English Springer Spaniel - Kooikerhondje - Stabyhoun

English Springer Spaniel

ORIGIN: Great Britain 
FCI-Standard N° 125 / 28. 11. 2003 / GB 
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD: 29.10.2003. 
UTILIZATION : Flushing dog, Retriever. 
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.: Group 8 Retrievers-Flushing Dogs- Water Dogs. Section 2 Flushing Dogs. With working trial.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY: Breed is of ancient and pure origins, oldest of sporting gundogs; original purpose was finding and springing game for net, falcon or greyhound. Now used to find, flush and retrieve game for gun.

GENERAL APPEARANCE: Symmetrically built, compact, strong, merry, active. Highest on leg and raciest in build of all British land Spaniels.

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT: Friendly, happy disposition, biddable. Timidity or aggression highly undesirable.

HEAD:

CRANIAL REGION:
Skull: Of medium length, fairly broad, slightly rounded, rising from foreface, making a brow or stop, divided by fluting between eyes, dying away along forehead towards occipital bone which should not be prominent.

FACIAL REGION:
Nose: Nostrils well developed. 
Muzzle: Foreface of proportionate length to skull, fairly broad and deep, well chiselled below eyes. 
Flews: Fairly deep and square.

Jaws/Teeth: Jaws strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws. 
Cheeks: Flat. 
Eyes: Medium size, almond-shaped, not prominent nor sunken, well set in (not showing haw), alert, kind expression. Dark hazel. Light eyes undesirable. 
Ears: Lobular, good length and width, fairly close to head, set in line with eye. Nicely feathered.

NECK: Good length, strong and muscular, free from throatiness, slightly arched, tapering towards head.

BODY: Strong, neither too long nor too short.

Loin: Muscular, strong with slight arch and well coupled. 
Chest: Deep, well developed. Well sprung ribs.

TAIL: Customarily docked.

Docked: Set low, never carried above level of back. Well feathered with lively action. 
Undocked: Set low, never carried above level of back. Well feathered with lively action. In balance with the rest of the dog.

LIMBS:

FOREQUARTERS: Forelegs straight and well boned. 
Shoulders: Sloping and well laid. 
Elbows: Set well to body. 
Pasterns: Strong, flexible.

HINDQUARTERS: Hindlegs well let down. 
Thighs: Broad, muscular, well developed. 
Stifles and hocks: Moderately bent. Coarse hocks undesirable.

FEET: Tight, compact, well rounded, with strong, full pads.

GAIT / MOVEMENT: Strictly his own. Forelegs swing straight forward from shoulder, throwing feet well forward in an easy free manner. Hocks driving well under body, following in line with forelegs. At slow movement may have a pacing stride typical of this breed.

COAT:

HAIR: Close, straight and weather resisting, never coarse. Moderate feathering on ears, forelegs, body and hinquarters.

COLOUR: Liver and white, black and white, or either of these colours with tan markings.

SIZE: Approximate height at withers: 51 cm (20 ins).

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.

Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.

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

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Kooikerhondje

TRANSLATION: Raad van Beheer, revised by Prof.Triquet. 
ORIGIN: The Netherlands. 
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD: 25.08.2001. 
UTILIZATION: This little spaniel which worked formerly and is still working so successfully in duck decoys is a true sporting dog with a lively temperament.  It is harmoniously built.  Its coat is shiny, nicely coloured and well feathered. 
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.: Group 8 Retrievers-Flushing Dogs-   Water Dogs.
Section 2 Flushing Dogs.
Without working trial. 

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY: This Dutch breed is now officially recognized.  The interim standard was approved by the « Raad van Beheer » on June 18, 1966.  As she had already done with numerous other breeds, Baroness van Hardenbroek added another jewel to the Dutch breeds.  Good quality specimens in sufficient number are now being bred.  The annual meeting of the Kooikerhondje played an important part in the development of this sporting breed. 

GENERAL APPEARANCE: Agile parti-coloured dog with a nearly square body.  It has a well feathered tail and a high head carriage. 

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS: The length of the body is slightly more than the height at withers.  Length of the skull about equal to the muzzle. 

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT: Cheerful, but not noisy, very dependent on its domestic environment, friendly, good-natured and alert.

HEAD 

CRANIAL REGION:

Skull: Sufficiently broad, moderately rounded.
Stop: Clearly visible,  but not too deep. 

FACIAL REGION:

Nose: Black.
Muzzle: Not too deep in profile.
Lips: Not overhanging.
Jaws/Teeth: The standard is scissor bite, pincer bite admitted.
Cheeks: Well filled.
Eyes: Almond-shaped, deep brown with a friendly, alert expression.
Ears: Medium sized, set on just above the line from the point of the nose to the corner of the eye; no white; hanging close to the cheeks.  Long feathered, black tips (earrings) are preferred. 

NECK: Straight and well muscled. 

BODY:

Back: Strong.
Chest: Deep with sufficient spring of ribs. 

