Russian Standard for the Borzoi
GENERAL APPEARANCE, TEMPERAMENT
Dog of aristocratic appearance, of large size, of lean and at the same time robust constitution, of a very slightly elongated construction. Females are generally longer than males. Desirable height at the withers for males: 75-85 cm, for females: 68-78 cm. In males, the height at the withers is equal or barely superior to that from the summit of the croup to the ground, in females these heights are equal.
In its everyday life Borzoi has a quiet and balanced character. At the sight of game it gets suddenly excited. It has a piercing sight, capable of seeing very far. Its reaction is impetuous.
When not hunting, the typical gait of the Borzoi is the extended trot, effortless, very supple and lifting; when hunting the charging gallop is extremely fast, with leaps of great length.
Faults: Light or massive construction; stocky appearance or high on the legs.
Serious faults: Soft, coarse constitution; short trunk; aggressive towards people.
COLOUR
Combination of colours: white with yellow of all shades, white with wolf grey, white with light fawn, white with red, white with black. All the colours above mentioned may be solid or pied. The fringes, “breeches”, featherings of the tail are considerably lighter than the background colour. For the overlaid colours a black mask is typical.
Faults: Fleck of the same shade as the background colour; striking tan markings.
Serious faults: Fleck of shade other than that of the background colour. Brown, chocolate, all lilac shades.
COAT
Silky, soft and supple, wavy of forming short curls.
On the head, the ears and the limbs – is satiny, silky, short, close lying.
On the body – is quite long, wavy; on the regions of the shoulder blades and the croup, the hair forms finer curls; on the ribs and thighs – is shorter; the hair which forms the fringes, the “breeches” and the feathering of the tail – is longer.
Faults: Dull, tousled; fringes, “breeches”, feathering of the tail sparse; straight hair; fine curls all over the body.
Serious faults: Stiff, bristly.
SKIN
Supple, elastic
Faults: insufficiently supple and elastic
Serious faults: loose skin
SKELETON AND MUSCULATURE
Strong bone structure, but not massive. The bones are rather flat. Muscles lean, well developed, especially on the thighs, but not showing in relief.
Faults: Light bone structure, insufficiently developed musculature.
Serious faults: Heavy, coarse bone structure, round bones.
HEAD
Lean, long, narrow, aristocratic head. Seen in profile, the lines of the skull and muzzle form a long, slightly convex line, the line of the sagittal crest being straight or slightly oblique towards the well marked occipital protuberance. Skull seen from above, narrow, elongated into an oval shape, seen in profile, almost flat. Stop very slightly marked. Nose is large, mobile, considerably prominent in relation to the lower jaw. Muzzle is long, filled out in all its length, arched hear the nose.
The length of the muzzle from the stop to the tip of the nose is equal or slightly superior to that of the skull, from the occiput to the stop.
Lips are fine, clean, well fitting.
The eye-rims, the lips and the nose are black whatever the colour of the coat.
The head is so elegant and lean that the principal veins show through the skin.
Faults: Abrupt stop. Profile of the head is distinct wedge shape due to exaggerated height of the skull. Forehead broad. Zygomatic arches developed. Muzzle short. Bridge of the nose too narrow. Superciliary arches prominent.
Serious faults: Soft tissues, blunt muzzle.
EARS
Small, supple, mobile, set on above the eye level and backwards, almost towards the nape of the neck, the tips of the ears situated near each other or directed downwards along the neck and close to it. When the dog is alert, the ears are carried higher and on the sides of forward; sometimes one or both ears are erect like “horse” ears.
Faults: Low set, not set on backwards.
Serious faults: Ears thick, coarse, with rounded tips.
EYES
Large, expressive, dark hazel or hazel coloured, very slightly prominent, almond shaped, set obliquely.
Faults: Small, round, light hazel, third eyelid too developed.
Serious faults: Deep set, blue, grey, yellow eyes colour.
TEETH
White, strong, full dentition, scissor bite.
Faults: Small, decayed, abnormally worn; pincer bite in subjects aged not early than 6 years old, absence of P-1, P-2 (not more than 3 teeth).
Serious faults: Any deviation from the scissors bite (overshot or undershot bite, pincer bite in subjects aged earlier than 6 years old, irregular bite), absence of incisors which prevents judging the bite, absence of more than 3 premolars, absence of P-4, absence of any molar M, except M-3.
Serious faults: Dewlap or loose skin at level of throat; neck of round cross-section.
CHEST
Of oval cross-section, not narrow, yet not wider than the croup, deep, well developed in length, spacious, reaching down almost to elbow level. The region of the shoulder blades being flatter, the chest gets gradually wider towards the false ribs, which are short; seen in profile, it forms a change in slope. The ribs are long, slightly prominent. The forechest is slightly prominent in relation to the scapular – humeral articulation.
Faults: Chest narrow, flat, not deep, sternal line much higher than the level of the elbows.
Serious faults: Chest hollow in its front part, barrel – ribbed.
