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Standard
Beagle
ŢARA DE ORIGINE: Marea Britanie
STANDARD FCI: 161
DATA PUBLICĂRII STANDARDULUI:
24.06.1987.
UTILIZARE: Copoi
CLASIFICARE FCI: Grupa 6
- Copoi şi rase īnrudite, Secţiunea 1.3 : copoi de
talie mică. Cu probă de lucru.
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GENERAL APPEARANCE : A sturdy,
compactly-built hound, conveying the impression of
quality without coarseness.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : A merry hound
whose essential function is to hunt, primarily hare, by
following a scent. Bold, with great activity, stamina
and determination. Alert, intelligent and of even
temperament. Amiable and alert, showing no aggression or
timidity.
HEAD : Fair length, powerful without being
coarse, finer in the bitch, free from frown and
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CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Slightly domed, moderately wide,
with slight peak.
Stop : Well defined, dividing length,
between occiput and tip of nose, as equally as possible.
FACIAL REGION :
Nose : Broad, preferably black, but less
pigmentation permissible in lighter coloured hounds.
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Muzzle : Not snipey.
Lips : Reasonably well flewed.
Jaws/Teeth : Jaws should be strong,
with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite,
i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower
teeth and set square to the jaws.
Eyes : Dark brown or hazel, fairly
large, not deep set or prominent, set well apart
with mild appealing expression.
Ears : Long, with rounded tip,
reaching nearly to end of nose when drawn out. Set
on low, fine in texture and hanging gracefully
close to cheeks.
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NECK : Sufficiently long to enable hound
to come down easily to scent, slightly arched and
showing little dewlap.
BODY :
Topline : Straight and level.
Loin : Short in the couplings, but well
balanced. Loins powerful and supple.
Chest : Let down to below elbow. Ribs well
sprung and extending well back.
Belly : Without excessive tuck-up.
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TAIL : Sturdy, moderately long. Set on
high, carried gaily but not curled over back or inclined
forward from root. Well covered with hair, especially on
underside.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS : Forelegs straight and
upright well under the hound, good substance and round
in bone, not tapering off to feet.
Shoulders : Well laid back, not loaded.
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Elbows : Firm, turning neither in nor out.
Height to elbow about half height at withers.
Pasterns : Short
HINDQUARTERS :
Upper thigh : Muscular.
Stifles : Well bent.
Hocks : Firm, well let down and parallel
to each other.
FEET : Tight and firm. Well knuckled up
and strongly padded. Not hare-footed. Nails short.
GAIT / MOVEMENT : Back level, firm with no
indication of roll. Stride free, long reaching in front
and straight without high action; hind legs showing
drive. Should not move close behind nor paddle nor plait
in front.
COAT
HAIR : Short, dense and weatherproof.
COLOUR : Any recognized hound colour other
than liver. Tip of stern white.
SIZE :
Desirable minimum height at withers 33 cm
(13 ins).
Desirable maximum height at withers 40 cm
(16 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.
N.B. : Male animals should have two
apparently normal testicles fully descended into the
scrotum.
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