BAVARIAN MOUNTAIN SCENTHOUND

(Bayerischer Gebirgsschweisshund)

TAIL : Medium length, reaching, at most, to hocks.  Set on high, carried horizontal or slightly slanting downwards. 

LIMBS.
FOREQUARTERS :
General : Legs seen from the front, straight and parallel; seen from the side, standing well under the body.  Good angulations.
Shoulder : Well slanting, laid back shoulder blade.  Strongly muscled.
Upper arm : Long, with good and lean muscles.
Elbows : Close fitting to body, turning neither in nor out.
Forearm : Lean, vertical and straight.  Strong bone, very well muscled.
Pastern joint : Strong.
Pastern : Slanting lightly.
Front feet : Spoon shaped with well arched, tight toes as well as sufficiently cushioned, coarse, resistant and well pigmented pads.  Feet move parallel; in stance and movement turning neither in nor out.
Nails black or horn colour.

HINDQUARTERS :
General : Strong bone.  Seen from rear, straight and parallel.  Good angulations.
Upper thigh : Broad and very muscular.
Stifle : Strong.
Lower thigh : Relatively long, muscular and sinewy.
Hock joint : Strong.
Rear pastern : Short, standing vertical.
Hind feet : Spoon shaped, with well arched, tight toes as well as sufficiently cushioned, coarse resistant and well pigmented pads.  Feet move parallel; in stance and movement turning neither in nor out.  Nails black or horn colour. 
GAIT / MOVEMENT  : Ground covering, with good reach in front and strong drive from the rear.  Fore- and hindlegs straight and parallel; lightly springy gait. 
SKIN : Strong, tight fitting.

COAT.
HAIR : Dense, close fitting, moderately harsh with little gloss.  Finer on head and leathers, harsher and longer on belly, legs and tail.
COLOUR : Deep red, deer red, reddish brown, tan, also clear fawn to biscuit colour, reddish gray as the winter coat of a deer, also brindled or interspersed with black hairs.  The basic colour on the back is generally more intense, muzzle and leathers dark.  Tail, mostly, interspersed with dark hair.  Small light-coloured patch on chest (“Bracken Star”) permitted.
SIZE : Height at withers : Dogs : 47 to 52 cm.   Bitches : 44 to 48 cm.
No departure from  above permitted in either dogs or bitches.
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.
 

SERIOUS FAULTS :

  • Flesh coloured nose.

  • Mouth slightly over- or undershot.  Partial pincer bite.

  • Very loose eyelids.

  • Marked hollow or roach back.

  • Very flat or barrel shaped chest.

  • Very in or out at elbow.

  • Distinctly overbuilt hindquarters.

  • Hindlegs very close, cow-hocked or bow-shaped, in stance or movement.

  • Too fine or thin coat.

  • Strong deviation in colour, black colour with red markings (Black and Tan).

  • Deviation in size.

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS :

  • Markedly over- or undershot, wry mouth.

  • Missing teeth (except P1).

  • Ectropion, entropion.

  • Tail kinked from birth.

  • Weakness in temperament.

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

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