Greenland Dog

This is the breed standard for the Greenland Dog

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Historical Summary

 The origin of the breed can be traced back to the year about 1710 when a man named Morten Bak, living in Glenstrup near the towns of Randers and Hobro, through 8 generations was crossing gypsy dogs with local farmdogs and in this way established a pure breed of piebald white and brown dogs called  Bakhounds or Old Danish Pointing Dogs.  The local farmers called their farmdogs « Bloodhounds », but it seems more likely that these hounds were offspring from the Squire’s scent hounds, which in their turn were descendants from mainly St. Hubert Hounds (Bloodhounds).  Likewise it is probable that the gypsy dogs generally descended from Spanish pointing Dogs and other breeds of scent hounds like the ones mentioned above, so in many ways St.Hubert Hounds have contributed to the breed Old Danish Pointing Dog.

 

FEDERATION CYNOLOGIQUE INTERNATIONALE

SECRETARIAT GENERAL: 13, Place Albert I  -  B 6530 THUIN (Belg.)

FCI-Standard N0274 ~ 01.10.1997/GB

GREENLAND DOG

(Green1andshund)

 

TRANSLATION    Brought  up  to  date  by  Dr.  Paschoud.

 

ORIGIN : Greenland.

 

Patronage Scandinavia.

 

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF STANDARD: 05.05.1967

 

UTILIZATION: Sledge Dog.

 

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 5 Spitz and primitive types. Section 1 Nordic sledge dogs

without working trial.

 

GENERAL APPEARANCE : The Greenland Dog is a very strong polar spitz, built for endurance at strenuous work as a sledge dog under arctic conditions.

 

HEAD

 

CRANIAL REGION:

Skull : Broad and slightly domed.

Stop : Pronounced, but not abrupt.

 

FACIAL REGION:

Nose : In summertime the nose should be black, but during winter it may be flesh-coloured.

Muzzle : Wedge-shaped and strong; broad at the root and tapering to the nose, but not pointed.

Bridge of nose : Straight and broad from set-on to nose. Lips : Thin and close fitting.

Teeth : Extremely strong. Scissor bite.

Eves : Dark for preference, but may correspond to colour of coat. Set slightly obliquely, neither prominent nor too deep set.  Expression frank and fearless.

Ears : Rather small, triangular and rounded at tips, carried firmly erect.

 

NECK : Very strong and rather short.

 

BODY : The height at withers is slightly less than the length of the

body. The body should be very strong and well-muscled.

Back:    Straight.

Loins:   Straight and broad.

Croup:  Slightly sloping.

Chest : Very capacious.

Bellly : In line with brisket, not tucked up.

 

TAIL : Thick and rather short, set on high and carried firmly rolled over back.

 

LIMBS

 

FOREQUARTERS : Perfectly straight when seen from front, strong muscles and heavy bones.

Elbows : Free, but close to body.

 

HINDQUARTERS : Hindlegs perfectly straight when seen from behind ; slightly angulated. Strong muscles and heavy bones. Hocks : Broad and strong.

 

FEET:  Rather big, strong and rounded with strong nails and pads.

 

COAT

 

HAIR : Should be double, i.e. a soft, dense undercoat and an outer coat consisting of dense, straight, coarse hair without curls or wave. On head and legs the coat is rather short, on the body rather long, and abundant and long on underside of the tail, giving it a bushy appearance.

 

COLOUR : All colours, solid and particolours, are permitted and equal, except albinos which should be disqualified.

 

SIZE : Height at withers 60 cm and upwards for dogs, for bitches 55 cm and upwards.

 

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.

 

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