Well evident according to sex. The males are courageous, stronger and more massive than the females.
FAULTS: Females of male type.
MAJOR FAULTS: Effeminate type male.
South Russian Ovtcharka FCI standart No: 326
FCI Standard
South Russian
Ovcharka
Country of origin: Russia
FCI Standard No: 326
The Ovcharka of meridional Russia is a dog of robust constitution, of above average size; he is fierce and distrustful of strangers, not very demanding and adept easily to diverse climatic conditions and temperatures.
GENERAL APPEARANCE:
Robust, lean, with massive bone structure
and strongly developed musculature.
FAULTS:
Frail constitution, bones too light,
insufficient musculature; constitution of coarse or gross appearance.
SEXUAL TYPE:
Well evident according to sex. The males are courageous, stronger and more
massive than the females.
FAULTS:
Females of male type.
MAJOR FAULTS:
Effeminate type male.
BONE
INDEX:
Males 17 to 19 cm
Bitches 16 to 18 cm
SIZE
INDEX:
108-110
FAULTS:
Slight divergences of the given norm.
MAJOR FAULTS:
Accentuated divergences of the given norms
(square shape or very elongated).
HEIGHT AT THE WITHERS:
Dogs 65 cm minimum
Bitches 62 cm minimum.
FAULTS:
Size of less than 65 cm for the males, less
than 62 cm for the females.
MAJOR FAULTS:
Size of less than 60 cm
for the males, less than 58 cm. for the females.
AMPLIFICATION: The total body length from the front point of shoulder to the rearmost projection of the croup should exceed the dog's height at withers by 8% to 10%. The animal gives a definite impression of masculinity or femininity, according to sex. Dogs are generally bigger and heavier.
FAULT: Doggy bitches. MAJOR FAULT: Bitchy dogs.
CHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIOUR:
Type of highly nervous activity, strong,
balanced, lively. Dominant reaction: active way of defence.
FAULTS: Excessive
excitability, timidity, laziness.
MAJOR FAULTS: Uncontrolled
excitability. Cowardice.
COAT:
Long 10-15 cm, coarse, thick, dense of equal length on
head, chest, legs and tail, with a well developed undercoat.
FAULT: Straight hair.
MAJOR FAULTS: Soft texture, short
hair.
COLOUR:
Most often white but also white and yellow, straw colour,
greyish (ashen grey) and other shades of grey; white lightly marked with grey,
grey speckled.
MAJOR FAULTS: Black, rusty or brown
coat; strongly speckled.
HEAD:
Elongated shape with a moderately broad forehead;
the occipital crest and the zygomatic arches are strongly pronounced. The stop
is barely visible. The nose is big and black.
FAULTS:
Coarse head, accentuated stop, superciliary arches
prominent, muzzle too short or too elongated, grey lips, nose grey or brown.
MAJOR FAULTS:
Narrow muzzle, weak, turned up of truncated shape. Pink nose.
EARS:
Relatively small, of triangular shape, hanging.
FAULTS:
Detached ears.
EYES:
Oval shape, set horizontally, dark; the eyelids
lean, tight.
FAULTS: Light eyes.
MAJOR FAULTS:
Eyes of different colour, pink eyelids.
TEETH:
White, big, fitting closely. The incisors are set
regularly and close in scissors bite.
FAULTS:
Teeth to small and spaced, yellow or
prematurely worn. Broken teeth but not impeding a correct closure of the jaws.
Lack of premolars.
MAJOR FAULTS:
Everything which does not correspond to a perfect closure
of the teeth in scissors bite. Decayed teeth. Incisors set irregularly.
NECK:
Lean, muscular, of moderate length, set high.
FAULTS:
Neck too short, set low.
CHEST:
Reasonably broad, slightly flattened, deep.
FAULTS:
Chest insufficiently let down (above the elbow).
MAJOR FAULTS: Narrow chest, too
small, barrel shaped.
BELLY:
Moderately tucked up.
FAULTS:
Excessively whippety or sagging.
LOIN:
Short, broad, rounded.
FAULTS:
Slightly elongated, straight or too rounded.
MAJOR FAULTS: Long, narrow, drooping.
WITHERS:
Apparent but not high. Back straight and strong.
FAULTS:
Weak back or roach-back.
MAJOR FAULTS: Saddle back or humped.
TAIL:
Falling at rest,
reaching the hock, with the end curved upward.
MAJOR FAULTS:
ring shaped tail; short or cropped tail
AMPLIFICATION:
FOREQUARTERS: Front legs are straight, parallel,
relatively long. The angle formed by the shoulder bone and upper arm bone is
about 100 degrees. Pasterns are strong, wide and long, with a slight slant.
HINDQUARTERS: Are powerful, wide set, parallel. Well-angulated. The upper thighs
are well-muscled. Stifle bones are long, inclined. Hock joint is clean-cut,
angular. The hock is strong, long, slightly inclined.
MAJOR FAULTS: no angulation; short
stifles
FEET
(FRONT AND BACK):
Oval shaped, strong, well arched, covered with long hair.
FAULTS: Flat feet, splayed
feet.
GAIT/MOVEMENT:
The gaits are free and extended. The natural gaits of this
dog are the heavy trot and the gallop. At the trot, the legs move in a straight
line with a slight convergence to the median line. The articulations of the
fore- and hindquarters straightening up freely.
FAULTS:
Slight lateral deviation in the movement of the legs;
insufficient straightening up of the articulations.
MAJOR FAULTS:
Restrained gait, lack in action.
FAULTS:
Any deviation from the standard above should be considered
a fault and should be penalised to the extent of deviation.
DISQUALIFICATIONS:
Pronounced overshot or undershot jaw; cryptorchid males,
unilateral or bilateral; short, straight hair; colours that are not specified by
the standard above.
NOTE:
Males should have two apparently normal testicles fully
descended into the scrotum.