Canadian Kennel Club Standard
General Appearance: A small, active and graceful dog; medium to
fine boned, smooth hairless body, with hair on feet, head and tail only or
covered with soft veil of hair.
Characteristics: Two distinct types of this breed; Deer type,
racy and fine boned, and Cobby type, heavier in body and bone.
Temperament: Happy, never vicious.
Head and Skull: Slightly rounded and elongated skull. Cheeks
cleanly chiselled, lean and flat, tapering into muzzle. Stop slightly
pronounced but not extreme. Head smooth, without excess wrinkles. Distance
from base of skull to stop equal to distance from stop to tip of nose. Muzzle
tapering slightly but never pointed, lean without flews. Nose a prominent
feature, narrow in keeping with the muzzle. Any colour nose acceptable. Head
presenting graceful appearance, with alert expression. Lips tight and thin;
ideally, crest beginning at stop tapering off down neck. Crest itself may flow
to any length, a long and flowing crest preferred, but sparse acceptable.
Eyes: So dark as to appear black. Little or no white showing.
Medium size. Set wide apart.
Ears: Set low; highest point of base of ear level with outside
corner of eye. Large and erect, with or without fringe, except in Powder Puffs
where drop ears are permissible.
Mouth: Jaws strong, with perfect, regular scissor bite, i.e.
the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the
jaws.
Neck: Lean, free from throatiness, long and sloping gracefully
into strong shoulders. When moving, carried high and slightly arched.
Forequarters: Shoulders clean, narrow and well laid back. Legs
long and slender, set well under body. Elbows held close to body. Pasterns
fine, strong, nearly vertical. Toes turned in nor out.
Body: Medium to long. Supple. Chest rather broad and deep, not
barrelribbed. Breast bone not prominent. Brisket extending to elbows; moderate
tuckup. Hindquarters: Rump well-rounded and muscular, loins taut, stifles firm
and long, sweeping smoothly into the well let-down hock. Angulation of the
rear limb must be such as to produce a level back. Hind-legs set wide apart.
Feet: Extreme hare foot, narrow and very long, with unique
elongation of small bones between joints, especially in forefeet, which almost
appear to possess an extra joint. Nails any colour, moderately long. Socks
ideally confined to toes, but not extending above top of pastern. Feet turning
neither in nor out. Tail: Set high, carried up or out when in motion. Long and
tapering, fairly straight, not curled or twisted to either side, falling
naturally when at rest. Plume long and flowing, confined to lower thirds of
tail. Sparse plume acceptable
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Gait/Movement: Long, flowing and elegant with good reach and
plenty of drive.
Coat: No large patches of hair anywhere on body. Skin fine
grained. Smooth warm to the touch. In Powder Puffs coat consists of an
undercoat with soft veil of long hair, well coated feature.
Colour: Any colour or combination of colours. Size: Ideal
height in dogs: 28-33cm (11-13 ins) at withers. Bitches: 23-30cm (9-12 ins) at
withers. Weight varies considerably, but should not be over 5 1/2 kgs (12
lbs).
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.
Note: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles
fully descended into the scrotum.