07/05/2021
One of the first French Bulldog standards 🧐
FRENCH BULLDOG STANDARD General appearance. Able-bodied, lively, intelligent, alert, well muscled, well-hung, stocky, of medium or small height, short and smooth hair. Proportions and symmetry. The dog should be distributed in due proportion and none should be so prominent that the animal appears misshapen or out of proportion. Influence of s*x. Different s*x, it must be taken into account in favor of the bi***es. By comparing the individuals of that animals of this s*x do not present the characteristics of the breed to the same degree as males.
Weight. The class of light animals includes those weighing less than 10 kilograms, or 22 pounds. Heavy class weights includes animals weighing 10 to 13 kilograms at most or 22 to 28 pounds. In large competitions where there are three weight classes the maximum weights are 9, 11 and 13 kilos respectively.
Head. The head should be strong, square, broad, the skull - almost flat between the ears with a rounded forehead, the lower jaw strong, deep, square, protruding from the upper jaw and well touched. The muzzle should be well pulled back and the cheek muscles well developed. The break or "stop" must be well marked, so as to form a hollow between the two eyes going up to eye level. The nose should be extremely short, with the nostrils wide, well open, black in color. The line between the nostrils should be well marked. The double nose is not admissible. The lips should be thick and the lower lip should touch the upper lip in the middle, so as to completely hide all the teeth, which should not be visible under any circumstances. The tongue should also be concealed and the upper lips should cover the lower lips on each side, but do not descend below the jaw line. Should be dark in color, rather large, neither too sunken nor too protruding. The white of the eye should not be seen when the animal is looking straight ahead.
The eyes want should be placed low, a little away from the but above all they should be a good distance from the ears. Different eyes constitute a disqualification. The muzzle, the nose, the lips must be black. The neck should be strong, well arched, and the skin of the throat loose, but without baleen. Ears. The ears must be erect, in the form called "bat ears" , broad at birth, elongated in shape, the top well rounded, placed high on the head. They should be carried vertically and parallel, and a sufficiently large skull should prevent them from being too close together. They should stand straight with the pavilion opening in front. The skin of the ear should be thin and soft to the touch. Shell ears, or "rose ears", are inadmissible: this type is the hallmark of the Toy Bulldog. The ears should not be cut off under any circumstances. Body. wide full and deep chest, well rounded ribs and tucked up belly. - The body should be short and well rounded, the - The back should be what is called "roach back" falling slightly behind the shoulders to rise above the loins. It should be short and stocky, broad at the shoulders and tapering towards the loins, pear-shaped. Legs. The front legs should be short, sturdy, stocky, straight, well muscled and well separated. The hind legs should be strong and muscular, a little longer than the front ones, so that the loins are higher than the shoulders. The hocks should be low.
Feet. - The feet should be small, compact, well planted and well placed, continuing the line of the jamle. The toes should be compact, the joints high, the nails short and thick. The hind feet should be slightly longer than the front ones. Tail. Been cut. It can be straight, broken or crooked, but never raised on the kidneys. It should be planted loa thick at the origin and tapering rapidly towards the end. It should be short and carried low when at rest and should not have fringe hairs. The best tail is the one that cannot stand up. The tail must be short and have no jam. Skin color and coat. The admissible colors are: All brindles (preferably dark) and all colors, except the following namely pure black, black and white, black and tan, liver or chocolate, mouse gray. It is recommended to have separate classes for quail dogs, that is to say white and brindle. By "black" within the meaning of this Standard is meant pure black without trace of brindle. The skin should be soft and loose at the shoulders and the til where it should form symmetrical wrinkles. The coat is moderately fine in texture, shiny, smooth. Disqualifications. The bat form (straight ears), all mutilatis and the colors pure black, white and black, black and tan, mouse gray chocolate, the eyes of a different color, the nose other than black, the hare lip, the twisted jaw shows any other malformation, the dewclaws, the double nose.