Billy

This is the breed standard for the Billy

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FCI-Standard N°25  /  24.04.1997. / GB

BILLY

 

TRANSLATION : Mrs. Kincaid, brought up to date by Dr. Paschoud.

 

ORIGIN : France.

 

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 28.12.1973.

 

UTILIZATION : Hound.

 

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 6 Scenthounds and related breeds. Section 1.1 Large sized hounds. With working trial.

 

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Well constructed hound, strong, yet light; forequarters more powerful than hindquarters.

 

HEAD : Fairly fine, lean, of medium length.  

 

CRANIAL REGION :

Skull : Forehead  slightly domed, not very broad; occipital protuberance perceptible.

Stop : Well defined.

 

FACIAL REGION :

Nose : Well developed, black or red-brown.

Muzzle : Rather square.  Nasal bridge fairly broad; first straight, then slightly arched, moderately long.

Lips : Slightly or not at all in form of flews, the upper lip covering the lower without overhanging fleshiness; corner of the lips often visible.

Eyes : Alert, very open and dark, eyerims black or brown.

Leathers : Of medium size, set on relatively high for a French hound, rather flat, in the lower section turning slightly inwards.

 

NECK : Of medium length, rather round, somewhat strong; a slight dewlap is permitted.

 

BODY :

Back : Rather wide, strong, slightly arched.

Loin : Wide, slightly arched.

Croup : Sloping.

Chest : Very deep, quite narrow.

Ribs : Flat.

Flank : Fairly long, with a slight tuck-up.

 

TAIL : Long, strong, sometimes slightly feathered.

 

LIMBS

 

FOREQUARTERS : Strong, vertical stance, flat bones.

Shoulders : Fairly long, lying close to the chest.

 

HINDQUARTERS :

Thighs : Moderately muscled.

Hocks : Slightly bent, wide and strong.

Feet : Well developed, rather round; toes tight.

 

GAIT/MOVEMENT : Gallops easily.

 

SKIN : White, sometimes with deep brown or almost black spots; supple and fine.

 

COAT

 

HAIR : Short, harsh to the touch, often slightly coarse.

 

COLOUR : Pure white or milk-cofee white, or white with light orange or lemon patches or mantle.

 

SIZE : For dogs        : 60-70 cm.

          For bitches    : 58-62 cm.

 

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.

 

ELIMINATING FAULTS :

Aggressive or overly shy.

Nasal bridge too short, too long or too slim.

Pronounced overshot mouth; such a dog must be stristly disqualified; however a dog with a slightly overshot mouth        (1/2 cm) has not to be eliminated.

Black or red hair.

 

Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.

 

 

N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.