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THE
CHOW CHOW BREED STANDARD (KUSA)
GENERAL APPEARANCE
Active,
compact, short-coupled and essentially well balanced, leonine in
appearance, proud, dignified bearing;
well knit frame; tail carried over back.
CHARACTERISTICS
Quiet dog; good guard; bluish-black tongue; unique in its stilted
gait.
TEMPERAMENT
Independent, loyal, yet aloof.
HEAD & SKULL
Skull flat, broad; stop not pronounced, well filled out under
eyes. Muzzle moderate in length, broad
from eyes to end (not pointed at end like a fox). Nose, large and
wide in all cases, black (with exception
of cream and near white in which case a light-coloured nose permissible,
and in blues and fawns a self-coloured nose).
EYES
Dark, oval shaped, medium sized and clean. A matching coloured
eye permissible in blues and fawns.
Clean eye, free from entropion, never being penalised for sake of
mere size.
EARS
Small, thick, slightly rounded at tip, carried stiffly and wide
apart but tilting well forward over eyes
and slightly towards each other, giving peculiar characteristic
scowling expression of the breed.
Scowl never to be achieved by loose wrinkled skin of head.
MOUTH
Teeth strong and level, jaws strong, with a perfect, regular
and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth
closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Tongue
bluish black.
Roof of mouth and flews black (blue black), gums preferably black.
NECK
Strong, full, not short, set well on shoulders and slightly
arched.
FOREQUARTERS
Shoulders muscular and sloping. Forelegs perfectly straight
of moderate length, with good bone.
BODY
Chest broad and deep. Ribs well sprung but not barreled. Back
short, level and strong. Loins powerful.
HINDQUARTERS
Hindlegs muscular, hocks well let down, with minimal angulation,
essential to produce characteristic stilted gait.
From hocks downwards to appear straight, hocks never flexing forward.
FEET
Small, round, cat-like, standing well on toes.
TAIL
Set high, carried well over back.
GAIT/MOVEMENT
Short and stilted. Forelegs and hindlegs moving parallel to
each other and straight forward.
COAT
Either rough
or smooth.
Rough: profuse, abundant, dense, straight and stand-off.
Outer coat rather coarse in texture, with
soft woolly undercoat. Especially thick round neck forming mane
or ruff and with good
culottes or breechings on back of thighs.
Smooth: coat short, abundant, dense, straight, upstanding,
not flat, plush-like in texture.
Any artificial shortening of the coat which alters the natural outline
or expression should be penalised.
COLOUR
Whole coloured black, red, blue, fawn, cream or white, frequently
shaded but not in patches or parti-coloured
(underpart of tail and back of thighs frequently of a lighter colour).
SIZE
Dogs: 48 - 56 cm (19 - 22 in) at shoulder.
Bitches: 46 - 51 cm (18 - 20 in) at shoulder.
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 it's effect on the
health & welfare of the dog.
NOTE
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully
descended into the scrotum.
Copyright Kennel Club, London 3/94
Reprinted with permission.
FCI (205) Gp5
KUSA/94
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing
from the publisher.
The publisher of this edition is the Kennel Union of Southern Africa. |
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QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADVANCED REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, Fedco 12/99.
Effective 1 April 2000.
Before submitting any application the following requirements must have been fulfilled.
1. Must be on the Kennel Union Breed Register.
2. Be positively identified by tattoo, microchip or DNA.
3. Be over twentyfour (24) months of age.
4. Be a Kennel Union Breed (conformation) Champion.
5. The registered name of the dog must contain an Affix (Kennel name).
6. The dog has been x-rayed for Hip Dysplasia aged twelve (12) months or older and been issued
with an acceptable Certificate, incorporating its KUSA Registered name and number together
with positive identification details, confirming it has hips graded HD 0-0.
7. A certificate issued by a registered Veterinarian incorporating the KUSA Registered Name and
number, together with positive identification details, confirming there is no laxation of the patellas
or clinical signs thereof.
8. A certificate issued by a registered Veterinarian, incorporating the KUSA Registered Name and
number, together with positive identification details, confirming that eyes show no signs of
entropion or that any surgical procedure has been carried out on them.
9. In the case of male dogs a Certificate is isuued by a registered Veterinarian, incorporating the KUSA
Registered Name and number together with positive identification details confirming that it has both
testicles fully descended into the scrotum. |
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Preparation
of the showdog:
(excerpt
from KUSA rules and regulations.)
38.
PREPARATION OF DOGS FOR EXHIBITION
38.1 The owner, exhibitor and handler of any dog
responsible for or aiding and abetting the exhibition of a dog
in contravention of Sub-Regulations 38.3 and 38.4 shall prima
facia be guilty of discreditable conduct and may be dealt with
under Disciplinary Rule 2 (Schedule 1).
38.2 Any dog exhibited in contravention of Sub-Regulations
38.3, 38.4 and 38.5 shall be liable to disqualification under
the provisions of Regulations 31 and 32 thereof.
38.3.1 No dyeing, colouring,
tinting, darkening, bleaching or other matter shall be used to
alter or improve the colour or markings of a dog. Dry white
chalk or other dressing may be used for cleaning and grooming,
provided it is removed before the dog enters the ring.
38.5 No dog shall be exhibited :
38.5.1 with any oil, viscous, greasy or sticky
substance adhering to the coat;
38.5.2 with any artificial preparation adhering
to the coat save and except a reasonable amount of chalk or dressing
still remaining in the coat after cleaning and grooming;
38.5.3 with any part of
its coat cut or clipped by means other than a stripping comb save
and except :
38.5.3.1 the hair in front of the ears and on
the legs and feet of a Pomeranian may be cut;
38.5.3.2 the rasping down of the underside of
tails is permitted in such breeds as it is customary to do so;
38.5.3.3 the cutting of hair between the toes
of any breed is permitted;
38.5.3.4 Poodles, Bedlington Terriers and Kerry
Blue Terriers, which three breeds are exempted from the provision
of Sub-Regulation 38.5.3.
38.6 Nothing may be done
to a dog which is calculated to deceive. |
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