[简介]一种紧凑，结合紧密的中型犬，外观是一种长腿狗，显得很敏捷，步幅非常大，结实、精力旺盛、积极、动作迅速，坚固而不笨拙，这就是不列塔尼猎犬。他可以没有尾巴或断尾，保留4英寸长。 [体型]高度：肩高约17.5英寸~20.5英寸，如果低于17.5英寸或高于20.5英寸则属于失格。体重：体重约30~40磅。比例：腿长而优美，所以体长等于肩高。身躯长度：与肩高相等。体长是指从前胸到臀部的距离。体质：骨骼不能太轻，但也不能太重，而显得笨重。
[头部]表情：警惕而热烈，但带有猎鸟犬的柔和表情。眼睛：在头部的恰当位置，在浓重而富于表情的眉毛保护之下。过分丰满或突出的眼睛属于缺陷。必须有正确的脸部，否则属于严重缺陷。眼睛下方轮廓清晰，所以下眼睑不能外翻、有眼袋或瞬膜外露、有污泥或杂草。深色的眼睛比较理想，但浅色（琥珀色）眼睛也可以接受。浅色眼睛或看起来不舒服的眼睛都属于严重缺陷。耳朵：位置高，高于眼睛所在的水平线，短而呈三角形，有点下垂，延伸到口吻长度一半的位置。平而紧密地贴着头部，覆盖着短而相对短的毛发，略有刘海。脑袋：中等长度，圆，略呈楔形，但很匀称。宽，但不过分，宽度与长度相当，不能太宽而显得粗笨，也不能太窄，而象赛跑犬。非常清晰，但略微倾斜的止部，中线模糊。后枕骨只能在触摸时能官爵到突出，侧向圆拱。不列塔尼猎犬不应该出现“苹果头”，也没有锯齿状的止部。口吻：中等长度，长度约为脑袋的2/3（口吻的长度是从鼻尖到止部，脑袋的长度是从后枕骨到止部）。口吻呈锥形，横向或纵向都向鼻镜方向逐渐变细。既没有罗马鼻，也没有盘子脸。既不宽而重，也不细长。鼻镜：鼻孔开阔，允许深呼吸，且嗅觉更灵敏。紧闭的鼻孔属于缺陷。决不发亮。颜色：棕色、驼色、褐色阴影、深粉色。黑色鼻镜属于失格。双色鼻镜属于缺陷。嘴唇：紧闭，上唇遮盖下颚和下唇。嘴唇干燥；所以外观没有拈连。流口水属于严重缺陷。上唇下坠属于缺陷。咬和：真正的剪状咬和，上颚突出或下颚突出式咬和都属于严重缺陷。
[颈部、背线、身躯]颈部：中等长度，没有赘肉，尽管赘肉不属于严重缺陷。结实，但肌肉不显得过分发达，与倾斜的肩胛接合良好，没有塌陷或羊脖子。背线：从肩胛最高点到尾根处略微倾斜。胸部：深，延伸到肘部。不能太宽或太圆拱，而影响到肩胛和肘部的位置。肋骨支撑良好，有良好的深度和宽度，为胸腔提供足够的空间。胸部太窄或平板胸属于缺陷。背部：短而直，决不能凹陷、马鞍状、摇摆或拱起。从臀部到尾根处略微下垂。腰窝：圆。相当丰满，没有过分上提，软弱或塌陷。腰部短而结实，从最后一条肋骨到大腿上端的距离短，大约是3指~4指宽。窄而软弱的腰部属于缺陷。运动时，腰部不能左右摇摆，使背部做“Z”字形运动，浪费能量。尾巴：从无尾到大约4英寸长的尾巴，天生的或断尾。尾巴不能太长而影响狗的整体平衡。位置高，实际上是脊椎的延伸，与脊椎处于同一水平。尾巴长度超过4英寸属于严重缺陷。
[前躯]肩胛：肩胛不十分突出，距离不能分的太开，中间的距离约2指宽。肩胛倾斜而肌肉发达。肩胛骨与上臂骨几乎接近90度角，肩部平。不列塔尼猎犬的肩部略高于臀部。前腿：从前面观察，垂直，但距离不过分宽。肘部和足爪既不向内弯，也不向外翻。骹骨略微倾斜。向下的骹骨属于严重缺陷。腿骨整洁、优美，但不能太细腻。骨骼太沉重或细长腿都属于严重缺陷。必须显得既有实质（骨骼和肌肉），又柔韧。肘部的高度与从肘部到马肩隆的距离相等。足爪：足爪结实，相对于猎鹬犬显得略小，紧凑，脚趾圆拱，脚垫厚实。不列塔尼猎犬没有“向上的脚趾”，脚趾没有很多的羽状饰毛。平坦的足爪、张开的足爪、象纸一样薄的足爪等都属于严重缺陷。理想的足爪应该界于兔足和猫足之间。狼爪可以切除。
[后躯]宽阔、结实，且肌肉发达，大腿充满力量，膝关节弯曲，为强大的驱动力提供正确的角度。后腿：膝关节弯曲，膝关节角度不应该太大，而使飞节位于身体下后方太远的地方。在裁判没有在侧面观察他的动作之前，不应该将较直的膝关节认定为缺陷。膝关节不能向外翻而形成牛肢。大腿有羽状态饰毛，但不过分，延伸到大腿到飞节的中途。飞节（后骹骨）略短，既不向内弯，也不向外翻。从侧面观察时，垂直于地面。当裁判摇晃他的时候显得稳固。足爪：与前肢相同。
[被毛]浓密，平坦或呈波浪状，不能卷曲。既不是刚毛质地，也不是丝质。耳朵上略有少量刘海。前腿和后腿有羽状饰毛，但少量饰毛比大量饰毛更可取。长而浓厚的羽状饰毛属于严重缺陷，并坚决将他们排除出比赛。皮肤：细腻而相当松弛。过分松弛，象口袋一样的皮肤则不合需要。
[颜色]橘色与白色或肝色与白色，图案清晰或混杂。坚实的条纹比较理想。橘色或肝色形成杂色或斑纹。褪色的颜色不合需要。三色是允许的，但不理想。三色是指肝色和白色的狗，在眉毛、口吻、面颊、耳朵内和尾巴下方有橘色斑纹，褪下部有斑点。除此以外的任何颜色都属于严重缺陷。黑色被毛属于失格。
[步态] 小跑时，不列塔尼猎犬的后足爪将落在前足爪的脚印上，过来或离开时，动作整洁，这一点很重要，但最重要的是从侧面观察步态，步态应该平顺、有效而且步幅很大。
[气质] 欢快而警惕的狗，既不卑鄙，也不羞怯。
[失格] 肩高低于17.5英寸或高于20.5英寸。黑色鼻镜。黑色被毛。
标准通过日期：1990年4月10日
标准执行日期：1990年5月31日
Brittany Breed Standard
Sporting Group
General Appearance
Acompact, closely knit dog of medium size, a leggy dog having theappearance, as well as the agility, of a great ground coverer. Strong,vigorous, energetic and quick of movement. Ruggedness, withoutclumsiness, is a characteristic of the breed. He can be tailless or hasa tail docked to approximately four inches.
Size, Proportion, Substance
