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Grote Keeshond

History

Known as as the dutch Barge Dog, the Keeshond is a typical prick - eared, curly tailed Spitz, full of activity and occasionnally of noise. Quite capable of letting visitors know that their arrival has been detected, he is then only too ready to greet them as longlost friends.Much easier to groom than his thick, long double coat would suggest, the Keeshond is hardy, loves his exercise and withstands the most Arctic temperatures with his shirt - front open to elements. He will take all the exercise you want to give him, easy to feet and will give a great deal of companionship to all ages, from children to the elderly.

General Appearance *** Short, and compact body, confident carriag. Fox - like head with small pointed ears, alert expression, large ruff, well feathered tail curled over back. Characteristic *** Sturdy, inteligent and adaptable, ideal companion, good guard, shows boldly. Temprament *** Bold alert, friendly with marked guarding tendency. Head and Skull *** Well propotioned, wedgeshaped when seen from above; from side showing definite stop. Dark muzzle equal to length of flat skull. Neither coarse nor snipepy. Nose black. Eyes *** Dark, medium size, almond - shaped, obliquely set. Well defined spectacles shown as a delicately pencilled black line slanting from outer corner of eye to lower corner of ear, coupled with distinct marking and shading forming expressive short eyebrows.

Ears *** Dark , small, ivy - leafed in shape. Erect, velvety texture. Well set on head, neither, too wide nor meeting. Mouth *** Jaws strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeh closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Lips black. Neck *** Moderately long and arched, covered with thick, profuse coat forming large ruff. ForeQuarters *** Shoulder well sloped. Straight front of medium width with good bone. Body *** Short, compact; length from withers to the tial equal to height at withers, well sprung in rib. Good depth of brisket. HindQuarters *** Strong muscled, Hind legs straight when viewed from behind. Hock showing slight angulation when viewed from side, profuse light - coloured trousers down to hocks.

Feet *** Well padded, roun, cat - like, tight, cream in colour; black nails. Tail *** Moderately long, high - set, tightly curled over back, double curl highly desirable. Light plume on top where curled, with black tip,carried closely at all times. Gait & movement *** Clean, brisk, straight and sharp. Coat *** Harsh, off - standing, straight. Dense ruff, well feathered on forelegs and profuse trousers, not feathered below hock. Soft, thick, slight - coloured ( not tawny ) undercoat. Never silky, wavy or woolly, nor forming a parting on black. Colour *** A mixture of grey and black . Undercoat very pale grey or cream not tawny. All shades of grey acceptable, body hairs black tipped. Shoulder markings well defined and all markings definite. Forelegs and hocks cream with no black below wrist or hock. Pencilling acceptable.

Size *** Ideal height: dogs : 45.7 cms ( 18 ins ); bitches: 43.2 cms (17 ins ).

Faults *** Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousnes with which the fault should be regarded should be exact proportion to its degree.

Note *** Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully decended into the scrotum.