Drentse Patrijshond
Origin: The Netherlands
GENERAL APPEARANCE: A well proportioned dog whose body shows power and also the ability to develop the necessary speed for a gundog. He is of heavier build than the Small M�nsterl�nder, his confrontation more like the Long-haired German Pointer; he differs from the latter mainly in the head which is shorter. The foreface is blunter and looks finer due to the dry lips, which makes the whole picture of the head less heavy than the Long-haired German Pointer's head. His body is slightly longer than his height at the withers, thus appearing slightly elongated. The coat, though not really long on the body, looks like a long coat because of the well coated ears and the tail, the somewhat richer coat on neck and chest and the feathered ears, front and hind legs and the richly feathered tail.
TEMPERAMENT: By nature obedient, loyal and intelligent which makes him a valuable companion of the hunter as wall as a highly esteemd family pet dog.
COAT: Dense, well covering the body. Not curly-haired. The coat is not really long, but gives the impression as there is long hair in different parts. On the neck and the forechest where some other breeds have a mane, the hair is longer; on the ears there is long, wavy hair. The ears, the backside of fore-and hindlegs, the back of the thighs and the tail are feathered. Feet with dense hair between the toes. White with brown or orange markings, tricoloured (with tan) allowed. Less desired, but still admissible is a mantle in these colours.
HEAD: The skull is rather broad and only slightly rounded. Along the middle line there is a hardly perceptible furrow from the shallow stop half-way up to the moderately developed occiput.
Stop : Seen in profile and from the front, the skull is sloping gradually to the foreface, the cheeks tapering gradually into the foreface. The superciliary arches are well developed.
Nose: The nose is well developed and brown. The nostrils are wide open.
Muzzle: The muzzle is wedge shaped, blunt at the end, without any sign of being cut away under the eyes. The nasal bridge is broad and neither hollow nor arched (a very light curve upwards is allowed; roman nose is objectionable).
Lips: The lips are rather thin and dry.
Jaw/Teeth: The teeth are strong and well closing into a scissor bite.
Cheeks: Moderately developed.
Eyes: The eyes are wide apart and set in such a way that they are well protected; neither protruding nor deep set. They are of moderate size and oval shaped. The expression shows kindness as well as the intelligence of the hunting dogs. The desired colour is amber, therefore neither dark nor the light colour of the eye of the bird of prey; the eyelids are close fitting.
Ears: Not heavy. They are set on high; right from the set on hanging close to the head without any fold. Drawn forward they should reach as far as 3 finger's breadth off the tip of the nose. They are broad at the set on, ending in a blunted point, being more pointed than the ears of the Long-haired German Pointer. The outside of the ear covered with abundant wavy hair, not curly hair; the rim of the inside richly feathered.
Neck: Powerful of medium length, rather short than long and forming a smooth line between head and body. A longer than desirable neck, giving a more elegant impression, but lacking in power, is objectionable. Dewlap or a throaty neck are untypical for the appearance of this dry, cleancut dog and are therefore inadmissible.
BODY:
Topline: Smooth line from moderate long neck to the level back and loin, ending in the slightly sloping croup.
Back: Powerful, of medium length, not too short, giving together with the well angulated front-and hindquarters the impression of being elongated.
Loin: Strongly muscled.
Croup: Broad and long, slightly sloping.
Chest: Deep, reaching to the elbows and rather broad in front. A narrow chest not reaching to the elbows is very objectionable. Long drawn ribcage, with the hind ribs also well developed. Good spring of hind ribs; ribs neither flat nor barrel shaped.
Underline: Only slightly tucked-up.
Tail: Not docked. Rather high set. In length the tail reaches the point of the hock. The first half carried hanging and the rest in a slight curve upwards. In action part of the tail is carried horizontally, the last part in a slight curve upwards. A characteristic of the breed is that when searching the game, the tail moves in a circle, especially when the dog picks up the scent of game. Never carried over the back. With exception of the very first part, rich feathering diminishing to the end of the tail.
FOREQUARTERS:
Shoulders and upperarm: Shoulder-blade and upperarm long, forming a good angle, as well as between upper-and forearm. The shoulders are well sloping seen from the front, well inserted into the body, giving a clean, smooth appearance to the forequarters.
Elbows: Close to the body, neither turned outwards nor inwards, so that there is no interference with movement.
Forearm: Straight and well muscled.
Pastern joint: Strong, with good bone.
Pastern: Neither turning in nor out, slightly sloping allowing some elastic spring.
Feet: Round or oval with tight, arched, strong toes and solid pads.
HINDQUARTERS: Well developed, broad and well muscled.
Upper thigh and lower thigh: The pelvic, upper and lower thigh bones form good angles with respect to each other. Seen from behind, the hindlegs are neither close nor wide apart, standing absolutely vertical.
Hockjoints: Well let down.
Hocks: Therefore metatarsus short, neither turned in nor out.
Hindfeet: Same as forefeet.
GAIT: Well extended, balanced with good reach and drive, neither narrow nor wide in trotting, without any swinging sideways; neither elbows nor hocks turned out; inclined to single tracking.
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