short, strong, slightly arched.
Croup
 Of good length, broad, sloping at 30º on the horizontal.
Chest
 Deep, reaching at least to the elbow. Broad and well developed. Ribs well sprung, but not barrel shaped. Forechest well defined.

Tail
Thick, medium set. Reaching to the hock. At rest carried low. In motion carried horizontally or slightly upward.

Limbs

Forequarters
Generality
 Viewed from the front, straight and parallel.
Shoulders
 Shoulderblade is well laid back.
Upper arm
 Same length as the shoulder blade.
Elbows
 Neither turned in nor out.
Forearm
 Straight. Strong bone.
Pastern
 Seen from the side, slightly sloping.
Forefeet
 Oval shaped, well-knit toes. With strong pads.

Hindquarters
Generality
 Well muscled and powerful, seen from behind straight and parallel.
Upper thigh
 Well developed.
Stifle
 Well angulated.
Metatarsus
 Firm, of medium length.
Hind feet
 Cat feet, strong pads.

Gait and movement
Effortless. With good reach in front and good drive behind. In movement, seen from the front and from behind, the legs are parallel, single tracking when speed increases.

Skin
Thick and supple.

Coat
Hair
 Short, smooth, close to the body, with undercoat.
Colour
 Brindle or all shades of fawn, the latter may have black shadings. Also bluish brindle and bluish fawn, all with or without mask. White marks are allowed in the following places: under jaw, the throat, fore chest, abdomen and lower part of legs not exceeding up the wrist or half way up the metatarsus.

Size and weight
Height at withers
 Males: 58–61cm. (2 cm tolerance). Females: 55–58 cm. (2 cm tolerance).
Weight
 Males: 38–45 kg. Females: 33–40 kg.

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
 Lips excessively pendulous at corners.
 Excessive dewlap.
 Cheeks too prominent.

Serious faults
 White markings with the exception of those mentioned above.
 Clear departure from the important proportions.
 Absence of sexual dimorphism.
 Size under or over the stipulated height (including the tolerance).
 Sloping topline.

Disqualifying faults
 Aggressive or overly shy dogs.
 Clear lack of type.
 Undershot.
 Overshot.
 Unpigmented nose.
 Long hair.
 Genetic brown (chocolate) coat colour, in fawns or brindles with nose and gums brown and light eyes.
 Any colour not mentioned.

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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