FCI-Standard No 174

WOOLLY HAIRED GRIFFON
(Griffon à poil laineux)

TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.

ORIGIN : France.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 03.08.1964.

UTILIZATION : Pointing Dog.

FCI CLASSIFICATION : Group 7 Pointing Dogs
Section 1.3 Continental pointing Dogs, "Griffon Type"
With working trial.

HEAD : Bushy aspect, muzzle long and broad, really square and furnished with big moustache.

EYE : Intelligent and kind, with bushy eyebrows, leaving the eye uncovered or veiling it slightly; eye always yellow.

EARS : Pendulous, rather low set, slightly rolled, well furnished with smooth or wavy hair.

NOSE : Nostrils well opened with the nose light brown or brown.

NECK : Rather long.

SHOULDERS : Not very oblique.

LOIN : Strong, slightly rounded, arched.

CHEST : Broad and deep.

FOREQUARTERS : Strong and muscular, furnished with quite long hairs down to the feet.

HINDQUARTERS : The thigh long and well let down, the hocks rather bent than straight.

FEET : A little elongated, with cuffs, the nails covered with hair.

TAIL : Straight, well carried, covered with hair, without plume.

COAT

HAIR : Semi silky, without gloss, smooth or wavy, never curly.

COLOUR : Dead leaf brown, with or without white, but the coat exempt from large white markings.

SIZE : 55 to 60 cm for the males; 50 to 55 cm 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.

N.B : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.