- All colours on a coat with a white background
- On the body and legs, the white must be dominant in relation to the colour.
- The white on the head preferably extended by a more or less wide blaze.
- Undesirable: A white marking on the lower part of the head, but dominant white on the head constitutes a fault
- In all cases, the lips, the eyelids and principally the nose must be pigmented
About the Continental Toy Spaniel
Origin: Belgium, France
- Size
- Small — from its typical weight
- Weight
- 2-4.5 kg
- Height
- 20-28 cm
- FCI status
- Reconhecida pela FCI
- FCI groupFCI divides this breed into varieties, and our sources don’t record which one a breeder works. Ask them which variety their line is.
- Companion and Toy Dogs
- Origin
- Belgium, France
- Also called
- Spaniel Continental Enano de Compania
- Known hereditary risks
- 3 documented conditions, with the test for each
About
What is a Continental Toy Spaniel?
Small, fine-boned, and elegant toy spaniel with distinctive butterfly-like ears (papillon is French for 'butterfly') and silky flowing coat, known for their alert, friendly, and energetic nature
Continental Toy Spaniel history and origins
Descended from continental toy spaniels that were popular in European courts for centuries, appearing in paintings by masters like Titian, Goya, and Rubens. The breed was refined in France and Belgium, with the original drop-eared variety (Phalène) later joined by the erect-eared 'butterfly' version (Papillon)
Continental Toy Spaniel appearance and size
Typically 2-4.5 kg and 20-28 cm at the shoulder — published as one range rather than separately for males and females.
Continental Toy Spaniel temperament and personality
Generally described as friendly, intelligent, alert, energetic and happy.
That is the breed in general, not a promise about one animal. Ask the breeder what their own line is like, and meet the parents before you decide.
Referência da raça de The Dog API.
Características
- Tamanho
- Small
- Necessidade de exercício
- —
- Facilidade de treino
- —
- Queda de pelo
- 1 of 5
- Cuidados com o pelo
- 4 of 5
- Convivência com crianças
- —
- Custo de manutenção
- —
- Tolera ficar sozinho
- —
- Inteligência
- —
- Saúde da raça
- 3 conditions documented
Pros & cons
Prós e contras da raça Continental Toy Spaniel
O que ganha com a raça Continental Toy Spaniel
- Descrito habitualmente como: «Friendly, intelligent, alert, energetic»
O que tem de assumir
- Estão documentadas 2 doenças hereditárias graves, sobretudo em cérebro e nervos e olhos. O separador do guia de saúde tem o exame a pedir para cada uma.
- Exige muitos cuidados com o pelo — a descrição do próprio padrão é «forming fringes at the ears and at the back of the forelegs»
Retirado de fontes e não escrito como opinião — investigação de saúde citada, o padrão do próprio registo, e estudos de longevidade revistos por pares. The Dog API; Initial survey of PLA2G6 missense variant causing neuroaxonal dystrophy in Papillon dogs in North America and Europe (Raj & Giger, Canine Med Genet 2020); Padrão da raça, FCI. Os animais de um criador podem diferir de tudo isto, e uma coluna vazia significa que não temos nada desse lado, não que não haja nada a dizer.
Characteristics
Padrão da FCI · Continental Toy Spaniel
Pelo e cor
Tal como o padrão da FCI o estabelece. Cada linha abaixo está nas palavras do próprio padrão, etiquetada com undesirable.
Coat
The coat, without undercoat, is abundant, glossy, wavy (not to be confused with curly), not soft but slightly resistant to the touch, with silky reflections.
The hairs are inserted flat
they are quite fine, slightly curved by the wave.
The appearance of the coat is similar to that of the English Toy Spaniels, but it differs definitely from that of the Pekingese Spaniel
at the same time it should not have any resemblance to the coat of the Spitz.
The hair is short on the face, the muzzle, the front of the legs and the underneath part of the hock.
Of medium length on the body, it gets longer on the neck to form a ruff and jabot, descending in waves on the chest
forming fringes at the ears and at the back of the forelegs
at the back of the thighs, an ample culotte with soft hair.
