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HISTORICAL SUMMARY: The shepherd dogs from central Asia
are dogs of above average and great size, of a coarse constitution,
strong, bold, wary of strangers, not very demanding, who adapt
easily to different climatic conditions. All that allows the
shepherd dogs of Central Asia to be used widely in the different
regions of the country. The principal regions of penetration
of the Central Asia dogs are the republics of Central Asia and
the regions surrounding them.
TYPE OF CONSTITUION: coarse, with
a massive bone structure and a powerful musculature. One often
comes across dogs of this breed who have a tendency to being
soft, lacking in energy. The thick skin with a well developed
and sufficiently elastic sub-cutaneous tissue, often forms
folds in the region of the neck.
Faults: obesity.
Severe faults: weak constitution,
rickety, muscular weakness.
FORMAT INDEX: males 100 - 105
Females 102-108
Faults: slight deviation from the
indicated format index.
Severe faults: important deviations
in relation to the format index.
HEIGHT AT THE WITHERS: males not
less than 65 sm
Females not less than 60 sm
Faults: height at the withers between
64 and 60 sm for the males; between 60 sm and 58 sm for the
females.
Important faults: height at the withers
below 60 sm for the males, below 58 sm for the females.
CHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIOUR: type
of great nervous activity; balanced, calm. The predominant
reaction is defence in an active way.
Faults: lack of excessive energy,
timid character.
Important faults: great excitability,
cowardice.
SEX TYPE: well accentuated. The
males are more virile, stronger and more massive than the
females. The sexual dimorphism is clearly obvious.
Important faults: males of feminine
type. Unilateral and bilateral cryptorchids.
COAT: coarse hair, straight with
a well developed undercoat. On the head and on the foreface
of the legs, the hair is short, flat against the skin.
The dogs distinguished according to the length of their coat:
a) long-haired (7-8 sm) on the back and the surface of the
body, especially on the ears, the neck, the back of the fore
and hindquarters and on the tail.
b) short-haired (3-5 sm) and smooth.
Important faults: very short coat
without undercoat, hair soft, wavy or curly.
COLOUR: white, black, grey, straw,
ginger (rusty), grey-brown, brindled, piebold and speckled.
HEAD: massive, wide in the skull
region with strongly developed zygomatics. Forehead flat,
stop hardly visible. The muzzle is a little shorter than the
length of the skull, wide between the eyes, hardly narrowing
towards the nose. Seen from the front and from above, the
muzzle appears rectangular, whereas in profile it has a truncated
shape with an heavy upper lip which hangs at the corners of
the mouth. The nose is strong and black. In light coloured
dogs, a brown nose is allowed.
Faults: light head, zygomatic arches
very prominent, bulging forehead, very pronounced stop, superciliary
arches prominent, short or long muzzle. Wrinkled skin on head.
Important faults: narrow head, light,
pointed and upturned muzzle.
EARS: small, hanging, low set, of
triangular shape (cropped short on puppies).
Faults: high set ears, not cropped.
EYES: dark, wide apart, rounded,
set straight.
Faults: light eyes or set on the
slant, dropping lids.
TEETH: white, strong, fitting tightly.
The incisors are set at the base in one line. Scissor bite.
Faults: worn teeth in such way disproportionate
to the age. Presence of broken teeth without deformity of
the bite. Absence of more than two first premolars or absence
of first and a second premolar.
Slight yellowing of the teeth.
Important faults: teeth small, sparse.
Incisors irregularly placed. All deviation in relation to
the normal scissor bite. Absence of one incisor or on canine.
Absence of a third or a fourth premolar or of one molar. Teeth
with badly damaged enamel.
NECK: short, muscular, carried low,
forming an angle of about 300 to 400 with the line of the
back.
Faults: long neck with insufficient
muscle. Dewlap very obvious.
CHEST: wide, deep, with rounded
ribs. The lower line of the chest is either at elbow level
or lower.
Fault: flat chest, rather small.
Skin definitely hanging below the chest.
Important fault: very flat chest,
narrow, small, insufficiently developed.
ABDOMEN (belly): moderately tucked
up.
Faults: abdomen (belly) too tucked
up (as in a greyhound) or drooping (voluminous).
WITHERS: high, well defined, especially
in the males. The height at the withers is of 1 -2 sm superior
to the height at the rump.
Faults: withers low, insufficiently
marked above the line of the back.
BACK: strong, straight, wide.
Faults: soft back or arched.
Important faults: hollow or humped
back.
LOIN: short, wide, slightly rounded.
Faults: long loin, straight or too
rounded.
Important faults: long loin, narrow
or hollow.
RUMP: wide, muscular, almost horizontal.
Faults: rump a little on the slant.
Important faults: narrow, short,
very oblique. Rump very high.
TAIL: high set, in shape of sickle,
hanging; reaches the hock. Docked short.
Fault: not shortened.
FOREQUARTERS: seen from the front:
straight and parallel. The length of the legs to the elbows
(from the ground to elbow) is slightly superior to half of
the heighth of the dog at the withers. Angle of scapular-humeral
articulation is about 1000. Forearm straight, massive, long;
pasterns short, wide, strong, straight.
Faults: slight deviation of the angle
of the shoulder articulation. Feet slightly toeing in or out,
pasterns a little soft.
Important faults: straight shoulder
or too closed, deformation of leg bones. Weak pasterns. Feet
badly toeing in or out.
HINDQUARTERS: set parallel, slightly
open at level of stifle and hock joint. Legs short. Metatarsals
thick, straight set.
Faults: slight deviation in relation
to parallelism of hindquarters. Hocks a little close. Hind
angulation a little straight.
Important faults: definite deviation
in relation to parallelism of legs. Bowed legs. Hind angulation
excessively straight.
FEET: (front and hind): strong,
oval, compact.
Faults: splayed feet, long, flat.
Important faults: badly splayed feet,
very flat.
MOVEMENT/GAITS: the heavy shortened
trot and gallop are the most characteristic gaits of this
breed dogs. At the trot the legs must move in a straight line,
with a certain coming together of the forelegs towards a median
line.
Faults: slight deviation in relation
to normal gaits.
Important faults: restricted movements,
hobbled.
ELIMINATING FAULTS: all
deviations in relation to the correct scissor bite. Absence
of one incisor or one canine, a third premolar or a fourth
premolar or of one molar.
NOTE: Males should have
two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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