TRANSLATION Mrs Peggy Davis.ORIGINFrance / BelgiumDATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD17.09.1990.UTILIZATIONToy.F.C.I CLASSIFICATIONGroup 9 Companions and ToysSection 10 Continental Toy SpanielsWithout Working Trial.GENERAL APPEARANCESmall de luxe Toy spaniel, of a normal and harmonious build, with long hair, moderately long muzzle shorter than the skull, lively personality, graceful yet robust, proud carriage with an easy and elegant gait.LENGTHScapula-ischial, taken from the point of the shoulder, (scapula-humeral articulation) to the point of the buttock.SIZEHeight at the withers.HEADIn normal proportion to the body and proportionately lighter and shorter than in the Spaniel of large and medium size. The skull not too rounded neither in profile nor from the front, sometimes showing a slight trace of medial furrow. The muzzle, shorter than the skull, is fine, pointed and not too hollow on the sides; must not be turned up. The straight nasal bridge is joined to the skull by an accentuate depression. In the heavier dogs, this depression is less evident yet still defined; in the very small dogs it is clearly marked without ever showing a sudden break.NOSESmall, black and round, but slightly flattened on top.LIPSStrongly pigmented, thin and tight.TEETHQuite strong, and closing normally.TONGUEMust not be visible; the fact that it is constantly visible or not drawn in when touched by the finger is a fault.EYESRather large, well open, in the shape of a large almond, not prominent, set rather low in the head, the inner corner is at the intersection of the skull and the muzzle. Dark in colour and very expressive; eyelid strongly pigmented.EARSQuite fine but firm. Whether it is the oblique ear or the hanging ear, when examined by hand, the cartilage must not end in too sharp a point. The ears are set on rather far back on the head, sufficiently apart one from the other, so as to reveal the slightly rounded shape of the skull.A.variety with hanging ears, called : PhalèneThe ear at rest is set high, considerably higher than the eye line, carried hanging and yet quite mobile. Garnished with wavy hair which may reach quite a length which gives the dog a pretty appearance.B.Variety with erect ears, called : PapillonThe ear is set on high, the auricle (external ear) well open and turned to the side; the inner edge of the ear forming an angle of approx. 45o with the horizontal. In no case must the ear point upwards, which would be like a Spitz type ear and must definitely be rejected. The inside of the auricle is covered with fine hairs, also wavy. The longest hairs extending slightly beyond the edge of the ear; the outer face, on the contrary, is covered with long hair forming hanging fringes extending well beyond the edges of the ear. Cross breeding of the two varieties often produce semi-erect ears, with drooping tip; this mixed form of ear carriage is a serious fault.QUARTERSShouldersThe shoulder and the arm, well developed, are of equal length, well joined to one another, normally angulated and well joined to the body.LegsStraight, firm, rather fine. The dog must not seem to be raised up. In profile the pastern is apparent, the hocks normally angulated; seen either from the front or from the back, the legs are parallel.FeetRather long, called "hare feet" resting evenly on their pads. Strong nails, preferably black, lighter in the dogs with brown or white coats (the white nails in white dogs or in dogs with white legs do not constitute a fault if the dog is otherwise well pigmented). The toes are strong with a tough pad, well furnished in between with fine hair extending beyond the tip of the foot and forming a point.NeckOf moderate length, a little arched at the nape.Chest Wide, fairly well let down. The circumference of the thorax, taken between the last two ribs, must be approx. equivalent to the height at the withers. Ribs well arched.ToplineNeither too short or arched, nor saddled, without however being flat; the loin solid and slightly arched.Belly (abdomen)Slightly drawn up.TailSet quite high, rather long, abundant fringe forming a lovely plume. When the dog is in action, it is carried raised along the line of the back and curved, the extreme tip may touch the back; never should it curl or lie flat on the back.COAT (HAIR)The coat, without undercoat, is abundant, glossy, wavy (not to be confused with curly), not soft but slightly resistant to the touch, with silky reflections. The hairs are inserted flat, they are quit fine, slightly curved by the wave. The appearance of the coat is similar to that of the English Toy Spaniel, but it differs definitely from that of the Pekingese Spaniel; at the same time it should not have any resemblance to the coat of the Spitz. The hair is short on the face, the muzzle, the front of the legs and the underneath part of the hock. Of medium length on the body, longer on the neck to form a ruff and jabot, descending in waves on the chest; forming fringes at the ears and at the back of the forelegs; at the back of the thighs, an ample culotte with soft hair. There may be small tufts of hair between the toes and may even extend slightly beyond providing they do not give a heavy appearance to the foot, but rather give it a finer appearance by lengthening it. Certain dogs in good coat condition have hair 7,5 cm long at the withers and fringes of 15 cm on the tail.COLOURSAll colours are admitted on a coat with a white background. On the body and legs, the white must be dominant in relation to the colour. Is preferred the white on the head extended by a more or less wide blaze. A white marking is admitted on the lower part of the head, but dominant white on the head constitutes a fault. In all cases, the lips, the eyelids and certainly the nose must be pigmented.SIZEHeight at the withers About 28 cmWeight two categories1) less than 2,5 kg for dogs and bitches2) from 2,5 kg to 4,5 kg for dogsfrom 2,5 kg to 5 kg for bitches.Minimum weight 1,5 kg.GAIT/MOVEMENT Proud, free, easy and elegant.FAULTSFlat skull, apple-shaped and bulging as in the small English Toy Spaniel; stop too much or insufficiently accentuated; muzzle arched or hollow; small eye, too round, prominent; light in colour, showing white when the dog looks straight ahead. Nose not black. Depigmentation on the edges of the eyelid and the lips. Overshot and especially undershot is a fault to be avoided.Forelegs bowed (bandy); knotted pastern joints; hindquarters which, seen from the back, are out of the vertical at the stifle joint (patella), at the hocks, at the feet; weak hindquarters.Feet turning inwards or outwards; nails not touching the ground.The single or double dewclaw on the hind legs is undesirable and constitutes a beauty fault. Its removal is therefore advisable.Curly tail; resting on the back; falling on the side, (that is the bone and not the fringes which, because of their length, fall in locks).Poor coat, soft or blown (puffed up); hair planted straight or itself straight, woolly hair, undercoat indicating cross breeding with the Spitz.Roach or saddle back.DISQUALIFICATIONS1) Pink or pink spotted nose.2) Excessive prognathism, overshot or undershot to the point where the incisors do not touch anymore.3) Tongue paralysed or constantly visible.N.B. Males should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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