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LABRADOR RETRIEVER
FCI-Standard N° 122 / 29. 01. 1999 / GB
ORIGIN : Great Britain.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 24.06.1987.
UTILIZATION: Retriever.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.: Group 8 Retrievers, Flushing Dogs, Water Dogs.
Section 1 Retrievers.
With working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Strongly built, short-coupled, very active;
broad in skull; broad and deep through chest and ribs; broad and strong
over loins and hindquarters.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT: Good-tempered, very agile. Excellent
nose, soft mouth; keen lover of water. Adaptable, devoted companion.
Intelligent, keen and biddable, with a strong will to please. Kindly
nature, with no trace of aggression or undue shyness.
HEAD
CRANIAL REGION:
Skull: Broad. Clean-cut without fleshy cheeks.
Stop: Defined.
FACIAL REGION:
Nose: Wide, nostrils well developed.
Muzzle: Powerful, not snipey.
Jaws/Teeth: Jaws of medium length, jaws and teeth strong with a
perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely
overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws.
Eyes: Medium size, expressing intelligence and good temper; brown
or hazel.
Ears: Not large or heavy, hanging close to head and set rather
far back.
NECK: Clean, strong, powerful, set into well placed shoulders.
BODY:
Back: Level topline.
Loins: Wide, short-coupled and strong.
Chest: Of good width and depth, with well sprung barrel ribs.
TAIL: Distinctive feature, very thick towards the base, gradually
tapering towards tip, medium length, free from feathering, but clothed
thickly all round with short, thick, dense coat, thus giving « rounded »
appearance described as « Otter » tail. May be carried gaily, but should
not curl over back.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS: Forelegs well boned and straight from elbow to
ground when viewed from either front or side.
Shoulders: Long and sloping.
HINDQUARTERS: Well developed, not sloping to tail.
Stifle: Well turned.
Hocks: well let down. Cowhocks highly undesirable.
FEET: Round, compact; well-arched toes and well developed pads.
GAIT / MOVEMENT: Free, covering adequate ground; straight and
true in front and rear.
COAT
HAIR: Distinctive feature, short, dense, without wave or
feathering, giving fairly hard feel to the touch; weather-resistant
undercoat.
COLOUR: Wholly black, yellow or liver/chocolate. Yellows range
from light cream to red fox. Small white spot on chest permissible.
SIZE:
Ideal height at withers : dogs 56-57 cm ( 22 - 22,5 ins);
bitches 54-56 cm ( 21,5 - 22 ins).
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.
Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be
disqualified.
N.B.: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles
fully descended into the scrotum.
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