PETIT
BASSET GRIFFON VENDEEN
(Petit
Basset Griffon Vendéen)
FCI-Standard N° 67
/ 14. 02. 2001 / GB
ORIGIN:
France.
DATE OF
PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD:
09.01.1999.
UTILIZATION:
Devil in the country, angel in the house, that’s our Basset. It’s a
passionate hunter, that must, from an early age, get used to obeying.
Perfect assistant to the hunter with a gun on territories of medium size,
specialist for rabbit, but no other game escapes from it.
CLASSIFICATION
F.C.I.
: Group 6 Scenthounds and related breeds. Section 1.3 Small-sized Hounds.
With working trial.
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY:
For a long time the Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen had the same standard as
the Grand Basset, only the size was different (from 34 to 38 cm). The
result in utilization was not very brilliant, because they were semi-crooked
and as heavy as the Grand Basset. That is why that M.Abel Dezamy created a
separate standard for them. To define this hound, let us remember what
Paul Daubigné wrote: «It is no longer a small Vendéen by simple
reduction of the height, but a small Basset harmoniously reduced in all
his proportions and in its volume, that is naturally endowed with all the
moral qualities which presuppose the passion for hunting». A team of
Petit Bassets won the first edition of France’s Cup on rabbit.
GENERAL
APPEARANCE:
Small, active and vigorous hound, with a slightly elongated body. Proud
tail carriage. Coat
hard and long without exaggeration. Expressive head; leathers well turned
inwards, covered with long hair and set below the level of the eye, not
too long.
BEHAVIOUR
/ TEMPERAMENT:
Behaviour:
Passionate hunter, courageous, likes the bramble and scrub.
Temperament:
Docile but wilful and passionate.
HEAD:
CRANIAL
REGION:
Skull:
Slightly domed, not too elongated nor very broad, well chiselled under the
eyes, the occipital protuberance quite developed.
Stop:
Frontal indentation defined.
FACIAL
REGION:
Nose:
Prominent, well developed; nostrils open, black apart from the white and
orange coats where a brown nose is tolerated.
Muzzle:
Much shorter than that of the Grand Basset but nevertheless very slightly
elongated and straight. Muzzle square at its end.
Lips:
Covered with abundant moustaches.
Jaws/Teeth:
Scissor bite.
Eyes:
Quite large with an intelligent expression, showing no white; the
conjunctiva must not be apparent. The brows surmounting the eyes stand
forward but should not obscure the eyes. Eyes must be of a dark colour.
Leathers:
Supple, narrow and fine, covered with long hair, ending in a slight oval,
turned inwards and not quite reaching the end of the muzzle. Well set
below the level of the eye.
NECK:
Long and strong; well muscled; strong at set on; without dewlap; carrying
head proudly.
BODY:
Back:
Straight, topline level.
Loin:
Muscled.
Croup:
Well muscled and quite wide.
Chest:
Not too wide. Rather deep, reaching the elbow level.
Ribs:
Moderately rounded.
TAIL:
Set high, quite thick at its base, tapering evenly to its tip; rather
short, carried sabre fashion.
LIMBS:
Overall
view: Bone
structure quite strong but in proportion to size.
FOREQUARTERS:
Shoulders:
Clean, oblique, well attached to the body.
Forearm:
Well developed.
Wrist
(carpus):
Very slightly defined.
HINDQUARTERS:
Thigh:
Muscled and only slightly rounded.
Hock:
Quite wide, slightly angulated, never completely straight.
FEET:
Not too strong, pads hard, toes very tight, nails solid. Good pigmentation
of the pads is desirable.
GAIT /
MOVEMENT:
Very free and effortless.
SKIN:
Quite thick, often marbled in tricolour subjects. No dewlap.
COAT:
HAIR:
Harsh but not too long, never silky or woolly.
COLOUR:
Black with white spotting (white and black). Black with tan markings (black
and tan). Black with light tan markings. Fawn with white spotting (white
and orange). Fawn with black mantle and white spotting (tricolour). Fawn
with black overlay. Pale fawn with black overlay and white spotting. Pale
fawn with black overlay. Traditional names: hare colour, wolf colour,
badger colour or wild boar colour.
SIZE:
Height
at withers:
From 34 to 38 cm. With a tolerance of 1 cm more or less.
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.
Head:
·
Too
short.
·
Flat
skull.
·
Depigmentation
of nose, lips or eyelids.
·
Short
muzzle.
·
Pincer
bite.
·
Light eye.
·
Leathers
set high, long, insufficiently turned in or lacking hair.
Body:
·
Too long
or too short, lacking harmony.
·
Topline
insufficiently firm.
·
Slanting
croup.
Tail:
·
Deviated
stern.
Limbs:
·
Insufficient
bone.
·
Lack of
angulation.
·
Slack in
pasterns.
Hair:
·
Not dense
enough, fine hair.
Behaviour:
·
Timid
subject.
ELIMINATING
FAULTS:
·
Lack of
type.
·
Overshot
or undershot mouth.
·
Wall eye/Eyes
of different colours (Heterochromia).
·
Lack of
space in the sternal region : ribs too narrow towards the lower part.
·
Kinky
tail.
·
Crooked
or half-crooked forelegs.
·
Woolly
coat.
·
Self-coloured
black or white coat.
·
Important
depigmentation.
·
Size
outside the standard.
·
Noticeable
invalidating fault. Anatomical
malformation.
·
Fearful
or aggressive subject.
N.B. : Male animals should
have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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