Whippet Standard

Whippet Standard

WHIPPET: FCI - Standard No. 162/17 06th 1998 / D

TRANSLATION: Mrs. Helma Quaritsch-Fricke, Dr. Weidmann.

ORIGIN: Great Britain.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD: 24.06.1987.

UTILIZATION: Dog racing, hound.

CLASSIFICATION FCI: Group 10 Sighthounds. Section 3 Short-haired greyhounds. Without working trial.

GENERAL APPEARANCE: Balanced combination of muscular power and strength with elegance and grace of outline. Built for speed and performance. All forms of exaggeration should be avoided.

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT (ESSENCE): An ideal companion. In highly adaptable in domestic and sporting surroundings. Gentle, affectionate, even disposition.

HEAD / CRANIAL
Skull: Long and lean, flat on top, tapering towards the muzzle, rather wide between the eyes.
STOP: Easy.

FACIAL
Nose: black, blue dogs are allowed in a blue nose and liver colored dogs is a liver-colored nose is admissible in white or parti a butterfly nose.
Jaws / Teeth: Strong, powerful and clean cut, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, ie upper incisors overlap the lower teeth and set square to close the jaws.
Eyes: Oval, bright, very alert expression.
Ears: Rose shaped, small, fine in texture.

NECK: Long, muscular, elegantly arched.

BODY
Back: Broad, firm, somewhat long, showing definite arch over loin but not humped.
LOIN: Giving the impression of strength and power.
Chest: Very deep with plenty of heart room, forechest signed between runs deep and well. Ribs well sprung, muscled on back.
TAIL: No feathering. Long, tapering. In the action in a delicate curve upward but not over back.

LIMBS
Forequarters: Forelegs straight between the elbow and legs and upright, front not too wide.
Shoulders: Oblique and muscular, blades carried up to the spine, where they are clearly defined.
Elbows: Set well under body.
CENTRAL FRONT FOOT: Strong, slightly springy.
Hindquarters: Strong. The dog is able to stand over a lot of ground and show great driving power.
THIGHS: Broad.
KNEE: Well bent.
LEG: Well developed.
Hock: Well let down.
FEET: Very neat, well split up between toes, knuckles well arched, pads thick and strong.

Gait: Free, hindlegs coming well under body for propulsion. Forelegs thrown well forward low over the ground, true coming and going. General movement not yet high stepping, kurztrittig or mincing.

COAT
HAIR: Fine, short, close fitting.
COLOUR: Any color or mixture.

SIZE
SHOULDER HEIGHT:
Males: 47 - 51 cm,
Females: 44 - 47 cm.

FAULTS: Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and should be in exact proportion to its degree.

NB: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles are fully descended into the scrotum.