Vizsla
Breed Standard
Sporting
Group
General Appearance
That of a medium-sized
short-coated hunting dog of
distinguished appearance and
bearing. Robust but rather
lightly built; the coat is an
attractive solid golden rust.
This is a dog of power and drive
in the field yet a tractable and
affectionate companion in the
home. It is strongly emphasized
that field conditioned coats, as
well as brawny or sinewy
muscular condition and honorable
scars indicating a working and
hunting dog are never to be
penalized in this dog. The
qualities that make a "dual dog"
are always to be appreciated,
not deprecated.
Head
Lean and muscular. Skull
moderately wide between the ears
with a median line down the
forehead. Stop between skull and
foreface is moderate, not deep.
Foreface or muzzle is of
equal length or slightly shorter
than skull when viewed in
profile, should taper gradually
from stop to tip of nose. Muzzle
square and deep. It must not
turn up as in a "dish" face nor
should it turn down. Whiskers
serve a functional purpose;
their removal is permitted but
not preferred. Nostrils slightly
open. Nose brown. Any other
color is faulty. A totally
black nose is a
disqualification. Ears,
thin, silky and proportionately
long, with rounded-leather ends,
set fairly low and hanging close
to cheeks. Jaws are
strong with well developed white
teeth meeting in a scissors
bite. Eyes medium in size
and depth of setting, their
surrounding tissue covering the
whites. Color of the iris should
blend with the color of the
coat. Yellow or any other color
is faulty. Prominent pop-eyes
are faulty. Lower eyelids should
neither turn in nor out since
both conditions allow seeds and
dust to irritate the eye.
Lips cover the jaws
completely but are neither loose
nor pendulous.
Neck and Body
Neck strong, smooth and
muscular, moderately long,
arched and devoid of dewlap,
broadening nicely into shoulders
which are moderately laid back.
This is mandatory to maintain
balance with the moderately
angulated hindquarters. Body
is strong and well proportioned.
Back short. Withers high and the
topline slightly rounded
over the loin to the set on of
the tail. Chest
moderately broad and deep
reaching down to the elbows.
Ribs well-sprung; underline
exhibiting a slight tuck-up
beneath the loin. Tail
set just below the level of the
croup, thicker at the root and
docked one-third off. Ideally,
it should reach to the back of
the stifle joint and be carried
at or near the horizontal. An
undocked tail is faulty.
Forequarters
Shoulder blades
proportionately long and wide
sloping moderately back and
fairly close at the top.
Forelegs straight and
muscular with elbows close. Feet
cat-like, round and compact with
toes close. Nails brown and
short. Pads thick and tough.
Dewclaws, if any, to be removed
on front and rear feet. Hare
feet are faulty.
Hindquarters
Hind legs have well
developed thighs with moderately
angulated stifles and hocks in
balance with the moderately laid
back shoulders. They must be
straight as viewed from behind.
Too much angulation at the hocks
is as faulty as too little. The
hocks are let down and parallel
to each other.
Coat
Short, smooth, dense and
close-lying, without woolly
undercoat. A distinctly long
coat is a disqualification.
Color
Solid golden rust in different
shadings. Solid dark mahogany
red and pale yellow are faulty.
White on the forechest,
preferably as small as possible,
and white on the toes are
permissible. Solid white
extending above the toes or
white anywhere else on the dog
except the forechest is a
disqualification. When
viewing the dog from the front,
white markings on the forechest
must be confined to an area from
the top of the sternum to a
point between the elbows when
the dog is standing naturally.
White extending on the
shoulders or neck is a
disqualification. White due
to aging shall not be faulted.
Any noticable area of black in
the coat is a serious fault.
Gait
Far reaching, light footed,
graceful and smooth. When moving
at a fast trot, a properly built
dog single tracks.
Size
The ideal male is 22 to 24
inches at the highest point over
the shoulder blades. The ideal
female is 21 to 23 inches.
Because the Vizsla is meant to
be a medium-sized hunter, any
dog measuring more than 1½
inches over or under these
limits must be disqualified.
Temperament
A natural hunter endowed with a
good nose and above-average
ability to take training.
Lively, gentle-mannered,
demonstrably affectionate and
sensitive though fearless with a
well developed protective
instinct. Shyness, timidity or
nervousness should be penalized.
Disqualifications
Completely black nose.
Solid white extending above the
toes or white anywhere else on
the dog except the forechest.
White extending on the shoulders
or neck.
A distinctly long coat.
Any male over 25½ inches, or
under 20½ inches and any female
over 24½ inches or under 19½
inches at the highest point over
the shoulder blades.
Approved December 11, 1995
Effective January 31, 1996
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