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About the Bohemian Shepherd Dog

FCI status
Provisional
Also called
Perro Pastor Bohemio
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What the breed standard says

Bred for
Versatile working dog
Behaviour and temperament
“A lively dog with fast, although not with impetuous reactions. A docile dog that is easily trained, attentive, easy to control and amenable. It is modest, undemanding, tenacious and makes a loving member of the family. It is fearless, has strong nerves and is exceptionally vigilant. It has a superb sense of smell. The breed is noted for its lively personality with no signs of nervousness”

Quoted from FCI standard n°364. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Characteristics

Size
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Exercise needs
4 of 5
Easy to train
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Amount of shedding
3 of 5
Grooming needs
4 of 5
Good with children
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Cost to keep
—
Tolerates being alone
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Intelligence
—
Health of breed
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros & cons for the Bohemian Shepherd Dog

What you get with the Bohemian Shepherd Dog

  • Purpose stated in the standard: “Versatile working dog”
  • The standard describes the breed as: “A lively dog with fast, although not with impetuous reactions”

What you are taking on

  • High grooming needs — the standard’s own description is “The tail is thickly covered in coat and has long, slightly wavy fringes on the underside.”

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 · Bohemian Shepherd Dog

Coat and colour

As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged preferred and permissible.

Coat

The body is covered by a glossy, long, thick coarser type of coat.

The length is between 5 and 12 cm.

It should be straight or slightly wavy, on the neck and chest slightly open, otherwise laying flat.

The well developed undercoat is shorter and softer.

The earlobes are richly covered in hair

brushes form at the base and along the edges.

The coat is particularly long on the neck, back and on the backside of the thighs and hocks, where it is slightly wavy.

The tail is thickly covered in coat and has long, slightly wavy fringes on the underside.

Only the facial parts of the head, the tips of the ears and the front of the limbs have short, smooth coat

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.

Base colour

Black to gunmetal-black with vivid tan-markings

  • Preferred: The more vivid and rich the markings are the better.
  • Permissible: Coat colour other than black-and-tan
  • The typical tan-markings are placed, when fully extended: Inside and on the edges of the ears
  • above the eyes
  • on the cheeks
  • on the sides of the muzzle smoothly blending into the throat and forming a crescent shape
  • on the brisket but distinct from the markings on the throat
  • on the inner and rear part of the thighs
  • on the feet and pasterns up to the hock joint
  • on the forelegs
  • on the forefeet and up to the elbow
  • under the tail and around the anus

Shortened from FCI standard n°364 — 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 Bohemian Shepherd 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.

  • Ears which are big, soft or too widely set.
  • Short neck.
  • Barrel-shaped or flat sided ribcage.
  • Elbows turned in or out.
  • Steep shoulder-blades.
  • Soft or roached back.
  • Weak hocks, cow-hocked.
  • Steep croup.
  • Restricted gait.
  • Tail curled above level of back.
  • Curly coat

Disqualifying faults

Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.

  • Height less than 50 cm or over 57 cm in males. Height less than 47 cm or over 54 cm in females.
  • Any deviation from a scissors bite.
  • Absence of any tooth (except for PM1 and M3).
  • Predatory eye colour (i.e. very pale yellow).
  • Hanging or floppy ears.
  • Colour other than black with tan-markings.
  • Markings appearing in places other than described.
  • Shorthaired or lack of undercoat.
  • Complete absence of tan-markings

FCI standard n°364

Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Bohemian Shepherd Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Bohemian Shepherd Dog

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Bohemian Shepherd 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 Bohemian Shepherd 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.

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