Standard of the breed of Basenji

Standard of the breed

Origin. Central Africa.
Application. Hunting dog, companion.

Classification FCI. Group 5. Huskies and primitive types. Section 6. Primitive type. Without checking of working qualities.

Common form.Animal with the easy addition, the thin backbone, aristocratic form, vysokonogoye, always balanced, attentive and clever. Wrinkled head with the standing ears is proudly planted on the svodistoy neck. Deep breast with the expressed undermining, the tightly twisted tail - harmonious, balanced dog, graceful as "gazelle".

Increase and weight. Ideal height in the withers: male – 43 sm (17 inches), female – 40 sm (16 inches). Length of the housing: male – 43 sm (17 inches), female – 40 sm (16 inches). Weight for male 11 kg (24 pounds), for female 9kg (21 pound).

Behavior and nature. Not barking, but not unvoiseable, it’s special voice – is sound mix of the constrained laughter and “yodel”. It is remarkable by its cleanliness. Clever, independent, devoted and vigilant. It can be distrustful to the strangers

Head. Elegant, on the forehead are manifested the abundant wrinkles, when it is alerted; wrinkles along the sides of head are desirable, but not excessive, that pass into the suspension; wrinkles are more expressed in puppies, but not so open on the tricolor animals, because of the absence of semitones.

Important relationships. Snout is slightly shorter than the cranial part.

Cranial part. Skull flat, is well-marked and moderately wide, it becomes narrow to the soaking of nose. The lateral sides of cranial part gradually become narrow to mouth, cheek-bones seem flat. Passage from the forehead to the snout is insignificant.

Eyes. From From the dark - brown to the black - brown, almond-shaped, slantwise set. Border of eyelids is dark.

Ears. Small, pointed, standing and are slightly inclined forward, fine structure, ends take in they are not approached, mill take in wide.
Soaking of nose. Is desirable black.

Jaws and teeth. Jaws strong with the correct and completely scissor bite, i.e., upper teeth tightly overlap lower and stand perpendicularly to jaws

Neck. Strong and long, not thick, with the expressed withers and slightly filled in the base of throat, with the graceful bend, which emphasizes withers. It is well planted in the arms, ensuring to head haughty landing.
Housing. Proportional. Back from the withers to the brokers is short, is straight. Small of the back is short. Deep breast bone. Edges are convex, deep and oval. Groin is stretch.

Tail. It is highly planted, tightly twisted above the spine and it fits croup by single or dual ring.

Front extremities. Straight lines with the thin backbone. Moderately wide mill. The arms are slanting, muscular, not loaded. Elbows adjoin the breast. From the front the elbows are directed strictly back with the view. Forearms are very long. Metacarpuies are long, straight and flexible.

Rear extremities. Strong, muscular. Elbows with the moderately expressed angles. Shins are long. Fetlock joints are not approached and they are not inverted. Metatarsi are short.

Paws. Small, narrow and compact, with the dense cushions and the vaulted fingers, they can be turned inward a little beat. The inside fingers usually are moved away.

Motions. Feet will be carried by directly forward rapid, sweeping steps effortlessly.

Woolen cover. The fur is short, is smooth and is dense, very thin. The skin is very soft.

Color. Red; the saturated black; tricolor (saturetelly black with red - fawns parts of fur, with marks above the eyes, on the snout and the cheek-bones); brindle (black strips against the red – fawns background). With all colors - white paws, breast and the tip of the tail. White feet, mark on the head and collar are not required. White color never must predominate above basic color. Okras and marks must be the saturated color, clear, well formed, with the clear boundary between the black and the red in tricolors and the strips in tiger.

Deficiencies. Any deviation from the following requirements must be examined as deficiency.

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