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White Shepherd kennel - Witte Herder kennel - Weisse Schaefer Zwinger
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Utilization
Family and working companion dog with distinctive friendly nature to children,
attentive watchdog, cheerful and quick to learn.
General Appearance
A powerful, well-muscled, medium-sized, white shepherd dog with
erect ears, double coat or long double coat; rectangular shape;
medium-sized bone and elegant, harmonius-flowing outline.
Important proportions
Moderately long rectangular shape.
Body length to height at withers = 12 : 10
Behaviour/Character
Lively, without nervousness, attentive and watchful;
friendly to those he knows well, loyal and affectionate;
easy to train and balanced; towards strangers aloof but not apprehensive or aggressive;
approaches unknown environmental influences at first reserved/cautious, then inquisitive.
Head
- Strong, dry and finely chiselled, in natural proportion to the body. Seen from above and from the side, wedge-shaped to the nose tapering. Axes of skull and foreface parallel.
- Cranial region
Skull: Only slightly rounded; indicated central furrow.
Stop: Distinct, but gently rising stop.
- Facial region
- Nose:
Normal shape, medium-sized; desirably black; snow nose (loss of pigment resulting in pink streak) tolerated.
- Muzzle:
Powerful and moderately long, nasal bridge and lower line of muzzle straight, to the nose slightly convergent.
- Lips:
Dry, closing tightly, black.
- Teeth:
Powerful and complete, scissors bite. The teeth must be set square to the jaw.
- Eyes:
Medium-sized, almond shaped, placed a little obliquely with well fitting black eye-rims. Colour dark-brown to black.
- Ears:
Set high, carried upright; erect ears parallel and directed forward; in the shape of an oblong, at the tip slightly rounded triangle; covered with short hair.
- Neck:
Medium-long and well muscled, broad set on at the body, without dewlap; the elegantly arched neckline runs, without disruption, from the moderately high carried head to the withers; the throatline should be gently sloping to the breastbone.
Body
- Strong, muscular, medium long.
- Withers:
Pronounced; merging well with the neck and back.
- Back:
Straight and level, strongly muscled.
- Croup:
Long and of medium breadth; set on approximately horizontal, then gently sloping to the rear.
Chest
Not too broad; deep, about 50 % of the height at the withers, reaching to the elbows; oval; chest and ribcage well extending to the rear. Prominent forechest.
Abdomen and Flanks
Slender, firm flanks; underline moderately tucked up.
Tail
- Bushy sabre tail, tapering to the tip; set on rather deep; at
least reaching to the hock joint; at rest it hangs either straight down
or with a slight saber-like curve in its last third part; in movement
carried higher, but never higher than the topline.
Limbs
- Forequarters
- Straight, seen from the front; only moderately broad stance; seen in profile, well angulated.
- Shoulder
Shoulderblade long and well laid back; well angulated; whole shoulder strongly muscled.
Upperarm
Straight, adequately long, strong muscles.
Forearm
Long, straight, sinewy.
Pastern
Firm and only slightly oblique.
Hindquarters
Seen from the rear straight and parallel; standing not too wide; seen from the side, adequate angulation.
Upper thigh
Medium long, strongly muscled.
Lower thigh
Medium long, oblique, with solid bone and well muscled.
Hockjoint
Powerful, well angulated.
Hock
Medium long, straight, sinewy; dewclaws must be removed.
Feet
Oval, hind feet a little longer than forefeet; toes tight and well arched; firm black pads; dark nails desired.
Gait
- Elastic-rhythmical sequence of steps with even drive and enduring; front legs reaching out far, with strong thrust; in trot particularly ground covering, fluent and easy.
Skin
- Without folds and wrinkles, lying smooth on the musculature, darkly pigmented.
Coat
- Medium length, dense, close lying double coat or long double coat; abundant undercoat covered with hard, straight protection hair, muzzle, face, ears and front of legs are covered with shorter hair; at the neck and the back of the legs the coa
t is slightly longer. Slightly wavy, hard hair is permitted.
Colour
- White, pure white preferred.
Size and Weight
- Height at withers Weight
- Dogs 60 - 66 cm ca. 30 - 40 kg
- Bitches 55 - 61 cm ca. 25 - 35 kg
Typical dogs with slight under- or oversize should not be disqualified.
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.
- Minor faults
- Slight wild coat colour (light yellowish or tawny shading) on eartips, back and upperside of the tail.
- Serious faults
heavy appearance, too short build (square outline)
- masculinity or femininity not clearly defined
- missing any other teeth than the M3 or at the most two PM1
- blue eyes, goggling eyes
- droop (hanging) ears, semi-pricked ears, flop ears
- strongly sloping backline
- tail: ring-, kinky-, hrook tail, tail carried over back
- hair texture: soft, silky outercoat; woolly, curly, open coat; distinctly long hair without undercoat
- hair colour: distinct wild coat colour (distinct yellowish or tawny discolouring) on eartips, back and upperside of the tail
- total loss of pigment, albino
- deficiency in character: timidity, aggressiveness
NB.
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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