| The standard can also be found here: http://www.nkp-rustoy.ru/modules.php?name=Content&op=showpage&pid=84 RUSSIAN TOY DOG STANDARD (FCI) TRANSLATION RKF, revised by R. ORIGIN: DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD: 21.02.2006 UTILIZATION: Companion Dog. CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.: Group 9 Companion and Toy dogs. Section 9 Continental Toy Spaniels and Russian Toys. Without working trial. IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS: Square build. The height at elbows is only slightly more than half of the height at withers; the chest is sufficiently deep. BEHAVIOUR/TEMPERAMENT: Active, very cheerful, neither cowardly nor aggressive. The behaviour is significantly different between males and females. HEAD: Small compared to the body. CRANIAL REGION: Skull: High but not too wide (width at the level of zygomatic arches does not exceed the depth of the skull). Stop: Clearly pronounced. FACIAL REGION: Nose: Small, black or matching the coat colour. Muzzle: Lean and pointed, slightly shorter than the skull. Lips: Thin, lean, tight- fitting and dark or matching the coat colour. Jaws/Teeth: Small, white. Scissor bite. Absence of 2 incisors permitted in each jaw. Cheekbones: Only slightly pronounced. Eyes: Quite large, rounded, dark, slightly prominent, set well apart and looking straight ahead. Eyelids are dark or matching the coat colour, tightly fitting. Ears: Big, thin, set high, erect. NECK: Long, lean, carried high, slightly arched. BODY: Top line: Gradually sloping from the withers to the root of the tail. Withers: Slightly pronounced. Back: Strong and straight. Loin: Short and slightly arched. Croup: The croup is somewhat rounded and slightly sloping. Chest: The chest is oval, sufficiently deep and not too wide. Underline and Belly: Tucked up belly and drawn up flanks, forming a nicely curved line from the chest to the flanks. TAIL: Docked (only two or three vertebrae are left), carried high. In countries where tail docking is prohibited by law, it is left in its natural state. Undocked: sickle tail. It should not be carried lower than back level. LIMBS Forequarters: Thin and lean; seen from the front, the front legs are straight and parallel. Shoulders: The shoulder blades are moderately long and not too sloping. Upper arm: Forming an angle of 105 degrees with the shoulder blade. The length of upper arm is approximately equal to the length of shoulder. Elbows: In line with the body. Forearm: Long, straight. Carpus (Wrist): Lean. Metacarpus (Pastern): Almost vertical. Forefeet: Small, oval, turning neither in nor out. Toes well-knit and arched. Nails and resilient pads are black or match the coat colour. Hindquarters: Seen from the rear, the hind legs are straight and parallel, but standing a little bit wider than the forelegs. Stifles and hocks are sufficiently bent. Upper thigh: Muscles are lean and developed. Lower thigh: The upper and lower thighs are of the same length. Hock: Sufficiently angulated. Metatarsus (Rear pastern): Vertical. Hind feet: Arched, a little bit narrower than forefeet. Nails and pads are black or match the coat colour. SKIN: Thin, dry and tight-fitting. COAT HAIR: There exists two types for the breed: smooth-haired and longhaired. • Smooth-haired: short, close-lying, shiny hair, without undercoat or bald patches. • Longhaired: body is covered with moderately long (3-5cm)=(1.2 - 2inches), straight or slightly wavy hair, close-lying, which does not hide the natural outline of the body. Hair on the head and on the front part of limbs is short and close -lying. Distinct feathers on rear side of limbs. The feet have long, silky hair which completely hides the nails. Ears are covered with thick, long hair forming a fringe. Dogs of more than 3 years have such a fringe, which should completely hide the outer edges and tips of the ears. Body hair should not look tousled nor be too short - less than 2 cm (0.8 inches). COLOUR: Black and tan, brown and tan, blue and tan. Also red of any shade with or without black or brown overlay. Richer shades are preferable for all colours. SIZE Height at withers: Dogs and bitches: 20 – 28 cm (tolerance +/- 1 cm). 7.9 - 11 inches (tolerance +/- 0.4 in.) 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. • Timid behaviour. • Level bite or incisors sloping forward. • Semi-pricked ears. This condition in longhaired dogs with heavy fringes is permissible but not desirable. • • Presence of bald patches in smooth-haired dogs. • Too long or too short hair on body of longhaired dogs. • Small white spots on chest and toes. • Solid black, brown and blue colours. Note: Now accepted by RKF. Tan markings too large or with dark shadings. ELIMINATING FAULTS: • Aggressive, overly shy. • Overshot, pronounced undershot. Absence of 1 canine; absence of more than 2 incisors in either jaw. • Hanging ears. • Short legs. • Many bald patches in short-haired dogs. • Longhaired dogs: absence of fringes on ears and presence of curly hair. • White coat, white spots on the head, abdomen and above metacarpus; large white patches on chest and throat, presence of brindle markings. • Size over 30 cm (11.8 in) or under 18 cm (7.1 in). • Weight less than 1 kg (2.2 pounds). Any dogs clearly showing physical or behavioral abnormalities shall be disqualified. NB: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum. |
I got a call from a lady in Oklahoma about Russian Toys. She starts telling me all about her 150 lb. Rottweilers & her 170 lb. Dobermans that she breeds. She's asking about the 'Russian Toy' & how much 'they' cost. So I tell her they're around $2,000. DEAD silence... She says, how big is it? I say, Russian Toy dogs are around 5 lbs. She says, this is a DOG???? She thought it was a TOY, some sort of TOY for sale that she could buy for her big dogs to play with. I said, well, I guess a Russian Toy dog would make quite the toy for her huge dogs, we both laugh. End of conversation... PLEASE, let's add the word 'DOG' to 'Russian Toy'!!!!!! |
