TRANSLATIONMrs. Peggy Davis.ORIGINFrance.DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD06.05.1988.CLASSIFICATION FCIGroup 7 Pointing dogs.Section 1.1 Continental pointing dogs, Type "Braque". With working trial.The small size French Pointers "Pyrenees type" show, while keeping all proportions, with more reduced dimensions and lighter shapes, the same general characteristics as those of the "Gascogne type". They only differ on the following points :GENERAL APPEARANCERustic dog, not heavy but sufficiently muscled. Skin tighter than that of the Gascogne.HEADThe lips are less pendent and less convex that in the Gascogne type.NOSEBrown in colour, nostrils well opened.LEATHERSSet on above eye line, barely folded. The tips of the leathers must stop at 2 cm from the nose.NECKSome or no dewlap.FLANKSBelly less let down than in the Gascogne type.TAILFine; can be docked or naturally short.FOREQUARTERSThey are lighter than in the Gascogne type.ShouldersMuscular and moderately sloping.HINDQUARTERSFeetTight.HAIRFiner and shorter than that of the Gascogne Type.SIZEMale47 - 58 cmFemale47 - 56 cmThe size of 50 to 55 cm is the one to aim for which covers the most numerous utilisations.FAULTSAny 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.General appearanceDog too heavy or hyperlight.Head- Lips too droopy or too tight.- Split nose, flesh-coloured.- Round eyes caused by the exaggeration of the zygomatic and superciliary arches.- Entropion, ectropion, pink spots at the base of the eyelids (eliminatory).- Leathers set at eye level, too long (touching the nose).Body- Belly too tucked up (whippety).- No tail (anury).Legs (quarters)- Splayed feet.- Syndactyly (toes grown together) surplus toes, absence of toes)N.B.ale animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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