ORIGINFrance.DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE VALID ORIGINAL STANDARD28.12.1973.UTILIZATIONHound.FCI'S CLASSIFICATIONGroup 6 : Scent hounds and related breedsSection 1.2.: Medium sized houndsWith working trial.GENERAL APPEARANCEA typically bushy-coated hunting dog in a distinctly rustic genre, shaggy und unkempt. Clean legs and muscles. A working hound built for endurance rather than speed. Of rather melancholic character, but never timid.HEADLean and light, without being small, fairly well eared, a little long.NOSEBlack, very apparent, a little beard on the chin.SKULLNearly flat, the forehead slightly sloping in to a straight muzzle; superciliary arches appearing even more accentuated because of the bristling hair standing off at eyebrows.EYESPreferably dark, sometimes hardly coloured, vivid and piercing expression.EARSSupple, set on level with the upper part of the eye, fairly hairy, of moderate width, well shaped, half-long and slightly turned in towards the tip.NECKRather light, clean and without throatiness.BODYSHOULDERSShoulder slightly slanting, clean and close to the body.FORELEGSLooking fairly strong because of the hair, but actually leaner than very thick. Standing vertical, but generally and at rest the forelegs, seen in profile, appearing a little behind the vertical; the pasterns strong and never long.FEETSlightly elongated, but with solid toes.CHESTDescending as much as possible down to the elbows, brisket moderately developed in width, thoracic cage deep and broadening towards the last ribs.RIBSThe first ones a little flat, the last ones more rounded.BACKRather long.LOINWell supported rather than arched.FLANKA little tucked up, but not Greyhound-like.HAUNCHESFairly strong, the rump slanting.THIGHSThighs lean and rather flat.HOCKSHocks well let down and slightly angulated. At rest, the hindlegs may be slightly standing under the body, without exaggeration.TAILWell set on, carried sabre tail fashion and not very long, more furnished towards its middle part, sometimes a little curved over the back at its tip.COLOURPreferably wolf-grey or blue-grey, indication of the grey of the old "gris Saint-Louis" hound, or wild boar grey, or black badly tinged, black Marengo, with tan on the cheeks, above the eyes, on inner sides of the legs and on the feet, or fawn with mixing of black and white hairs, giving it a dark shading.COATLong, shaggy and unkempt, fairly strong, wiry, in any case neither woolly nor frizzy.SKINPigmented, black spots on the body and mucous membranes.SIZEBetween 55 to 60 cm for the Dogs 53 to 58 cm for the BitchesTolerance of 2 cm more for top quality dogs.GAITFlexible and supple, neither jerky nor bouncing.FAULTSAny departure from the foregoing points should be considered as a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.ELIMINATORY FAULTSRound skull, short head, too light or wall eyes, nose and skrotum pink or vivid brown. For the coat, jet black, wheaten or orange; tricolour with colours distinctly defined; dewclaws.N.B. Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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