Height--17½to 20½ inches, measured from the ground to the highest point of theshoulders. Any Brittany measuring under 17½ inches or over 20½ inchesshall be disqualified from dog show competition.Weight--Should weigh between 30 and 40 pounds.
Proportion--So leggy is he that his height at the shoulders is the same as the length of his body.
Body Length--Approximatelythe same as the height when measured at the shoulders. Body length ismeasured from the point of the forecast to the rear of the rump. A longbody should be heavily penalized.
Substance--Not too light in bone, yet never heavy-boned and cumbersome.
Head
Expression--Alert and eager, but with the soft expression of a bird dog.Eyes--Wellset in head. Well protected from briars by a heavy, expressive eyebrow.A prominent full or popeye should be penalized. It is a serious faultin a dog that must face briars. Skull well chiseled under the eyes, sothat the lower lid is not pulled back to form a pocket or haw thatwould catch seeds, dirt and weed dust. Preference should be for thedarker colored eyes, though lighter shades of amber should not bepenalized. Light and mean-looking eyes should be heavily penalized.Ears--Sethigh, above the level of the eyes. Short and triangular, rather thanpendulous, reaching about half the length of the muzzle. Should lieflat and close to the head, with dense, but relatively short hair, andwith little fringe.Skull--Medium length,rounded, very slightly wedge-shaped, but evenly made. Width, not quiteas wide as the length and never so broad as to appear coarse, or sonarrow as to appear racy. Well defined, but gently sloping stop. Medianline rather indistinct. The occiput only apparent to the touch. Lateralwalls well rounded. The Brittany should never be "apple-headed" and heshould never have an indented stop.Muzzle--Mediumlength, about two thirds the length of the skull, measuring the muzzlefrom the tip to the stop, and the skull from the occiput to the stop.Muzzle should taper gradually in both horizontal and verticaldimensions as it approaches the nostrils. Neither a Roman nose nor adish-face is desirable. Never broad, heavy or snippy.Nose--Nostrilswell open to permit deep breathing of air and adequate scenting. Tightnostrils should be penalized. Never shiny. Color: fawn, tan, shades ofbrown or deep pink. A black nose is a disqualification. A two-tone orbutterfly nose should be penalized.Lips--Tight,the upper lip overlapping the lower jaw just to cover the lower lip.Lips dry, so that feathers will not stick. Drooling to be heavilypenalized. Flews to be penalized.Bite--A true scissors bite. Overshot or undershot jaw to be heavily penalized.
