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POMERANIANS STANDARD (TOY GROUP) |
BEHAVIOUR AND CHARACTER: The German Spitz is always attentive, lively and exceptionally devoted to his owner. He is very teachable and easy to train. His distrust to stangers and lack of hunting instinct make him the ideal watchdog for home and farm. He is neither timid nor aggressive. Indifference to weather, robustness and longevity are his most outstanding attributes. HEAD Cranial Region: The Spitz's medium sized head, seen from above, appears broadest at the back and tapers in wedgeshape to the tip of the nose. Stop: Moderate to marked, never abrupt. Facial region: Nose: The nose is round, small and pure black, dark brown in brown spitz. Muzzle: The muzzle is not overlong and stands in pleasingproportion to the skull. Lips: The Lips are not exaggerated, close fitting to the jaws and do not form any folds to the corner of the mouth. They are completly black in all colours, brown in brown Spitz. Jaws/Teeth: The jaws are normally developed and show a complete scissor bite with 42 teeth, corresponding to the teeth formula of the dog, i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Pincer-bite is permissible in all varieties of Spitz. Cheeks: The cheeks are genly rounded, not protruding. Eyes: The eyes are of medium size, longish shape, slightly slanting and dark. The eyelids are black in all shades of colour, dark brown in brown Spitz. Ears: The small ears are set high and relatively close to each other, triangular and pointed; they are always carried upright, stiff at the tips. Neck: The medium length neck is set broadly into the shoulders, slightly arched without throatiness and covered by a thick, profuse coat forming a large ruff. BODY Topline: The topline starts at the tips of the erectly carried prick-ears and merges in a gentle curve with the short, straight back. The bushy, sweeping tail, which partially covers the back, rounds off the silhouette. Withers/Back: The hight withers drop imperceptibly into the shortest possible, straight, firm back. Loin: Short-coupled, broad and strong. Croup: The croup is broad and short, not falling away. Chest: The deep chest is well sprung, the forechest well developed. Lower line: The brisket reaches as far back as possible; the belly has only a slight tuck up. Tail: The tail is set on high and of medium length. It reaches upwards and rolls forward over the back, straight from the root. It lies firmly over the back and is covered with very bushy hair. A double curl at tip of tail is tolerated. Limbs Forequarters: Shoulders: The shoulder-blade is long and well laid back. The upper arm, which is approximately the same length, forms an angle of 90 degrees to the shoulder-blade. The shoulder is well muscled and firmly connected to the brisket. Elbow: The elbow joint is strong, close fitting to the brisket and turns neither in nor out. Forearm: The forearm is of medium length in relation to the body, sturdy and completely straight. The back of the forearm is well feathered. Metacarpus(Pastern): The strong, medium length front pastern stands at an angle of 20 degrees from the vertical. Front feet: The front feet are as small as possible, round and closed, so called cat feet, with well arched toes. Toe-nails and pats are black in all shades of colour, but dark brown in brown dogs. Hindquarters General: The hindquaters are very muscular and abundantly feathered to the hocks. The hind legs stand straight and parallel. Upper and lower tight: Upper and lower tight are of about equal length. Stifle: The stifle joint is strong with only moderate angulation and is turned neither in nor out in movement. Metatarsal (Hock): The hock is of medium length, very strong and vertical to the ground. Hind feet: The hind feet are as small as possible, tightly closed with well arched toes, so called cat feet. The pads are coarse. The colour of nails and pads is as dark as possible. Gait/Movement: The German Spitz moves straight ahead with good drive, fluid and springy. Skin: The skin covers the body tightly without any wrinkles. COAT Hair: The German Spitz has a double coat: Long straight, stand off top coat and short, thick, cotton-wool-like undercoat. Head, ears, front side of front and hind legs are covered by short, thick (velvety) hair. The rest of the body has a long rich coat. Not wavy, curly or corded, not parted on the back. Neck and shoulders are covered by a thick mane. The backsie of the front legs is well featherd, the hind legs have ample feathering from croup to hocks. The tail is bushy. Colour: Wolfsspitz/Keeshond: Grey shaded. White Spitz: The coat should be pure white without any trace of yellow in particular, which often occurs, specially on the ears. Orange Spitz: The orange Spitz should be evenly colourd in the medium colour range. Grey-shaded Spitz Wolfsspitz/Keeshond: Grey-shaded is a silver grey with black hair-tips. Muzzle and ears dark in colour, round the eyes well defined <<spectacles>> shown as a delicately pencilled black line slanting from outer corner of eye to lower corner of ear, coupled with distinct markings and shading forming expressive short eyebrow; mane and ring on shoulder lighter; fore-and hindlegs without any black marking under the elbows or stifles, except slight pencilling on the toes; black tip of tail; underside of tail and trousers pale silver grey. Other coloured Spitz: The term <<other colours>> covers all shades of colour, such as: cream, cream sable, orange-sable, black and tan and particolour (with white always as main colour). The black, brown, grey or orange patches must be distributed over the whole body. SIZE Major faults: Eliminating faults: FCI-Standard No 97 / 05.03.1998 GB |
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