Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen Club of America American Standard |
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General Appearance: The Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen is an upstanding, strongly built scent hound, originally developed to hunt hare but today is used for hunting wild boar and roe deer over the rocky, rough terrain of the Vendee area of France. The GBGV is well balanced, rough coated and active; possessing great stamina for a full day’s hunt and good voice on the trail. The GBGV temperament is happy, outgoing and independent, yet willing to please.
Size- Proportion- Substance: Height of males and females 15 ½ inches to 18 inches. He is longer than tall as measured from point of shoulder to onset of tail. Substance in balance with the whole, never clumsy. Should never be square nor long and low.
Head: A noble and proud carriage. Skull domed, not heavy and not too wide: it is longer than it is wide, with occipital bone well developed. Stop clearly defined; well chiseled under the eyes. Muzzle preferably slightly longer from stop to nose than from stop to occiput. Muzzle is square at the tip and very slightly convex. Nose is solid black except in white/orange and white/lemon coats where brown is tolerated. Nose large and nostrils open. Underjaw strong and well developed. Lips covered with long hair forming beard and mustache. Eyes large, dark and oval in shape, showing no white, having a friendly expression; haw not visible. Hair above the eyes comes forward to protect without obscuring the eyes. Never trimmed bluntly to shape. Bite is a scissors bite, with a level bite tolerated.
Ear: Ears are supple, narrow and fine, covered with long hair ending in an oval shape, folding inwards, reaching at least to the end of the nose. Set on low, below the line of the eye. Ears should form a corkscrew shape when the dog is relaxed when viewed from the side.
Neck: Neck is long and strong, thicker at the base, without excessive throatiness.
Forequarters: Shoulders clean and sloping; elbows close to the body, never turning out. The forelegs are straight, and well boned. Pasterns strong, slightly sloping and well defined. Knuckling over is a serious fault.
Body: Well
developed, sturdy,
broad, wide, with deep fore chest. Depth of chest reaches to elbows, ribs
well sprung, extending well back to a moderately short loin.
Hindquarters: Well boned, strong and muscular, with moderate bend of stifle and a well defined second thigh. Hocks neither turning in nor out.
Feet: Large and tight padded. Pads firm and solid. Nails strong and short. Feet are neither cat nor hare, but rather somewhere in between.
Tail: Good length, set on high, strong at the base, tapering regularly, well furnished with hair; carried proudly like the blade of a saber.
Gait: Free and easy with good reach and drive. Front action straight. Hocks turning neither in nor out.
Coat: Harsh, not too long, straight, with undercoat, never silky nor wooly: fringing not too abundant. Hounds should be shown clean, with no evidence of trimming apparent.
Faults: Any departure from the foregoing should be considered a fault and the seriousness of the fault should be in exact proportion to its degree. Males must two descended testicles of normal development.
(NOT YET APPROVED)
Revised: January 2010
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