Blue Picardy Breed Standard

07.09.1998/EN

 

FCI-Standard N° 106

 

BLUE PICARDY SPANIEL (Epagneul bleu de Picardie) 

TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.

 

ORIGIN : France.

 

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID STANDARD : 24.06.1987.

 

UTILIZATION : Pointing dog.

 

FCI-CLASSIFICATION : Group 7 Pointing Dogs.  Section 1.2 Continental Pointing    Dogs; « Spaniel » type.  With working trial.

 

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Quite low to the ground dog, well built for the job.  General appearance on the whole, a true Picardy Spaniel.

 

HEAD

 

CRANIAL REGION :  Skull : Oval, relatively wide without prominent parietal bones, occipital crest slightly visible. Stop : Moderately accentuated but marked.

 

FACIAL REGION :  Nose : Broad, well open nostrils. Muzzle : Long and quite broad. Lips : Wide and pendulous forming a distinctly square muzzle. Eyes : Calm expression; eyes dark, large, well open. Leathers : Must be set slightly above the eye level, quite thick, framing the head; beautiful wavy silky hair; the leather stretched in its length must reach the tip of the muzzle.

 

NECK : Well set.  A slight dewlap is permitted.

 

BODY : Back and loin : Not too long, well sustained. Croup : Rather a little falling away. Chest : Of medium depth. Ribs : Harmoniously sprung and descending to elbow level.

 

TAIL : Not extending too much beyond the hock and definitely without a hook.

 

LIMBS 

 

FOREQUARTERS :  Shoulder and upper arm : Slightly oblique. Forearm : Strong and well muscled. Forefoot : Round, a little broad but not flat, well furnished with hair in between tightly closed toes.

 

HINDQUARTERS : Upper thighs : Well muscled. Lower thighs : Long and furnished with profuse fringes. Hocks : Bent without exaggeration and furnished with fringes from the hock to the foot. Hind foot : Round, a little broad but not flat, well furnished with hair in between tightly closed toes.

 

COAT 

 

HAIR : Flat; or slightly wavy: legs and tail well furnished with fringes.

 

COLOUR : Grey black speckled forming a bluish shade, with black patches.

 

SIZE   : Height at the withers : 57 to 60 cm for the males, a little less for the females.

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 and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog. • Skull : Too narrow-lacking chiselling. • Muzzle : Pointed. • Eye : Light and too small. • Leather : Short, set too high and too thin. • Chest : Ribs too flat or too round. • Foot : Flat, splayed or too broad.

 

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS : • Aggressive or overly shy dogs. • Any dog clearly showing physical of behavioural abnormalities      shall be disqualified.

 

N.B.:  • Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum. • Only functionally and clinically healthy dogs, with breed typical conformation should be used for breeding.