Neck, Topline, Body
Neck--Mediumlength. Free from throatiness, though not a serious fault unlessaccompanied by dewlaps, strong without giving the impression of beingover muscled. Well set into sloping shoulders. Never concave orewe-necked.Topline--Slight slope from the highest point of the shoulders to the root of the tail.Chest--Deep,reaching the level of the elbow. Neither so wide nor so rounded as todisturb the placement of the shoulders and elbows. Ribs well sprung.Adequate heart room provided by depth as well as width. Narrow orslab-sided chests are a fault.Back--Short and straight. Never hollow, saddle, sway or roach backed. Slight drop from the hips to the root of the tail.Flanks--Rounded.Fairly full. Not extremely tucked up, or flabby and falling. Loinsshort and strong. Distance from last rib to upper thigh short, aboutthree to four finger widths. Narrow and weak loins are a fault. Inmotion, the loin should not sway sideways, giving a zig-zag motion tothe back, wasting energy.Tail--Tailless toapproximately four inches, natural or docked. The tail not to be solong as to affect the overall balance of the dog. Set on high, actuallyan extension of the spine at about the same level. Any tailsubstantially more than four inches shall be severely penalized.
Forequarters
Shoulders--Shoulderblades should not protrude too much, not too wide apart, with perhapstwo thumbs' width between. Sloping and muscular. Blade and upper armshould form nearly a ninety degree angle. Straight shoulders are afault. At the shoulders, the Brittany is slightly higher than at therump.Front Legs--Viewed from the front,perpendicular, but not set too wide. Elbows and feet turning neither innor out. Pasterns slightly sloped. Down in pasterns is a serious fault.Leg bones clean, graceful, but not too fine. Extremely heavy bone is asmuch a fault as spindly legs. One must look for substance andsuppleness. Height at elbows should approximately equal distance fromelbow to withers.Feet--Should be strong,proportionately smaller than the spaniels', with close fitting, wellarched toes and thick pads. The Brittany is "not up on his toes." Toesnot heavily feathered. Flat feet, splayed feet, paper feet, etc., areto be heavily penalized. An ideal foot is halfway between the hare andthe cat foot. Dewclaws may be removed.
Hindquarter
Broad strong and muscular, with powerful thighs and well bent stifles, giving the angulation necessary for powerful drive.Hind Legs--Stifleswell bent. The stifle should not be so angulated as to place the hockjoint far out behind the dog. A Brittany should not be condemned forstraight stifle until the judge has checked the dog in motion from theside. The stifle joint should not turn out making a cowhock. Thighswell feathered but not profusely, halfway to the hock. Hocks, that is,the back pasterns, should be moderately short, pointing neither in norout, perpendicular when viewed from the side. They should be firm whenshaken by the judge.FeetSame as front feet.
Coat
Dense,flat or wavy, never curly. Texture neither wiry nor silky. Ears shouldcarry little fringe. The front and hind legs should have somefeathering, but too little is definitely preferable to too much. Dogswith long or profuse feathering or furnishings shall be so severelypenalized as to effectively eliminate them from competition.Skin--Fineand fairly loose. A loose skin rolls with briars and sticks, thusdiminishing punctures or tearing. A skin so loose as to form pouches isundesirable.
Color
Orange and white orliver and white in either clear or roan patterns. Some ticking isdesirable. The orange or liver is found in the standard parti-color orpiebald patterns. Washed out colors are not desirable. Tri-colors areallowed but not preferred. A tri-color is a liver and white dog withclassic orange markings on eyebrows, muzzle and cheeks, inside the earsand under the tail, freckles on the lower legs are orange. Anythingexceeding the limits of these markings shall be severely penalized.Black is a disqualification.
Gait
When ata trot the Brittany's hind foot should step into or beyond the printleft by the front foot. Clean movement, coming and going, is veryimportant, but most important is side gait, which is smooth, efficientand ground covering.
Temperament
A happy, alert dog, neither mean nor shy.
Disqualifications
Any Brittany measuring under 17½ inches or over 20½ inches
A black nose
Black in the coat
Approved April 10, 1990
Effective May 31, 1990
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