TAIL: Carried on level with back or slightly above; not curled.  Well feathered with a white plume, the last vertebra reaching the hock. 

LIMBS  

FOREQUARTERS: Forelegs straight and not too heavily feathered. 
HINDQUARTERS: Breeches long feathered, but no feathering below the hock; the tarsal joint sufficiently angulated. 
FEET: Small, with tight toes; covered with short hair. 

GAIT / MOVEMENT: Should be flowing and springy, not stepping.   

COAT  

HAIR: Medium long, with a slight wave or straight; not curled and close fitting.  Hair not too fine, well developed undercoat; easily kept. 
COLOUR: Distinct patches of clear orange-red colour on white.  Orange-red colour should dominate.  Black and white, and tricoloured dogs are not admitted.

Head pattern: White blaze and orange-red coloured cheeks are preferred. 

SIZE: Height at the withers: About 35-40 cm (14-16 ins).   

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. 

Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified. 

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

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Stabyhoun

TRANSLATION: Yoka ten Berge and Prof. R. Triquet. 
ORIGIN : The Netherlands. 
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD: 30.05.1989. 
UTILIZATION: Pointing dog. 
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.: Group 7 Pointing Dogs.
Section 1.2 Continental Pointing
Dogs, Spaniel type.
With working trial. 

GENERAL APPEARANCE: Balanced, sturdily built, long-haired pointing dog; rectangular in shape, neither too coarse nor too refined in build.  Skin without folds nor dewlap.  Lips not pendulous.   

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT: Devoted, soft and gentle as a pet, intelligent, obedient, easy to train, relaxed, good guarddog, not vicious or snappy. 

HEAD: Dry, in balance with the body, showing more length than width.  Skull and muzzle equally long. 

CRANIAL REGION:

Skull: The skull should be slightly rounded, not narrow, but without giving the impression of being broad.  It merges with a slight rounding into the cheeks.
Stop: Only slightly indicated. 

FACIAL REGION:

Nose: Black for dogs with a black ground colour, brown for dogs with a brown or orange ground colour.  Nose well developed, not split; nostrils well open.
Muzzle: Powerful, tapering gradually to the nose, without getting pointed.  Bridge of nose straight, wide, viewed from the side neither concave nor convex.
Lips: Tight and not pendulous.
Jaws/Teeth: Teeth strong, with scissor bite.
Cheeks: Barely developed.
Eyes: Set horizontally, medium in size, round, with tight lids, without showing haw; neither protruding nor deep set.  Colour dark brown for dogs with black ground colour, brown for dogs with a brown or orange ground colour.  Bird-of-prey eyes are objectionable.
Leathers: Set fairly low.  Auricle so little developed that ear flaps hang closely, without a fold at the base, along the head.  Not admitted are ears with a strongly developed auricle which do not fold directly at the base of the ear, but further down, so that they do not hang flat against the head.  The ears are moderately long and have the form of a mason’s trowel.  The feathering of the ear is a typical characteristic of the breed : rather long at the base of the ear, decreasing in length gradually, the lowest 1/3 part of the ear covered with short hair.  The long coat must be straight; slightly wavy is permitted, but curled is objectionable. 

NECK: Short and round; head carried mostly low so that a blunt angle is formed between neck and topline.  The neck is slightly arched, without throatiness or dewlap. 

BODY: Powerful.
Back: Straight, rather long.
Loins: Powerful.
Croup: Only slightly sloping.
Chest: Viewed from the front rather broad, showing more width than depth, so that the forelegs are set rather wide apart.  Forechest not like a keel, not reaching lower than to the elbows.  Ribs well rounded; back ribs well developed.
Belly: Only moderately tucked up. 

TAIL: Long, reaching to the hock,  not set high. At ease carried downwards, its last third part may bend upwards in a gentle curve.  In action, the tail is lifted, but never so as to curl.  

The tail is covered with longer hair all around, without curls or waves, not feathered, but bushy. 

LIMBS  

FOREQUARTERS:
Shoulders: Shoulder blade close to the chest, well laid back; shoulder joint well angulated.
Forearm: Powerful and straight.
Pasterns: Straight, not sloping.
Forefeet: Toes well developed and arched, neither cat-feet nor harefeet; pads tough. 

HINDQUARTERS: Powerful, well angulated.
Lower thigh: Not too long.
Hock joint: Set low.
Rear pastern: Short.
Hind feet: Round with well developed pads. 

COAT  

HAIR: Long and smooth all over the body.  Only over the croup there may be a slight wave.  The coat on the head is short.  The coat at the back of the forelegs and at the breeches is well developed, more bushy than feathered.  A somewhat curly coat indicates crossbreeding; therefore dogs with that sort of coat should not be recognized as Stabyhoun. 

COLOUR: Black, brown or orange, with white markings.  Ticking or roan in the white is permitted. 

SIZE:

Ideal size for dogs: 53 cm,

Ideal size for bitches: 50 cm. 

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. 

Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified. 

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