NORWEGIAN LUNDEHUND
(Norsk Lundehund)
TRANSLATION : Norsk Kennel Club.
ORIGIN : Norway.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 12.03.1999.
UTILIZATION : By his anatomical peculiarities
this dog is predestinated
to puffin-hunting on the steep rocks around the
fjords and along the shore.
CLASSIFICATION FCI : Group 5
Spitz and primitive types.
Section 2 Nordic Hunting Dogs.
Without working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : Spitz
type dog, small, rectangular, supple,
rather lightly made; morphological characteristics
different according to sex.
BEHAVIOUR /CHARACTER : Alert, energetic, lively.
HEAD : Clean-cut, medium width, wedge shaped.
CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Slightly rounded with prominent
superciliary arches.
Stop : Pronounced, but without excess.
FACIAL REGION :
Muzzle : Wedge shaped of medium length.
Nasal bridge slightly convex.
Jaws / Teeth : Scissor bite preferred,
but a pincer bite or a moderate prognathism
of the lower jaw is permitted. The
absence of premolars on both sides, in each jaw, is accepted.
Eye : Slightly sloping and not protruding;
the iris is yellowish brown; the pupil is encircled
by a dark halo.
Ears : Triangular ears of medium
size, broad at the base, carried
erect and very mobile. The cartilage
of the ear lobe has the faculty
of being able to retract itself so that the ear
folds itself and flops
in a specific manner, either backwards or in
right angle upwards, so as
to close the auditory passage.
NECK : Clean-cut, of medium
length, quite strong with a relatively
well furnished collar.
BODY : Rectangular.
Topline : Straight.
Back : Strong.
Croup : Slightly sloping.
Chest : Long, of medium width, relatively well
let down and spacious,
not barrel shaped.
Belly : Slightly drawn up.
TAIL : Set high, medium length, well
covered with hair but without flag. Carried either in
a ring or slightly rolled over onto the back,
or hanging. The tip must not be too much over
nor falling to one side.
LIMBS :
FOREQUARTERS :
General appearance : Moderately angulated.
Forearm : Straight.
Fore feet : Oval shaped, turning slightly
outwards, with at least six toes - of which five
must rest on the ground. Eight pads on
each foot. The two inner toes, formed respectively
by 3 and 2 phalanges and endowed with a ligamentary
and muscular system, make the foot look solid.
HINDQUARTERS :
General appearance : The position of the hindquarters
is somewhat close.
Upper thigh : Strong and muscular.
Stifles : Moderately angulated.
Lower thigh : Strong and muscular.
Hindfeet : Oval shaped, turned slightly
outwards, with at least six toes - four of which must
rest on the ground. Seven pads on each
foot, the one in the middle, the most important one
by its size, being attached to the inner pads
corresponding to the two inner toes. When
the
dog is standing up on a flat surface,
the weight of the body must be evenly distributed on the pads.
GAIT/MOVEMENT : Light and elastic.
An external rotary action of the forelegs and
somewhat close action behind is characteristic
of the breed.
COAT
HAIR : Dense and rough, soft undercoat.
Short on the head and the front of the legs,
more abundant at the level of the neck,
rear of the buttocks (thighs) and on the tail,
but without flag.
COLOUR : Always combined with white
: from red to fawn, coat more or less sprinkled
with hairs with black tips;
black; grey; white with dark patches. The adult usually
has
more marked black tips in the coat than the younger
dog.
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT :
Height at withers : Male :
35 - 38 cm.
Female : 32 - 35 cm.
Weight : Male :
about 7 kg.
Female : about 6 kg.
FAULTS : Any departure from the foregoing
points should be considered a fault and
the seriousness with which the fault should
be regarded should be in exact
proportion to its degree.
ELIMINATING FAULT :
• Aggressiveness.
Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.
N.B. : Male animals should have two
apparently normal testicles fully descended
into the scrotum.