BACK
Back is broad, muscled, elastic, forming with the loin and croup a curve which is more pronounced in the males. The highest point of this curve is situated in the region of the first or second lumbar vertebra.
Faults: Narrow with a hollow at the level of the anticlinal vertebra, too arched.
Serious faults: Sagging, straight back in males.
LOIN
Long, prominent, muscled, moderately broad.
Faults: Short, straight, narrow.
CROUP
Long, broad, slightly sloping. The width of the croup measured between the two hip bones must not be less than 8 (eight) cm.
Faults: Narrow, short, steep.
Serious faults: Very narrow, very short, excessively steep (goose rump).
FOREQUARTERS
Forelegs clean, muscled. Seen from the front perfectly straight and parallel. Shoulder blades long and oblique, upper arm moderately oblique; its length is barely superior to the length of the shoulder blade. Angle of the scapular-humeral articulation well pronounced. Elbows in parallel plane to the median plane of the body. Forearm is clean, long, of oval cross-section; seen from the front, narrow, seen in profile, broad. Pastern slightly oblique in relation to the ground. The height of the forelegs from the elbow to the ground is equal or little superior to half the height at the withers.
Faults: Scapula-humeral angle too open; in or out at elbows; forearm slightly crooked; pastern too short, too oblique, too straight; feet turning slightly in or out.
Serious faults: Important deviations from the points described; knuckling over; forearm of round cross-section.
HINDQUARTERS
Seen from behind: straight, parallel, set slightly wider than the forequarters. When the dog is standing true, the vertical line drooping from the ischiatic tuberosity must pass in front of the center of the hock joint and of the metatarsals. Upper thigh well muscled, long, places obliquely. Lower thigh long, muscled, placed obliquely. The femoro-tibial and the tibio-tarsal articulations well developed, broad, clean; the angles must be well marked. Metatarsals not long, placed almost vertically. All the articulations are well angulated.
Faults: Over-angulated or too straight angulation. Close behind or spread hocks. Feet toeing in.
Serious faults: Important deviations from the points described.
TAIL
In shape of sickle of sabre, low set, thin, long. Passed between the hindlegs, it must reach up to the hip bone, furnished with abundant feathering. When the dog is standing, the tail hangs downwards. In action, it is raised, but not above the level of the back.
Faults: Set high or too low; tip of the tail in ring shape, falling sideways; feathering sparsely developed; short tail.
이것은 예전 것이군요!! BCOA(bozoi club of america)측에서 올린 러시아쪽의 참고 자료인것 같은데 매우 오래된 버젼이라는!!-_- 이 버젼에서 이미 몇번 개정이 되었는데!!^^ 연구방에 있는 fci의 표준서가 이것의(RKF측 표준서) 최신판 버젼을 인용한 것입니다!!^^ 거의 차이가 없죠!!^^
블레이의 사이즈(72정도) 까지도 인정하는 AKC(BCOA)측의 표준서 보다도 블레이가 사이즈 미달이 되어 버리는 FCI측의 표준서를 제가 굳이 존중하는 이유는 그것이 러시아쪽에서 기술 된 것을 차용한 것이기 때문입니다!!^^ 전 볼죠이가 이제 '러시아견종'이 아닌 '전세계의 견종'이라고 주장하지만 그러함에 더욱~
첫댓글 미국과 카나다 그리고 러시아의 보르조이 표준이 조금씩 다르나 ..그중 러시아 기준을 발췌한것임! 참고하세요! 그리고 번역은 내가 시간이 없어서 못하니 ..그건 환이 동상몫!^^ㅎㅎ
이것은 예전 것이군요!! BCOA(bozoi club of america)측에서 올린 러시아쪽의 참고 자료인것 같은데 매우 오래된 버젼이라는!!-_- 이 버젼에서 이미 몇번 개정이 되었는데!!^^ 연구방에 있는 fci의 표준서가 이것의(RKF측 표준서) 최신판 버젼을 인용한 것입니다!!^^ 거의 차이가 없죠!!^^
블레이의 사이즈(72정도) 까지도 인정하는 AKC(BCOA)측의 표준서 보다도 블레이가 사이즈 미달이 되어 버리는 FCI측의 표준서를 제가 굳이 존중하는 이유는 그것이 러시아쪽에서 기술 된 것을 차용한 것이기 때문입니다!!^^ 전 볼죠이가 이제 '러시아견종'이 아닌 '전세계의 견종'이라고 주장하지만 그러함에 더욱~
러시아의 종주국적 지위를 다른 방법으로 존중할 필요가 있었죠!!^^ 그것이 fci측 견종표준서에의 존중입니다!!^^
제가 들은 풍월로는 대체적으로 대부분의 견종에 있어서 FCI는 정통(그 개의 본질)을 중시하는 반면 AKC는 미적인 면에 많은 점수를 준다고 합니다.
심사위원들 개개인의 성향도 다르겠지요!!^^