ORIGIN : France.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE VALID ORIGINAL STANDARD : 06.05.1964.
CLASSIFICATION FCI : Group 7 Pointing dogs
Section 1.2 Continental pointing dogs, "Spaniel" Type
With working trial.
NOSE : Brown nose, protruding perceptibly above the front of the lip, rather pointed.
Faults : Black, pale, dudley nose or round.
LIPS : Fine and slightly let down, making the muzzle rather pointed.
Faults : Thick and lippy.
MUZZLE : Long, arched in the middle part.
Faults : Short or too convex.
SKULL : Round and developed at the top, occipital crest prominent; the parietals rather round joining the muzzle in a weak angle; although the stop is marked; the forehead rising towards the top knot which must be very curly and well placed on the top of the skull leaving the forehead bare.
Faults : Flat on the sides, rejoining the muzzle by too straight an angle, forehead parallel to the muzzle, lack of topknot, topknot reaching to the superciliairy arches or topknot formed by hanging hair.
EYES : Dark amber or hazel, rather small, well set into the socket; kind and frank expression.
Faults : Too light, set level with the head surface or too sunken, unfriendly or vicious look.
EARS : Medium thickness, flat, set on rather low in such a way as to keep away from the cheeks; long and furnished with long silky very curly hair, joining the topknot to show a beautiful curly wig really framing the head.
Faults : Thick, folded, too short, set too high, carried either forward or backward.
NECK : A little arched, neat, well muscled, joined finely to the head and solidly to the shoulders.
Faults : Too heavy, flat on its top, too thick in its junction with th head.
SHOULDERS : Strong, long, sloping, close at the point where they join the spinal column.
Faults : Short, straight, spaced at the summit.
UPPER ARM : Strong and muscled.
Faults : Thin.
CHEST : Deep, broad, going down fully to level of the elbow, ribs long and protruding and the last rib close to the hip.
Faults : Insufficiently let down, too round hollow, ribs flat or too close together.
BACK : Straight or slightly convex.
Faults : Long, narrow or hollow.
LOIN : Quite short, broad, solid, muscular.
Faults : Long, narrow or flat.
HAUNCH : Prominent and reaching the height of the back.
Faults : Low.
RUMP : Very slightly oblique.
Faults : Falling away (steep), too straight.
FLANKS : Flat and a little raised.
Faults : Too fleshy, too let down.
TAIL : Set almost at the level of the loin line, carried quite straight, generally docked at the third part of its length; thick at the base, well feathered with curly hair which should surround the tail completely. When the tail is not docked, it must be of medium length, carried a little curved.
Faults : Set too high or too low, too curved, carried sabre fashion, coated like a plume.
HINDQUARTERS : Thighs straight, well let down, muscular; point of buttock prominent, hock joints broad and straight, without deviation either in or out. Hocks rather short, furnished especially at the back with a curly fringe; thigh fleshy and with culottes. Dewclaws to be avoided.
Faults : Hock joints deviated, straight, too wide apart or too close together; hocks long, oblique, back to front or deviating to the right or the left, without fringes; thighs flat. The legs must be rather short, the dog being rather close to the ground, yet without falling into the cocker type.
FEET : Round, set true, furnished with long curly hairs between the toes.
Faults : Narrow, too broad, too hairy, fleshy pads.
COAT : Curly and slightly rough.
Faults : Too flat, too curly, top knot not curly or falling as in the Poodle; too hard or too fine.
COLOUR : Brown, brown and preferably streaky grey, with dead leaf glints.
Faults : Black or black and white, presence of tan markings.
ENSEMBLE : Stocky and vigorous dog.
SIZE : 52 - 58 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.
N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.