Sentences with phrase «breed standard calls»

The International Cat Association (TICA) breed standard calls for brown - spotted tabby (cool to warm brown, tan or gold with black or dark brown spots), silver - spotted tabby (silver coat with black or dark grey spots), black (black with black spots), and black smoke (black - tipped silver with black spots) only.

Many boxers are variations of red and white, although the Kennel Club (UK) American Boxer Club breed standard calls this shade «fawn.»

The breed standard calls for dogs between 22 1/2 - 24 1/2» and bitches between 21 1/2 - 22 1/2 ``.

Our breed standard calls for the American Staffordshire Terrier to give the impression of great strength for his size, a well put - together dog, muscular, but agile and graceful, keenly alive to his surroundings.

While the breed standard calls for coat on the head, neck, front legs and thighs, and he must have a shaggy appearance the methods used to arrange and present the coat varies from dog to dog.

The AKC breed standard calls for a height at the withers of 21 to 27 inches and a weight of 55 to 80 pounds.

The American breed standard calls for the tail to be docked to two - thirds of its original length.

Balance Beem: One breed standard calls for a cobby, balanced dog.

The AKC rough - coated collie breed standard calls for an abundant coat, with the exception of the legs and head.

Egyptian Mau Personality While the breed standard calls for an even - tempered feline, many Egyptian Maus are anything but that.

The breed standard calls for a chilled out dog that is friendly to strangers, and free from anxiety, quite the perfect breed.

Australian Cattle Dog - The AKC breed standard calls for dark brown eyes, however blue eyes can occur with certain merle patterns.

The Bombay breed standard calls for black fur all the way to the roots, with black nose leather and black paw pads.

The AKC breed standard calls for Chihuahuas not to exceed 6 pounds.

The breed standard calls for any coat color or markings.

Breed standard calls for a pure, white coat, however, a touch of tan or lemon color in the ear area is allowed.

The Kennel Club, the organization behind Crufts, called the documentary «biased and selective,» but went on to revise some of the least healthy breeding standards it calls for.

Perhaps she is a wee bit longer in the stifle and her toes are certainly higher and more arched than most dogs, but not quite as cat - like as what the breed standards call for.

And I felt sick to my stomach when I discovered that cocker spaniels have beautiful, long, flowing tails, but American Kennel Club breed standards call for their tails to be amputated down to nubs.

Other breed standards call for sabling, but not by name, which is perhaps the wisest course to follow.

Not exact matches

To speed progress, the group calls for the adoption of a «professional standard» — similar to a code of ethics — that facilitates immediate, easy sharing of cultivars and other breeding material.

The PQA, as it was called, would have ensured minimum living standards for Oklahoma dogs in high volume breeding kennels, rescue organizations and more.

In this case, consider that the breed standard specifically calls for a well rounded «apple dome» head.

Here's the rub: the AKC puts forth what's called a «breed standard».

In these two breeds, like ours, the standard calls for a dark eye.

We also call on the pet industry and the USDA to adopt meaningful standards of care for commercial, large - scale dog breeding operations.

Since white trim could still be possible on these dogs, the breed standards are usually very specific in calling for full pigmentation in those areas (since white trim has pink skin under it).

Chihuahuas with proper breeding are not «yippy»; the AKC standard calls for «a terrier - like attitude.»

The breed standard for Chihuahuas in the U.S. and most other countries calls for them to weigh no more than 6 pounds but, as we've already discussed, most pets will weigh a little more.

Other breeds are kept rather long — the Wire Fox Terrier standard calls for a three - quarter dock.

The breed standard, updated in 1992, calls for a dog with medium bone structure ranging in height from 21 to 25 inches high at the shoulder, with males larger than females.

The American Kennel Club Shar - Pei breed standard instead calls for a preferably solid bluish - black tongue with the roof of the mouth, gums and flews of the same pigment.

The present excellence of the Kerry Blue Terrier is a real tribute to the serious breeders in Ireland, England, Canada, the United States - and all over the world - for having refined the breed and brought it to a fair degree of conformity with the ideal Kerry called for by the breed standard.

Generally speaking, show animals must fall within the ideal range of both size and weight (for that country's breed standard), but it is not unusual to find male Dobies weighing over 100 pounds or females that are also larger than called for by the breed standards.

Included in the breed standard description are externally observable aspects of appearance and behaviour that are considered by the breed club to be the most important for the breed, and externally observable details of appearance or temperament that are considered by the breed club to be unacceptable (called faults).

The Canadian department of agriculture has strict standards for the documenting of what it calls «evolving breeds».

Federal care standards are so minimal and enforcement so irregular that licensed kennels still include many so - called puppy mills, which breed and house animals in inhumane conditions, says Cori Menkin, senior director of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals» puppy mills campaign.

The Standard Schnauzer, also called Mittelschnauzer, is a popular breed of medium - sized dog that originated in Germany.

If the goal is strictly to win in the show ring, then the dogs over time will manifest whatever physical extremes are called for in the breed standard, often at the expense of health and temperament.

Fox - like Foot: This type of foot is called for in the American foxhound breed standard.

Ever since I learned that there was something called The Breed Standard, I have endeavored to use it as my guide.

From the start, the breed standard has called for a long, wedge - shaped head and elongated body lines.

The International Cat Association breed standard for the Nebelung calls for him to have a modified wedge - shaped head that is more pointed than rounded, although his long hair may give the head a rounded look.

According to the American Kennel Club, if the standard does not call for the disqualification of a dog that has a tail that is not docked, you must fault the deviation to the extent of the breed standard.

Of the 10 breeds covered here, seven join the Bulldog standard in calling for large and / or open nostrils: the Brussels Griffon «large,» the ETS «large, wide open,» the Chin and Pekingese «wide» and «open» with the Peke standard specifying «rather than pinched,» the Shih Tzu leaving no doubt by calling for «nostrils broad, wide and open,» and the Frenchie «nostrils broad.»

The French Bulldog standard calls for a «well laid back» muzzle, which gives the same affect as the well laid back «nose» in the Griffon and the English Toy Spaniel, and the «well turned up» jaw of the Frenchie also contributes to a profile similar to the upface Toy breeds.

In the 1990s a lady called Bree Normandin began selectively breeding the smallest standard sized Huskies and developed a miniature Siberian Husky, mainly found in the USA these smaller versions are more manageable but still retain the personality and stunning looks of bigger Sibes.

Of the seven Toy breeds, four — the Affenpinscher, English Toy Spaniel, Japanese Chin and Pug — call for the bite to be «slightly undershot» — with the Pug standard specifying «very slightly» — while the Griffon, Peke and Shih Tzu simply say «undershot.»

Why would anyone want to steer away from the weight called for in the AKC - approved breed standard or to call the breed by anything but its AKC - recognized name?

The illustrated AKC Bulldog standard, a wonderful document that brings every detail of the breed into sharp focus, calls the undershot jaw «the Bulldog's most unique physical characteristic,» and affirms that it is a result of form following function, as this characteristic allowed a «lockjaw» hold on the bull's flesh when the breed fulfilled its original use of bullbaiting.