Base colour
White with brown markings, with or without spots or ticking
- Permissible: The roan colour (mixture of brown and white hairs all over the body)
- Preferred: Less is a mantle
- Ears are brown, just like the hair around the eyes
About the Drentsche Partridge Dog
Origin: The NetherlandsDrentsche Partridge Dog
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Pointing Dogs
- Origin
- The Netherlands
- Also called
- Perdiguero de Drente
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Pointing Dog
- Behaviour and temperament
“An ideal dog for hunting in varying fields. The dog hunts within range of the gun. Keeping in touch with the hunter is apparently an innate quality. A characteristic of the breed is that when searching the game, the tail moves in a circular motion, especially when the dog picks up the scent of game. When approaching the game, the dog points the game as solid as a rock and impeccably waits for the hunter to come near; when this takes a long time, the dog will look back for its master. The breed has the adaptability that makes it capable of hunting all sorts of game in the field and in water. In addition, they are good retriever and finds lost game. These characteristics are innate, therefore need little training. Because of their gentle character, it is harmful to use forceful training methods. The Drentsche Patrijshond can be reserved in the beginning, but never fearful. The dog is loyal and intelligent which makes him, together with a good upbringing and training, a highly esteemed family pet dog as well as a valuable companion of the hunter”
Quoted from FCI standard n°224. 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” 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
- 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 Drentsche Partridge Dog
What you get with the Drentsche Partridge Dog
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Pointing Dog”
- The standard describes the breed as: “An ideal dog for hunting in varying fields”
What you are taking on
- High grooming needs — the standard’s own description is “The backside of the fore- and hindlegs and the trousers are feathered.”
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 · Drentsche Partridge 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
Dense, well covering the body.
Not curly-haired, but more a straight coat with water resistance undercoat.
The coat is not really long, but because it’s longer in some places, it gives the impression of being long.
On the neck and the forechest the hair is longer.
The base and the outer edge of the ears covered with long, preferably wavy, not curly hair.
At the tip of the ears, the fur is short, while the ear on the inside edge is also feathered.
On the back until the tailset, a wavy coat is preferable.
Apart from the root, the tail is richly covered on all sides with long hair, gradually shorter to the tip.
The backside of the fore- and hindlegs and the trousers are feathered.
The feet between the toes are well covered with hair
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°224 — 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 Drentsche Partridge 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.
- Convex or dish-faced nosebridge.
- Roan all over the body.
- Narrow and shallow ribcage.
- Somehow too elegant appearance.
- Steep or very weak pasterns.
- Low on the legs
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- A white or a partially white ear
- White marks around one or both eyes
- Bite: over- or undershot
- Dogs that are clearly untypical for the breed
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Drentsche Partridge Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Drentsche Partridge Dog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Drentsche Partridge 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 Drentsche Partridge 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.