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Dupuy Pointing Dog |
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FCI standard Nº 178 |
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Origin |
France | |
Translation |
Mrs. Peggy Davis | |
Group |
Group 7 Pointing Dogs | |
Section |
Section 1.1 Continental Pointing Dogs « Braque » Type | |
Working |
With working trial | |
Acceptance on a definitive basis by the FCI |
Friday 21 June 1963 | |
Publication of the official valid standard |
Friday 07 August 1998 | |
En français, cette race se dit |
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Braque Dupuy |
Diese Norm ist in deutscher Sprache sichtbar |
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Dupuy Vorstehhund |
En español, esta raza se dice |
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Braco Dupuy |
In het Nederlands, wordt dit ras gezegd |
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Braque Dupuy |
Usage |
| Pointing Dog. |
Brief historical summary |
| There are traces of this breed since the 18th century and in Poitou in western France. Probably derived from a cross of the old French Braque and Greyhound Greyhound, it has now virtually disappeared. |
General appearance |
| Big dog, elegant, noble and of a supreme distinction, mixture of lightness, suppleness and strength. The males are generally more angulated than the females, especially in the hindquarters (haunches and buttocks). |
Head |
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Cranial region |
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Head |
Long, narrow, fine, lean. | |
Skull |
Narrow and long, rounded; occiput very accentuated, frontal bone prominent, cheeks flat. | |
Facial region |
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Nose |
Dark brown, large, jutting out above the lip and slightly pointed; well open nostrils. | |
Muzzle |
Long, narrow and receding, linked to the skull in a straight line and without a break or "stop". | |
Lips |
Fine, lean, thin, tight, receding, the upper lip simply covering the lower lip without being lippy or pendulous. | |
Jaws and teeth |
Adapting correctly; dentition very powerful. | |
Cheeks |
Flat. | |
Eyes |
Golden or brown color, open, soft and dreamy look. | |
Ears |
Thin, narrow, very fine and supple, rather longer than short, well curled and carried slightly backwards, having the point of insertion of the eye level. | |
Neck |
| Very long, arched, light, fine, without any trace of dewlap, well free of the withers and shoulders and linking finely with the head. |
Body |
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Withers |
Very free. | |
Back |
Well sustained. | |
Loin |
Slightly arched, powerful, well muscled, rather short and in harmony with the whole of the animal. | |
Croup |
Long, oblique and powerful, may be a little prominent. | |
Chest |
Well let down and deep. | |
Ribs |
Ribs flat and long. Sternum very developed, distinctly prominent between the points of the shoulders. | |
Side |
A little hollow and tucked up. | |
Tail |
| Set on neither too high nor too low; of medium thickness, neither too fine nor too thick, sometimes fairly well furnished; rather long, reaching the point of the hock, carried low, straight or very slightly curved. |
Limbs |
Forequarters |
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Generality |
Vertical and straight, strong, bony with good tendons. | |
Shoulders |
Long, oblique, quite muscular. | |
Elbows |
Elbows close to the body. | |
Forearm |
Forearm very powerful. | |
Pastern |
Pasterns of good length, straight or slightly oblique from back to front. | |
Hindquarters |
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Upper thigh |
Thighs long, flat, muscular, well let down, very broad; point of the buttock slightly prominent. | |
Metatarsus |
Quite long, strong and vertical. | |
Hock |
Very broad and lean, slightly bent. | |
Feet |
| Long, very lean, toes strong and tightly closed (hare feet); nails strong and quite long, their extremities touching the ground when the animal is in repose. |
Skin |
| Very fine on the whole of the body, especially on the head and the leathers. |
Coat |
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Hair |
Always smooth, more or less short, except on the head and the leathers where it is always very short and extremely fine; rough to the touch, especially on the back and the loins. | |
Colour |
White and dark brown. Basic color of the coat is a beautiful white with more or less large brown patches or brown mantle (preferably a mantle) with or without flecking, with or without mottling. Either brown flecking or mottling always apparent on the legs, especially the front legs. Never fawn nor faded brown on eyebrows, lips nor on buttocks. | |
Size and weight |
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Height at withers |
Large, slender, going to 67 cm or 68 cm for the males and 65 to 66 cm for the females. | |
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. |
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/ |
English (United Kingdom)