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| Local Clubs: |
We're sorry, but there are
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| Scottish Deerhound
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BREED STANDARD |
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| Head: |
Should be broadest at the
ears, narrowing slightly to the eyes, with the muzzle tapering more
decidedly to the nose. The muzzle should be pointed, but the teeth and
lips level. The head should be long, the skull flat rather than round
with a very slight rise over the eyes but nothing approaching a stop.
The hair on the skull should be moderately long and softer than the rest
of the coat. The nose should be black (in some blue fawns-blue) and
slightly aquiline. In lighter colored dogs the black muzzle is
preferable. There should be a good mustache of rather silky hair and a
fair beard. |
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| Ears: |
Should be set on high; in
repose, folded back like a Greyhound's, though raised above the head in
excitement without losing the fold, and even in some cases semierect. A
prick ear is bad. Big thick ears hanging flat to the head or heavily
coated with long hair are bad faults. The ears should be soft, glossy,
like a mouse's coat to the touch and the smaller the better. There
should be no long coat or long fringe, but there is sometimes a silky,
silvery coat on the body of the ear and the tip. On all Deerhounds,
irrespective of color of coat, the ears should be black or dark colored.
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| Neck & Shoulders: |
The neck should be long-of
a length befitting the Greyhound character of the dog. Extreme length is
neither necessary nor desirable. Deerhounds do not stoop to their work
like the Greyhounds. The mane, which every good specimen should have,
sometimes detracts from the apparent length of the neck. The neck,
however, must be strong as is necessary to hold a stag. The nape of the
neck should be very prominent where the head is set on, and the throat
clean cut at the angle and prominent. Shoulders should be well sloped;
blades well back and not too much width between them. Loaded and
straight shoulders are very bad faults. |
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| Tail |
Should be tolerably long,
tapering and reaching to within 11/2 inches of the ground and about 11/2
inches below the hocks. Dropped perfectly down or curved when the
Deerhound is still, when in motion or excited, curved, but in no
instance lifted out of line of the back. It should be well covered with
hair, on the inside, thick and wiry, underside longer and towards the
end a slight fringe is not objectionable. A curl or ring tail is
undesirable. |
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| Eyes: |
Should be dark-generally
dark brown, brown or hazel. A very light eye is not liked. The eye
should be moderately full, with a soft look in repose, but a keen, far
away look when the Deerhound is roused. Rims of eyelids should be black.
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| Body: |
General formation is that
of a Greyhound of larger size and bone. Chest deep rather than broad but
not too narrow or slab-sided. Good girth of chest is indicative of great
lung power. The loin well arched and drooping to the tail. A straight
back is not desirable, this formation being unsuited for uphill work,
and very unsightly. |
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| Legs & Feet: |
Legs should be broad and
flat, and good broad forearms and elbows are desirable. Forelegs must,
of course, be as straight as possible. Feet close and compact, with
well-arranged toes. The hindquarters drooping, and as broad and powerful
as possible, the hips being set wide apart. A narrow rear denotes lack
of power. The stifles should be well bent. with great length from hip to
hock, which should be broad and flat. Cowhocks, weak pasterns, straight
stifles and splay feet are very bad faults. |
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| Coat: |
The hair on the body, neck
and quarters should be harsh and wiry about 3 or 4 inches long; that on
the head, breast and belly much softer. There should be a slight fringe
on the inside of the forelegs and hind legs but nothing approaching the
"feather" of a Collie. A woolly coat is bad. Some good strains have a
mixture of silky coat with the hard which is preferable to a woolly
coat. The climate of the United States tends to produce the mixed coat.
The ideal coat is a thick, close-lying ragged coat, harsh or crisp to
the touch. |
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| Color: |
is a matter of fancy, but
the dark blue-gray is most preferred. Next come the darker and lighter
grays or brindles, the darkest being generally preferred. Yellow and
sandy red or red fawn, especially with black ears and muzzles, are
equally high in estimation. This was the color of the oldest known
strains-the McNeil and Chesthill Menzies. White is condemned by all
authorities, but a white chest and white toes, occurring as they do in
many of the darkest-colored dogs, are not objected to, although the less
the better, for the Deerhound is a self-colored dog. A white blaze on
the head, or a white collar, should entirely disqualify. The less white
the better but a slight white tip to the stern occurs in some of the
best strains. |
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| Height: |
| Height of
Dogs-From 30 to 32 inches, or even more if there be
symmetry without coarseness, which is rare. |
| Height of
Bitches-From 28 inches upwards. There is no objection to a
bitch being large, unless too coarse, as even at her greatest height
she does not approach that of the dog, and therefore could not be
too big for work as overbig dogs are. |
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| Weight: |
From 85 to 110 pounds in
dogs, and from 75 to 95 pounds in bitches. |
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| POINTS OF THE DEERHOUND: |
| Arranged in Order of
Importance |
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| 1 |
Typical-A
Deerhound should resemble a rough-coated Greyhound of larger size and
bone. |
| 2 |
Movements-Easy,
active and true. |
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As tall as possible
consistent with quality. |
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Head-Long, level,
well balanced, carried high |
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Body-Long, very
deep in brisket, well-sprung ribs and great breadth across hips. |
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Forelegs-Strong
and quite straight, with elbows neither in nor out. |
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Thighs-Long and
muscular, second thighs well muscled, stifles well bent. |
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Loins-Well
arched, and belly well drawn up. |
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Coat-Rough and
hard, with softer beard and brows. |
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Feet-Close,
compact, with well-knuckled toes. |
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Ears-Small
(dark) with Greyhoundlike carriage. |
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Eyes-Dark,
moderately full. |
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Neck-Long,
well arched, very strong with prominent nape. |
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Shoulders-Clean,
set sloping. |
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Chest-Very
deep but not too narrow. |
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Tail-Long
and curved slightly, carried low. |
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Teeth-Strong
and level. |
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Nails-Strong
and curved. |
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