Bolognese Breed Magazine - Showsight

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EARS : High set, they are long and hanging, but rather rigid at their base, so that the upper part of the external ear is detached from the skull, giving thus the impression of the head being larger than it really is.

NECK : Without dewlap: its length is equal to the length of the head.

BODY : The dog being of a square construction, the length of the body, measured from the point of the shoulder to the point of the buttock bone is equal to that of the height at the withers. Top line: The straight profile of the back, and that of the loin, slightly convex, merge harmoniously in the line of the croup. Withers: Only slightly prominent above the top line. Top of shoulder blades well spaced. Back: Straight. Loin: Short, strong, slightly convex. Croup: Very broad and only slightly sloping. Chest: Ample, let down to level of elbows, with well-sprung ribs, the height reaching almost half of the height at the withers. The point of the sternum is only slightly prominent. Underline and belly: Following the profile of the sternum, then rises slightly towards the belly.

TAIL : Set in the line of the croup, carried curved over the back.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS: General appearance: Forearms are perfectly straight and parallel in relation to the median plane of the body. Shoulder: The length of the shoulder blades is equal to 1/4 of the height of the withers; in relation to the horizontal, they are slanting and are near the vertical in relation to the median plane of the body. Upper arm: Well joined to the body, of an almost equal length to that of the shoulder, but less slanting. Elbows: They are on a parallel plane to the median plane of the body.

FCI-St. N° 196 / 17.12.2015

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