- Permissible: The Czech Terrier has 2 varieties of coat colour: - grey-blue (puppies are born black) - light-coffee-brown (puppies born chocolate brown) In both colour varieties yellow, grey or white markings on the head (beard, cheeks), neck, chest, belly, the limbs and round the vent
- Sometimes there is also a white collar or a white tip of the tail.
- The basic colour, however, must always be predominant
About the Czech Terrier
Origin: Czech RepublicCzech Terrier
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Terriers
- Origin
- Czech Republic
- Also called
- Terrier Checo
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Formerly a Terrier breed for hunting foxes and badgers, today more a house-and companion dog
- Behaviour and temperament
“Balanced, non-aggressive, pleasant and cheerful companion, easy to train; somewhat reserved towards strangers; of calm and kind disposition”
Quoted from FCI standard n°246. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
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- Exercise needs
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- Easy to train
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- Amount of shedding
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- Grooming needs
- 5 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 Czech Terrier
What you get with the Czech Terrier
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Formerly a Terrier breed for hunting foxes and badgers, today more a house-and companion dog”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Balanced, non-aggressive, pleasant and cheerful companion, easy to train”
What you are taking on
- High grooming needs — the standard’s own description is “At the forepart of the head the hair is not to be clipped thus forming brows and beard.”
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 · Czech Terrier
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
Hair long, fine but firm, slightly wavy with a silky gloss
not too much overdone.
The Czech Terrier is groomed by scissors (clipping).
At the forepart of the head the hair is not to be clipped thus forming brows and beard.
On the lower parts of the legs, under the chest and belly the hair should not be clipped either.
In show condition the hair at the upper side of the neck, on the shoulders and on the back should not be longer than 1 - 1,5 cm
it should be shorter on the sides of the body and on the tail and quite short on the ears, cheeks, at the lower side of the neck, on elbows, thighs and round the vent.
The transition between clipped and unclipped areas should be pleasing for the eye and never abrupt
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°246 — 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 breed standard says
- Size
- “Height at withers between 25 - 32 cm. Ideal size for a dog = 29 cm, for a bitch = 27 cm. The weight must not be less than 6 kg and more than 10 kg”
- FCI distinguishes an ideal from what is permitted.
Quoted from FCI standard n°246. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Czech Terrier 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.
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Absence of more than 4 teeth altogether; absence of 2 or more incisors.
- Canine placed in vestibulo position.
- Entropion or ectropion.
- Chest circumference more than 50 cm.
- Curled tail or carried over the back.
- Long brindled coat on dogs older than 2 years.
- Coarse or curled cotton-wool type hair.
- White markings covering more than 20%; white blaze on the head.
- Irregular, jerky, spasmodic movements ("Scottie cramp")
- Weight above 10 kg or less than 6 kg.
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Czech Terrier in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Czech Terrier
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Czech Terrier 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
This is where Czech Terrier owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.
A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.
Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Czech Terrier 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.