F.C.I. Standard No.: 32/24.01.1996/F
Name of the breed: GRIFFON BLEU DE GASCOGNE (Roughtcoated Gascony
Blue)
Free translation : M. de Haas-Hiemstra
Origin : France
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE VALID ORIGINAL
STANDARD :
24.01.1996.
Utilization: Multipurpose hound used for hare hunting with
thegun. His eargerness and his fine nose makes him also well adapted for big
game hunting.
F.C.I. Classification: Group 6 Scent hounds
Section 1.2 Medium sized hounds with working trial.
Brief historial summary: Originating from the Pyrenees, he
is the product of a crossing from a medium sized Blue Gascogny hound with a
griffon. It seemed that the breed has been dissappeard but it now knows an
imported revival.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : A Griffon with a rustic
appearance, solidly built, is in the middle of the two ancestors.
BEHAVIOUR/TEMPERAMENT:
behaviour: Fine nose, endowed with a deep voice; intent in his way of
hunting, but also earger and undertaking;
temperament: awake, looks swarming but meanwhile affectionate..
HEAD:
CRANIAL
REGION:
skull: seen from
the front, slightly domed and not to broad; the occipital protuberance is
lightly marked. Seen from above, the back of the skull is ogival in shape. The
forehead is full.
stop: hardly accentuated.
FACIAL REGION
nose: black, large,
nostrils well opened.
lips: not very developed; the upper lip covers the lower lip.
muzzle: right or slightly arched, of same length as the skull;
jaws: scissor bite. Incisors set square to the jaws.
cheeks: lean.
eyes: oval shape; brown. Expressive and living expression.
leathers: supple, curled in without exageration, ending in a point;
should reach the beginning of the nose, without reaching beyond the extremity. The
base is situated just below the eyeline.
NECK: Slim, with a slight dewlap
BODY:
back: well supported, short.
loin: muscled, slightly arched..
rump: very slightly sloping.
chest: well developed.
ribs: rounded without exageration.
flank: full, underline slightly raising backwards.
tail: hairy, reaching the point of the hock. Strong at its roots. Carried
proudly in sabre fashion.
LIMBS:
FOREQUARTERS:
view of the ensemble:strong and well angulated, not heavey.
shoulder: moderately sloping and muscled.
elbows: close to the body.
forearm: strong.
feet: oval shape; toes lean and tight. Pads and nails black.
HINDQUARTERS:
view of the ensemble: regular angulation. Well proportioned.
upper thigh: well muscled.
hock: well let down.
GAIT/MOVEMENT: Regular and easy.
SKIN: Slightly think, supple. Black or strongly
marbled with black patches, never entirely white. Mucous membranes (hairless
zones) black.
COAT:
HAIR: hard, rough and shaggy. A bit shorter on the head and the
eyebrows, moderately thick, not covering the eyes. Very short and lying on the
ears.
COLOUR: Entirely mottled (black and white) giving a
slate blue colouring effect: either marked or not with more or less extended
black patches. Two black patches are generally placed at either side of the
head, covering the ears, surrounding the eyes and stopping at the cheeks. They
do not meet up on the top of the skull; they leave a white interval in the
middle of which there is often a small black oval spot, typical of the breed. Two
more or less bright tan markings are placed above the superciliary arches
giving a "quatreoeillé" appearance to the eyes. There are also traces
of tan on the cheeks, lips, inner face of the leather, on the legs and under
the tail.
SIZE:
HEIGHT AT THE WITHERS:
males: 50 to 57 cm
females: 48 to 55 cm.
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.
Head:
short,
skull tapering or too broad,
leathers too long or too hairy,
eyelid too loose (visible third eyelid).
Body:
too long, too soft
rump falling away,
deviated tail or tail too short.
Quarters:
bone structure insufficiently developed.
straight shoulder,
splayed feet,
cow hocks, seen from behind.
Behaviour:
timid subject.
ELIMINATING FAULTS:
- Lack of type.
- Any coat other than that indicted in the standard.
- Light eye.
- coat woolly or curling.
- Serious anatomical malformation.
- Visible disabling (invalidating) defect.
- Frightened or aggressive subject.
- Prognathism.
N.B. Male animals should have two apparently normal
testicles descended into the scrotum.