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About the Flat Coated Retriever

Origin: Great Britain
Typical life span
8-10 years
Size
Large — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
27-32 kg
Female
25-29 kg
Height
Male
58-62 cm
Female
56-60 cm
FCI status
Reconocida por la FCI
FCI group
Retrievers - Flushing Dogs - Water Dogs
Origin
Great Britain
Also called
Cobrador de Pelo Liso

About

What is a Flat Coated Retriever?

Large, elegant sporting dog with a lustrous, sleek flat coat in solid black or liver, known for their cheerful, perpetually youthful 'Peter Pan' personality and optimistic temperament

Flat Coated Retriever history and origins

Developed in mid-19th century England by crossing St. John's Water Dog with various retrievers, setters, spaniels and sheepdogs to create a versatile gundog for work on both land and water

Flat Coated Retriever appearance and size

Males typically weigh 27-32 kg and stand 58-62 cm at the shoulder; females 25-29 kg and 56-60 cm.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Criado para
Gundog
Comportamiento y temperamento
Generously endowed with natural gundog ability, optimism and friendliness demonstrated by enthusiastic tail action; confident and kindly

Quoted from FCI standard n°121. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.

Características

Tamaño
Large
Necesidad de ejercicio
4 of 5
Facilidad de adiestramiento
Caída de pelo
Cuidados del pelo
2 of 5
Convivencia con niños
Coste de mantenimiento
Tolera quedarse solo
Inteligencia
Salud de la raza
5 conditions documented

Pros & cons

Pros y contras de la raza Flat Coated Retriever

Lo que obtienes con la raza Flat Coated Retriever

  • Función declarada en el estándar: «Gundog»
  • El estándar describe la raza así: «Generously endowed with natural gundog ability, optimism and friendliness demonstrated by enthusiastic tail action»
  • Exige pocos cuidados del pelo, adecuado para quien tiene poco tiempo — el pelo es «Dense, of fine to medium texture and good quality, as flat as possible.»

Lo que asumes

  • Están documentadas 3 enfermedades hereditarias graves, sobre todo en huesos y articulaciones y ojos. La pestaña de la guía de salud tiene la prueba que hay que pedir en cada una.

Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI; UK Kennel Club Breed Health and Conservation Plan — Flat Coated Retriever (2020). Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.

Characteristics

Estándar de la FCI · Flat Coated Retriever

Pelo y color

Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar.

Coat

Dense, of fine to medium texture and good quality, as flat as possible.

Legs and tail well feathered.

Full furnishings on maturity complete the elegance of a good dog

Color

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FCI sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.

  • Black or liver only

Resumido de FCI standard n°121 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Tamaño
Preferred height: Dogs: 59 - 61,5 cm (23-24 ins), Bitches: 56,5 - 59 cm (22-23 ins). Preferred weight in hard condition: Dogs: 27 - 36 kg (60-80 lbs), Bitches: 25 - 32 kg (55-70 lbs)
La FCI distingue un ideal de lo que está permitido.

Quoted from FCI standard n°121. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza Flat Coated Retriever en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.

Health guide

Health & screening guide for the Flat Coated Retriever

Riesgos hereditarios conocidos en la raza Flat Coated Retriever, y la documentación concreta que hay que pedir a cualquier criador antes de pagar una señal. Un criador responsable tiene esta documentación a mano; esquivar la pregunta es mala señal.

5 enfermedades documentadas

Health checklist (PDF)

Bones & joints

Patellar luxation

Serious

The kneecap slips out of its normal groove, causing an intermittent skipping gait or lameness that can become permanent and sometimes needs surgery. One large single-surgeon study screening the breed over 17 years found it in 23.6% of dogs examined.

Qué pedir

Veterinary orthopaedic examination for patellar luxation (OFA evaluation or the breed society's own patellar screening scheme) on both parents

1 source

Hip dysplasia

Monitor

Malformation of the hip joint that can progress to osteoarthritis. It is required under the Kennel Club's Assured Breeder Scheme for this breed, though the Kennel Club's own analysis found this breed's heritability estimate to be the lowest of 15 UK breeds studied.

Qué pedir

Hip score from a recognised scheme (OFA or BVA/KC) on both parents

1 source

Brain & nerves

Epilepsy

Monitor

Recurrent seizures with no identifiable structural or metabolic cause. The breed's health co-ordinators list it among the breed's priority concerns, but no causative gene or DNA test has been found in this breed.

Qué pedir

No validated screening or DNA test exists. Ask whether the sire, dam or their close relatives have a seizure history

1 source

Eyes

Pectinate ligament abnormality (PLA) / glaucoma

Serious

A malformation of the eye's fluid drainage angle that can progress to glaucoma, a painful pressure build-up inside the eye that can cause blindness. The degree of malformation found on examination is closely linked to the risk of later developing glaucoma.

Qué pedir

Gonioscopy examination under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme (or equivalent) on both parents

1 source

Cancer

Histiocytic sarcoma

Serious

An aggressive cancer arising from immune cells, most often in the spleen, lungs or limbs. A UK cohort study found 42% of Flat-Coated Retrievers followed from healthy adulthood died of confirmed cancer, with this type the largest single contributor, and the breed's own health co-ordinators rank it the breed's top concern.

Qué pedir

No validated screening or DNA test exists. Ask whether the sire, dam or their close relatives are on the breed society's cause-of-death register and what it shows

1 source

Cuánto vive la raza Flat Coated Retriever, en los registros

Supervivencia mediana de 11,7 años

Intervalo de confianza al 95% de 11,5–11,9 años, a partir de 784 muertes registradas entre 2146 perros

Riesgo de mortalidad de 1.08 (1.01, 1.16) respecto a perros mestizos, cuya mediana es de 12,0 años.

Medido en el Reino Unido a partir de 584.734 perros. La supervivencia mediana no es una predicción para un perro 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.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

That is not the same as none existing. Publishing a litter is part of a breeder's subscription here, so a Flat Coated Retriever breeder can have a litter and no listing — ask them directly.

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