Volpino Italiano Breed Magazine - Showsight

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• Body slightly long, not square. • Coat that lacks volume. • Mane instead of coat collar. • Guard-coat falling flat. • Size, 2 cm over the limits indicated in the standard. SEVERE FAULTS : • Apple-head. • Prominent eyeballs, oval eye shape. • Shallow stop. • Pinched muzzle. • Missing two or more teeth (except PM1 and M3). • Undershot bite. • Rectangular in body. • Tail tucked in between hindlegs. • Absence of undercoat. • Woolly guard coat. • White feet in red-coated dogs. • Red coat with heavy black overlay.

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS : • Aggressive or overly shy dogs. • Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities. • Untypical. • Convex nose bridge. • Overshot bite. • Total depigmentation of nose or eye rims. • Wall eye. • Ears completely drooping. • Lack of tail or very short tail whether congenital or acquired. • Any colour except white, red or the not desirable champagne colour. • Red markings on white basic colour, white or black markings on red basic colour.

FCI-St. N° 195 / 17.12.2015

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