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Hollandse Herdershond

History

Short-haired * Long-haired * Rough-haired.

This breed, developed in the Netherlands in the 19th century, is a cross between local sheepdogs and the Belgian Malinois. The varieties (short-, long-, and rough-haired) have been introduced over the years at dog shows. The Standard of the American Dutch Shepherd Dog is not the same as the FCI. The size was set by what is preferred to compete in KNPV or to become a Police Dog. The standard is loose as our main goal is not Type, it is to maintain the Workability of the Breed. This has been done in Holland for years and is no big secret. They have bred Dutch Shepherds for a Working Police Type Dog. Although Type is not of the greatest concern, Structure is. The Dutch Shepherd dog must have Sound Structure and no disabilitating faults.

General Appearance A medium sized, middleweight, proportioned, well muscled dog of powerful, "all balanced structure, with intelligent expression and lively temperament.

Characteristics * Affectionate, obedient, tractable, alert very faithful and reliable, undemanding, with plenty of stamina, vigilant, active and gifted with the true shepherd temperament.

Size The length of the body exceeds the height at the withers in a ratio of ten to nine. Size: Dogs 57-62 cm, Bitches 55-60 cm.

Movement Smooth, supple, true. The movement should be neither constrained nor rolling nor too far reaching.

HEAD In good proportion to the body, more long than massive, without wrinkles and dry. The muzzle is slightly longer than the skull, which should be flat. The topline of the muzzle is straight and runs parallel with the skull topline, slight stop.

Lips * Tight In the rough coated variety, the head appears more square, but this is an illusion.

Ears * Rather small than large. When the dog is alert, they are carried rather forward. The are, set high. Not spoon shaped.

Eye Dark, medium sized, almond shaped, placed somewhat obliquely, not round or bulging.

Nose * Always black.

Teeth * Powerful and regular. Scissor bite, i.e. when the mouth is shut, the incisors of the upper jaw closely overlapping the incisors or the lower jaw.

NECK The neck should not be too short It is dry, i.e. without dewlap, and flowing gently into the topline of the body.

BODY * Firm; slightly spring of ribs. Chest deep but not narrow. Brisket flowing gently into the underline. Back short, straight and powerful. Loin firm, not long or narrow. The croup must not be short or too sloping.

F0REQUARTERS * Powerful, well muscled and with good bone. Overall straight, but with sufficient spring of pastern. Well laid back should lie close to the rib cage. Upper arm of good length

HINDQUARTERS Powerful, well muscled and with good bone, forming a normal angle at the stifle joint; thus the thigh is not excessively out of the perpendicular. In the hock a moderate angle is desired so that the hock is perpendicularly below the ischium.

FEET * Well arched toes, closely knit, which avoid long feet Black nails; elastic dark pads.

TAIL * At rest, the tail should hang straight, or gently curved, rushing the hock In action, carried gracefully upwards, never curled nor falling sideways.

Coat According to the coat, variations are divided into a) Short Coat, b) Long Coat, c) Rough Coat

SHORT COAT * All over the body a quite hard coat, not too short, with a wooly undercoat Ruff, trousers and feathered tail must be apparent. Color, more or less pronounced brindle on a brown ground (gold brindle) or on a gray ground (silver brindle). Brindle All over the body, also in ruff, trousers and tail. Much black in the upper coat is undesirable. A black mark preferred.

LONG COAT All over the body a long, straight close lying coat harsh to the touch, without curls or waves, with a wooly undercoat Head, ears, feet and the hind legs below the hocks should be covered with short, dense hair. The back of forelegs shows strongly developed coat, which becomes shorter towards the feet (feathers). The tall is heavily coated All over. No feathering on ears. Color; Same colors as for the short coat

ROUGH COAT All over the body, a thick, rough, harsh, tousled coat with a dense, wooly undercoat The coat should be dense. Lower lip and upper lip should be well furnished with hair, not soft but off standing (whiskers and beard). Eyebrows are shaggy and overhanging. The hair on the skull and on the cheeks and ears is less strongly developed. Tail heavily coated. Well developed culottes are required (breaching). Color. Blue-gray and peppering salt, silver or gold-brindle Brindle less pronounced in the topcoat compared to the other variations.

Long Hair

Faults Too much white on chest or on feet; white stripes or spots in any other part of the body. Nose other than black, drop ears or spoon shaped ears. Wrong color, mismarking. Too much black in the topcoat. Overshot or undershot mouth. Cropped ears. Docked tail. Curled tail.

Short hair

FAULTS Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered as a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.

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

Rauw Hair