- The basic colours of the coat are white and liver.
- These colours mix irregularly, giving a liver-marbled or greyish liver or liver-speckled coat as well as other combinations, according to whether the liver or the white is predominant and according to whether the white patches are smaller or larger.
- A very frequent characteristic of the coat, although not necessary, is a distinct white patch on the forehead
- the leathers are always spotted in self- coloured liver.
- The liver coloured hairs may form distinct patches of that colour, spread irregularly over the whole coat of the animal.
- The same applies to white hairs which may form patches of that colour in the oat without, however, being very extended.
- Never to be admitted: black colour or tan markings above the eyes and on the legs
About the Burgos Pointing Dog
Origin: SpainBurgos Pointing Dog
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Pointing Dogs
- Origin
- Spain
- Also called
- Perdiguero de Burgos
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Pointing dog feather; much appreciated by the hunters who want a robust dog, resistant on any terrain and for any type of hunting, obedient, strong and above all endowed with a keen sense of smell. His excellent skill and style of hunting results from his calm and firmness in tracking as well as from his impeccable pointing and retrieving. Although usually used on small game, he is not averse to the hunting of big game, a task where he shows great courage
- Behaviour and temperament
“Robust, balanced, calm and sedate he is an excellent pointing dog, specializing in hunting feathered and small game. With his soft, very noble expression, it is a breed with an excellent temperament, docility and intelligence”
Quoted from FCI standard n°90. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
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- Exercise needsRead from what the breed was bred to do, in the registry’s own words: “Pointing dog feather; much appreciated by the hunters who want a robust dog, resistant on any terrain and for any type of hunting, obedient, strong and above all endowed with a keen sense of smell. His excellent skill and style of hunting results from his calm and firmness in tracking as well as from his impeccable pointing and retrieving. Although usually used on small game, he is not averse to the hunting of big game, a task where he shows great courage” That is a working purpose, not a measured exercise requirement — an individual dog’s needs depend on its age, health and household.
- 4 of 5
- Easy to train
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- Amount of shedding
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- Grooming needs
- 2 of 5
- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
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- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
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- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Burgos Pointing Dog
What you get with the Burgos Pointing Dog
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Pointing dog feather; much appreciated by the hunters who want a robust dog, resistant on any terrain and for any type of hunting, obedient, strong…”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Robust, balanced, calm and sedate he is an excellent pointing dog, specializing in hunting feathered and small game”
- Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Dense, of medium thickness, short, smooth and evenly distributed all over the body down…”
What you are taking on
Nobody has written this side yet. It is a judgement rather than data, so it waits for a person — not for a missing source.
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
Characteristics
FCI standard · Burgos Pointing Dog
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording.
Coat
Dense, of medium thickness, short, smooth and evenly distributed all over the body down to the tissue between toes
finer on the head, the leathers and the legs
Colour
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.
Shortened from FCI standard n°90 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Burgos Pointing Dog down for, and what puts one out of the ring, in the registry’s own words. This describes the breed standard — it is not a checklist for the animal in front of you, and a pet with a disqualifying fault is an unshowable dog rather than an unhealthy one.
Severe faults
Marked heavily against a specimen in the ring.
- Light general appearance, frail or excessively heavy, and lethargic.
- Cranio-facial axes parallel.
- Head small, not in balance with the body.
- Narrow skull.
- Pointed muzzle.
- Absence of various premolars or canines, not due to traumatism.
- Very pronounced entropion or ectropion; light eyes.
- Ears too long and too low set.
- Flews or dewlap exaggerated.
- Sway back.
- Height at the croup noticeably superior to the height at withers.
- Incorrect limbs, weak, not vertical.
- Loose elbows.
- Cow hocks.
- Coat wavy or too long.
- Unbalanced temperament
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Cranio-facial axes clearly convergent.
- Partial or total depigmentation of the nose.
- Split nose or black nose.
- Undershot mouth of any degree.
- Excessively overshot mouth.
- Albinism (coat and mucous membranes)
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Burgos Pointing Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Burgos Pointing Dog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Burgos Pointing Dog on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
No photographs yet
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Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Burgos Pointing Dog breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.