UTILIZATION:

Flushing dog. Ideal for rough shooting or companion for the country dweller. Not suitable for city.

Classification F.C.I.:

Group 8 Retrievers, Flushing Dogs and Water Dogs. Section 2 Flushing Dogs. With working trial.

GENERAL APPEARANCE

Well balanced, noble, upstanding sporting Spaniel built for activity and endurance.

BEHAVIOUR AND TEMPERAMENT

Usually docile, active, sensitive, independant.

HEAD & SKULL

Conveys the impression of high breeding, character and nobility. Well chiselled, occiput well defined, lean beneath eyes. A thickness here gives coarseness to whole head. Slightly raised eyebrows. Moderate stop. Nose well developed with good open nostrils. Muzzle long and lean neither snipy nor squarely cut. In profile curving gradually from nose to throat.

MOUTH

Jaws strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws.

EYES

Wide open but almond shaped with tight lids showing no haw. Grave and gentle in expression. Dark hazel in colour.

EARS

NECK

Long, strong and muscular enabling dog to retrieve his game without undue fatigue.

BODY

Chest deep and well developed. Ribs moderately well sprung. Length of rib cage is 2/3 of the body length. Back and loin strong, level and muscular.

TAIL

Customarily docked.

Docked: Docked by one third. Set on low. Never carried above level of back. Nicely feathered, with lively action.

Undocked: Set low. Never carried above level of back. Nicely feathered with lively action. Reaches approximately to the hocks. Of moderate length in balance with the rest of the dog.

FOREQUARTERS

Shoulders long and sloping and well laid back. Legs of moderate length. Straight, flat bone.

HINDQUARTERS

Stong, muscular; stifles moderately bent. Hocks well let down.

GAIT/MOVEMENT

Long, unhurried stride with great drive from the rear. Short, stumping action undesirable.

COAT

HAIR

Long, flat, glossy and silky in texture. Never curly, short or wiry. Dense and weatherproof. Abundant feathering on chest, under body and behind legs, out clean from hock to ground.

COLOUR

Black, liver or roan. Any one of these with tan markings. In self-coloured dogs white or roan on chest permissible. Clear black/white or liver/ white unacceptable.

SIZE

Approximately 45.7 cm (18 ins) at the shoulders. Weight between 18-25 kg (40-55 lbs)

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.

(FCI Standard No. 123 / 06.05. 1997 / GB. Date of Publication of the original valid standard: 24. 06. 1987.)

Tail undocked: Published by The Kennel Club 2001

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