BREED
STANDARD CHIHUAHUA (SMOOTH COAT)
(KENNEL
CLUB, LONDON, UK)
 | GENERAL APPEARANCE - Small, dainty, compact
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| CHARACTERISTICS - Alert, little dog, swift moving with
brisk forceful action and saucy expression
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| TEMPERAMENT - Gay, spirited and intelligent, neither
snappy nor withdrawn
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| HEAD AND SKULL - Well rounded “Apple Dome” skull,
cheeks and jaws lean, muzzle moderately short, slightly pointed. Definate
stop.
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| EYES - Large, round, but not protrouding, set well
apart, centre of eye is on a plane with lowest point of ear and base of
stop; dark or ruby. Light eyes
in light colours permissible.
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| EARS - Large, flaring, set on at an angle of
approximately 45 degrees; giving breadth between ears.
Tipped or broken down highly undesirable.
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| MOUTH - Jaws 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.
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| NECK - Slightly arched, medium length
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| FOREQUARTERS - Shoulders well laid; lean, sloping into
slightly broadening support above straight forelegs, set well under chest
giving freedom of movement without looseness.
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| BACK - Level back, Body, from point of shoulder to
rear point of croup, slightly longer than height at withers.
Well sprung ribs, deep brisket.
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| HINDQUARTERS - Muscular: hocks well let down, with
good turn of stifle, well apart, turning neither in nor out.
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| FEET - Small, dainty, turning neither in nor out; toes
well divided but not spread, pads cushioned, fine, strong, flexible
pasterns. Neither hare not cat
like, nails moderately short.
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| TAIL - Medium length, set high, carried up and over
back (sickle tail). When moving
never tucked under or curled below the topline.
Furry, flattish in appearance, broadening slightly in centre and
tapering to point.
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| GAIT/MOVEMENT - Brisk, forceful action, neither high
stepping nor hackney; good reach without slackness in forequarters, good
drive in hindquarters. Viewed
from front and behind legs should move neither too close nor too wide, with
no turning in or out of feet or pasterns.
Topline should remain firm and level when moving.
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| COAT - Smooth, of soft texture, close and glossy, with
undercoat and ruff permissible.
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| SIZE - Weight up to 2.7 kg (6 lbs)
- 1 to
1.8 kg (2lb to 4lb) preferred
If two dogs are equally good in type the more diminutive preferred. |
| 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.
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| NOTE: - Male animals should have two apparently normal
testicles fully descended into the scrotum. |
The Standard of the Chihuahua (Long Coat) is the same
as the Standard of the Chihuahua (Smooth Coat) with the exception of the
following:-
| COAT - Long, soft texture (never coarse or harsh to
touch) either flat or slightly wavy. Never tight and curly.
Feathering on ears, feet and legs, pants on hindquarters, large ruff
on neck desirable. Tail long
and full as a plume |
  
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