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About the French Spaniel

Origin: France
Typical life span
10-12 years
Size
Medium — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
23-27 kg
Female
20-27 kg
Height
Male
56-61 cm
Female
53-58 cm
FCI status
Reconocida por la FCI
FCI group
Pointing Dogs
Origin
France
Also called
Spaniel Frances
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a French Spaniel?

Medium to large versatile pointing dog with elegant silky brown and white coat and gentle expression, known for hunting ability and calm temperament. One of the oldest spaniel-type pointing breeds.

French Spaniel history and origins

One of the oldest pointing breeds, descending from longhaired setting spaniels used since the Middle Ages. Described by Gaston Fébus in the 14th century, standardized in the 19th century, and revived in early 20th century after near extinction

French Spaniel appearance and size

Males typically weigh 23-27 kg and stand 56-61 cm at the shoulder; females 20-27 kg and 53-58 cm.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Criado para
Pointing dog
Comportamiento y temperamento
Balanced, frank, gentle, calm and docile, enthusiastic hunter, sociable with other dogs and an ideal companion in all circumstances. Excellent pointing dog, it also has a talent for retrieving. – 23.01.2009

Quoted from FCI standard n°175. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.

Características

Tamaño
Medium
Necesidad de ejercicio
4 of 5
Facilidad de adiestramiento
Caída de pelo
Cuidados del pelo
4 of 5
Convivencia con niños
Coste de mantenimiento
Tolera quedarse solo
Inteligencia
Salud de la raza
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros y contras de la raza French Spaniel

Lo que obtienes con la raza French Spaniel

  • Función declarada en el estándar: «Pointing dog»
  • El estándar describe la raza así: «Balanced, frank, gentle, calm and docile, enthusiastic hunter, sociable with other dogs and an ideal companion in all…»

Lo que asumes

  • Exige muchos cuidados del pelo — la descripción del propio estándar es «Long and wavy on the ears, falling beyond the cartilage, as well as on the back of the…»

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. 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 · French Spaniel

Pelo y color

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

Coat

Long and wavy on the ears, falling beyond the cartilage, as well as on the back of the legs and the tail.

Flat, silky and well furnished on the body with a few waves behind the neck and above the root of the tail.

Short and fine on the head

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.

  • White and brown with medium spotting, sometimes getting predominant, with irregular patches, slightly or moderately flecked and roan without excess.
  • The brown varies from cinnamon to dark liver.
  • A white blaze and white on the head, if the marking is not too wide, are appreciated.
  • The absence of white on the head is perfectly admissible.
  • The edges of the lips, the eyerims and the nose are brown, without any unpigmented areas

Resumido de FCI standard n°175 — 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
Males: 56 to 61 cm Females: 55 to 59 cm. Tolerance: + 2cm or -1cm
La FCI indica una tolerancia en torno a la cifra.

Quoted from FCI standard n°175. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Lo que el estándar penaliza

Aquello por lo que un juez resta puntos a la raza French Spaniel, y lo que la deja fuera del ring, en las palabras del propio registro. Esto describe el estándar de la raza — no es una lista de comprobación para el animal que tienes delante, y un animal de compañía con un defecto descalificante es un perro que no puede ir a exposición, no un perro enfermo.

Defectos graves

Cuentan mucho en contra de un ejemplar en el ring.

  • Skull too broad.
  • Teeth badly set.
  • Eye colour too light.
  • Ear partially white, too short or triangular.
  • Lack of bone.
  • Hair curly on the body.
  • Lack of fringes (feathering)

Defectos descalificantes

Dejan al animal fuera del ring por completo.

  • Lack of type (insufficient ethnical characteristics which means that the animal on the whole does not sufficiently resemble its fellow creatures of the breed).
  • Overshot, undershot (tolerance for reversed bite without loss of contact).
  • Wry mouth
  • Any teeth missing (except PM1).
  • Wall eyes.
  • Vicious stare or hawk eye.
  • White patch surrounding the eye (white eye mark).
  • Presence of dewclaws on the hindlegs.
  • Any other colour than white and brown.
  • Depigmentation (severely flesh coloured nose and/or eyelids).
  • Size outside the limits of the standard

FCI standard n°175

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

Health guide

What to ask for in a French Spaniel

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the French Spaniel 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.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No French Spaniel 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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