Rassestandards
Fédération Cynologique Internationale
Royal Kennel Club
NAME
Bearded Collie
ORIGIN
Great Britain.
PUBLISHED
03.11.2014.
UTILISATION
Sheepdog & companion.
CLASSIFICATION
Group 1 - Companion dog
,Section 1 : Sheepdogs
,Without working trial
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY
GENERAL APPEARANCE
Lean, active dog. Though strongly made, should show plenty of daylight under body and should not look too heavy. Bright, enquiring expression is a distinctive feature.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS
Longer than it is high in an approximate proportion of 5 to 4 measured from point of chest to point of buttock.
Bitches may be slightly longer.
Distance between stop and occiput should be equal to width between orifices of ears.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT
Alert, lively, self-confident and active. Steady, intelligent working dog, with no signs of nervousness or aggression.
HEAD
In proportion to size. Whole effect being that of a dog with strength of muzzle and plenty of brain room.
NECK
Moderate length, muscular and slightly arched.
BODY
Length of back comes from length of rib cage and not that of loin.
Level.
Strong.
Deep, giving plenty of heart and lung room. Ribs well sprung but not barrelled.
TAIL
Set low, without kink or twist. and long enough for end of bone to reach at least point of hock.. Carried low with an upward swirl at tip whilst standing or walking, may be extended at speed.
Never carried over back. Covered with abundant hair.
LIMBS
Legs straight and vertical with good bone, covered with shaggy hair all round.
Well muscled.
GAIT / MOVEMENT
Supple, smooth and long-reaching, covering ground with minimum of effort.
COAT
Double with soft, furry and close undercoat. Outer coat flat, harsh, strong and shaggy, free from woolliness and curl, though slight wave permissible. Length and density of hair sufficient to provide a protective coat and to enhance shape of dog, but not enough to obscure natural lines of body. Coat must not be trimmed in any way. Bridge of nose sparsely covered with hair slightly longer on side just to cover lips. From cheeks, lower lips and under chin, coat increases in length towards chest, forming typical beard.
Slate grey, reddish-fawn, black, blue, all shades of grey, brown and sandy with or without white markings.
When white occurs it appears on foreface, as a blaze on skull, on tip of tail, on chest, legs and feet and, if round the collar, roots of white hair should not extend behind shoulder. White should not appear above hocks on outside of hindlegs. Slight tan markings are acceptable on eyebrows, inside ears, on cheeks, under root of tail and on legs where white joins main colour.
SIZE
Males 53 – 56 cm
Females 51 – 53 cm
Overall quality and proportions should be considered before size but excessive variations from the ideal height should be discouraged.
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 and on its ability to perform its traditional work.
Anatomische Merkmale
Hinweis: Männliche Tiere sollten zwei scheinbar normale Hoden haben, die vollständig in den Hodensack abgestiegen sind.