“Of good, moderately sharp temperament, courageous and valliant but not biting, very devoted to his master. Incorruptibly good guard, distrustful of strangers; pleasant companion dog and obedient, whilst maintaining a strong individuality”
Quoted from FCI standard n°278. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
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.
FCI standard · Karst Shepherd Dog
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged preferred.
The head the front edges of the ears and the front part of the legs covered with short hair.
The back edge of the ears has longer and more supple hair.
In its upper region, the neck has long hair, stiff and very bushy forming a mane
in its lower part, the hair is longer and more supple forming a ruff which is wider at the set of the neck.
The trunk and belly have long hair which becomes less hard on the belly.
The tail regularly bushy, does not form a plume.
On the back side of the forequarters, the long hair is very supple forming fringes.
On the back side of the hindquarters, the hair is even longer and bushy forming culottes.
The length of the top coat is at least 10 cm
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
Iron grey
Shortened from FCI standard n°278 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
Quoted from FCI standard n°278. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What a judge marks the Karst 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.
Marked heavily against a specimen in the ring.
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Karst Shepherd Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Karst 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.
This is where Karst Shepherd Dog 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.
No Karst 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.
