| Breedstandard Kleiner
Münsterländer
A new standard is under translation, vill be published when ready (Kleiner Münsterländer Vorstehhund) |
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| FCI-STANDARD 1987-06-24 |
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| NATIVE COUNTRY | Germany | |
| AREA OF USE | Many-sided gundog | |
| FCI-CLASSI- FICATION |
Group 7, section 1.2 With working-test |
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| BACKGROUND/ PURPOSE | Kleiner Münsterländer the German pointing dog belongs to that "family" of gundogs, which since many hundreds of years has exist in Europe and which in type and size are between Setter och Spaniel. The Kleiner Münsterländer creator is known to be Edmund Löns from the city of Münster by the Dutch border and was recognized as a breed in 1912. Löns called the digs "Heidewachtel", a name that still is used for the breed in Holland. The Kleiner Münsterländer is known as a very good and many-sided gundog. | |
| GENERAL APPEARANCE | The Kleiner Münsterländer should be a noble, elegant but still strongly built dog. | |
| HEAD | The head should be noble, dry anl lightly crested. Typical for the breed is the expressive head. | |
| Skull | The skull shouldn´t be to wide. | |
| Stop | The stop should be moderate. | |
| Nose | The nose should be brown. Light spots is not desirable. | |
| Lips | The lips should be tight and not to lippy. | |
| Eyes | The eyes should be as dark as possible. They should be dry without visable haws. | |
| Ears | The ears should be wide and high-set. They should be drop-ears and end in a peak. | |
| NECK | The neck should be of mediumreach with well muscled and light crested back of the head. | |
| BODY | ||
| Back | The back should be at medium reach and firm. | |
| Loin | The loin should be wide and strong. | |
| Chest | The ribcage should be deep and spacious but not barreled. | |
| Underline | The underline should be slightly updrawn. | |
| Tail | The tail should be at mediumreach with long feathering. It should be an sabertail but the last third is allowed to be broken up. | |
| EXTREMITYS | ||
| Forequarters | The forelegs should be straight and the fur should be feathering. | |
| Hindquarters | The backlegs should be well angulated and the fur should form so called trousers. | |
| Foots | The foots should be round, crested and closed. To much fur is not desirable. | |
| SKIN | The skin should be tight. | |
| FUR | The fur should be middlelong, dense and smouth, only moderate wavy. I´t should be very tight. | |
| Colour | Brown and white or brownbelted. Tan signs is allowed on the muzzle and over the eyes. | |
| SIZE | Height of withers: Dog : 52 - 56 cm Bitch : 50 - 54 cm Allowed tolerance +/- 2 cm. |
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| FAULT | Every divergence from the standard is a fault and should be judged
in relation to the grade of the divergence. - Entropion - Ektropion - Bird of prey eyes - Short, smooth fur on the ears |
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| NOTA BENE | Dogs cannot be awarded if they are aggressive or if they have anatomically defectes that effects their health and soundness. | |
| TESTICLES | The dog got to have both testicles fully developed and normally located in the scrotum. | |