There may be small tufts of hair between the toes and may even extend slightly beyond providing they do not give a heavy appearance to the foot, but rather give it a finer appearance by lengthening it.
Certain dogs in good coat condition have hair 7,5 cm long at the withers and fringes of 15 cm on the tail
Cor
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» e «disqualifying» — preferida, admissível, indesejável e desqualificante — são as palavras da própria FCI sobre a raça, e ficam em inglês porque é assim que constam do padrão. Descrevem o que o padrão exige — não são uma avaliação de nenhum cão em concreto, nem nossa.
Resumido de FCI standard n°77 — cada etiqueta está nas palavras do próprio padrão, com o veredito passado para a etiqueta ao lado. Leia a cláusula completa na fonte.
O que diz o padrão da raça
- Tamanho
- “Height at the withers: About 28 cm. Weight: two categories: 1) Less than 2,5 kg for dogs and bitches. 2) From 2,5 kg to 4,5 kg for dogs, from 2,5 kg to 5 kg for bitches. Minimum weight 1,5 kg”
- A FCI define classes de tamanho, cada uma com o seu intervalo.
Quoted from FCI standard n°77. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
FCI varieties
FCI divides the Continental Toy Spaniel into these varieties, listed in the registry's own words. Depending on the breed they separate colour, coat, size or line — they are not a full list of colours, which no registry we hold publishes. Ask a breeder which variety their line is.
- Papillon - with erect ears
- Phalène - with drooping ears
Temperamento
Friendlyintelligentalertenergetichappy
Informação ao nível da raça, de The Dog API. Descreve a raça Continental Toy Spaniel em geral; qualquer animal em concreto pode ser diferente.
Health guide
Health & screening guide for the Continental Toy Spaniel
Riscos hereditários conhecidos na raça Continental Toy Spaniel, e a documentação específica a pedir a qualquer criador antes de pagar um sinal. Um criador responsável tem esta documentação à mão; desviar a conversa é um mau indício.
3 doenças documentadasIsto é literatura ao nível da raça, não aconselhamento veterinário sobre um animal em concreto — o seu veterinário conhece o animal.
Health checklist (PDF)Bones & joints
Patellar luxation
Monitor
The kneecap slips out of its groove. OFA patella screening is one of the tests the parent club requires for a CHIC number, alongside eye and cardiac exams.
O que pedir
OFA patellar luxation exam (graded 0-4) on both parents.
Brain & nerves
Neuroaxonal dystrophy (NAD)
Serious
A rapidly progressive, fatal degeneration of nerve fibres caused by a PLA2G6 gene mutation. Affected puppies typically develop ataxia, tremor and weakness before six months old, and the disease is relentlessly progressive with no treatment. It has been documented in Papillon-coated dogs since the 1990s, and a validated DNA test for the causative mutation has existed since 2015. Papillon and Phalène are the same FCI breed, differing only in ear carriage, and are commonly interbred, so the mutation would be expected to occur in Phalène-coated dogs at a similar rate, although the published case series specifically name 'Papillon'.
O que pedir
DNA test for the PLA2G6 mutation on both parents.
Eyes
Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA-1)
Serious
An inherited retinal degeneration leading to progressive blindness. The parent club has worked with researchers to develop a DNA test for this form of PRA in the breed.
O que pedir
DNA test for PRA-1 on both parents, plus an annual OFA eye exam.
Quanto tempo vive a raça Continental Toy Spaniel, nos registos
Sobrevivência mediana de 14,5 anos
Intervalo de confiança a 95% de 14,1–14,9 anos, a partir de 427 mortes registadas entre 1114 cães
Risco de mortalidade de 0.57 (0.52, 0.63) em relação a cães de raça indeterminada, cuja mediana é de 12,0 anos.
Medido no Reino Unido a partir de 584 734 cães. A sobrevivência mediana não é uma previsão para um cão em concreto.
McMillan, K.M., Bielby, J., Williams, C.L., Upjohn, M.M., Casey, R.A. & Christley, R.M. (2024) Longevity of companion dog breeds: those at risk from early death. Scientific Reports 14, 531.
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Puppies
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