South Africa Dachshund Club
FOUNDED 1939. AFFILIATED TO THE KENNEL UNION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
GAIT/MOVEMENT: Should be free and flowing. Stride should be long, with the drive coming from the hindquarters when viewed from the side. Viewed from in front or behind, the legs and feet should move parallel to each other with the distance apart being the width of the shoulder and hip joints respectively.
COAT:
COAT:
Smooth-haired: Dense, short and smooth. Hair on underside of tail coarse in texture. Skin loose and supple, but fitting closely all over without dewlap and little or no wrinkle.
Long-haired: Soft and straight, or only slightly waved; longest under neck, on underparts of body, and behind legs, where it forms abundant feathering, on tail where it forms a flag. Outside of ears well feathered. Coat flat and not obscuring outline. Too much hair on feet undesirable.
Wire-haired: With exception of jaw, eyebrows, chin and ears, the whole body should be covered with a short, straight, harsh coat with dense undercoat, beard on the chin, eyebrows bushy, but hair on ears almost smooth. Legs and feet well but neatly furnished with harsh coat.
COLOUR: All colours allowed but (except in dapples which should be evenly marked all over) no white permissible, save for a small patch on chest which is permitted but not desirable. Nose and nails black in all colours except chocolate/tan and chocolate/dapple, where brown is permitted.
SIZE: Ideal weight: 9 – 12 kg (20 – 26 lbs.)
MINIATURES: Ideal weight: 4,5 kg (10lbs). It is of the utmost importance that judges should not award prizes to animals over 5,0kg (11lbs).
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.
NOTE:
Long-
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COLOUR: All colours allowed but (except in dapples which should be evenly marked all over) no white permissible, save for a small patch on chest which is permitted but not desirable. Nose and nails black in all colours except chocolate/tan and chocolate/dapple, where brown is permitted.
SIZE: Ideal weight: 9 – 12 kg (20 – 26 lbs.)
MINIATURES: Ideal weight: 4,5 kg (10lbs). It is of the utmost importance that judges should not award prizes to animals over 5,0kg (11lbs).
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.
NOTE:
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
Copyright KENNEL CLUB, London.
