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Standard No 53/13.09.2000/GB
KOMONDOR
TRANSLATION: Mrs
C. Seidler and Mrs Elke Peper.
ORIGIN: Hungary.
DATE OF PUBLICATION
OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD: 06.04.2000
UTILISATION: Herding
dog.
CLASSIFICATION FCI :Group
1 Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs (except
Swiss Cattie Dogs). Section
1 Sheepdogs. Without working
trial.
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY: The
Komondor is an oldestablished Hungarian herding breed of Asiatic
origin. His original ancestors almost certainly came with the
migrating Old Magyars, living as stock-breeding Nomads, to the
Carpathian basin.
GENERAL APPEARANCE The
Komondor is large in size and powerfully built. His appealing
outward appearance and dignified deportment arouse respect and
even fear in the observer. By nature he is not ingratiating. His
robust body is covered by matted, corded, throughout dense, long
hair. The body, seen sideways, forms a prone rectangle, little
deviating from a square. The thickly coated head rises above the
body. The tail is carried hanging down with its tip bent upwards,
almost horizontal. The coat colour is ivory.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS
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The body length sligthly exceeds the height at the withers.
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The deepest point of the brisket is approximately on a level with
half of the height at the withers.
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The muzzle is,slightly shorter than half of the length of the head.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT
He has an
imperturbable courage in the guarding and defense of the herds
entrusted to him and the property and home of his master. He
attacks silently and duringly. He regards his territory as his own
property and will not tolerate any other living creature in it.
His nature is suspicious. During the day, he likes to keep a lying
position enabling him to control his area. At night, he is always
on the move.
HEAD :
Broad, in good proportion to the body. Even the dense screen of
hair cloes not make him appear out of proportion.
CRANIAL REGION
Skull
: Domed, brows well developed.
Stop: Well developed but not
too steep.
FACIAL REGION
Nose : Straight, cut off blunt,
black.
Muzzle: Not pointed; bridge of
nose straight.
Lips :
Black, tightly fitting to mouth and jaw bones. Corner of mouth
jagged.
Jaws/Teeth : Jaws
very well muscled, strong and powerful. Even and compiete scissor
bite, according to the dentition formula.
Cheeks : Broad, of medium
length.
Eyes :
Horizontally set, dark brown. The black rim tightly fitting to the
eyeball.
Ears :
Set medium high on the domed skull. Clearly pendant from the base
and V- or U-shaped. Not raised neither when alert nor in attack.
NECK :
Very well muscled. Should form an angle of 35 degrees to the
horizontal. In quiet or peaceful situations, it is carried almost
in continuation of the backline. Rather short than of medium
length. Without dewlap or neck ruff.
BODY
Topline :
Those parts of the body which form the topline are broad and very
well muscled.
Withers :
Sufficienfly long, clearly defined in front.
Back: Short.
Loin: Of medium length.
Croup: Broad,
of medium length, slightly sloping.
Chest: Broad,
well muscled. Brisket of medium depth, broad, long.
Underline :
Sligthly tucked up.
TAIL:
Low-set, clearly pendant; tip of the tail shows a sligth bend,
almost to horizontal. It is desirable that the tail reaches to the
hock. When alert, the tail is raised, at most, to the level of the
back.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS:
Judging of the limbs is highly affected by the long corded coat.
Front legs are columnar and straight, parallel and vertical seen
from the front or the side. The chest is broad which resuits in
wide apart, strong and free moving legs. The limbs are firmly
connected to the body. Bone substance is strong and powerful.
Joints are large. Shoulders :
The shoulder blades are moderately sloping. Points of the shoulder
blades placed vertically over the deepest point of the chest.
Forefeet :
Large, strong with well knit toes. Pads are slate grey, thick and
well padded. Toenails grey.
HINDQUARTERS:
The position of the hind legs supports the body with medium
angulations. Continuing the croup of medium length, broad, well
muscIed limbs are required.
Upper thigh :
Strongly muscled, voluminous.
Hind feet: Longer than forefeet, otherwise similar. Dewclaws to be removed.
GAIT / MOVEMENT:
Light, free and even. The stride is wide and ground covering.
SKIN :
The skin contains a lot of pigment and is slate grey. Dark pigment
at the gums and the roof of mouth preferred. Diminished pigment
and pink skin undesirable.
COAT
HAIR :
The whole body is covered by long hair. The coat consists of a
coarser topcoat and finer undercoat. The characteristic coat is
determined by the relation of the top coat to the undercoat. The
shaggy coat, that tends towards matting is a basic requirement. An
equally dense, wavy, corded coat also occurs. The smaller tufts of
hair are less or not matted at all. The coat is longest on the
croup, at the loin region and on the rear of the uper thighs (at
least 20-27cm). On the back, at the sides of the chest and at the
region of the shoulder blades, it is of medium length (15-22 cm),
at the cheeks, the eyebrows, on top of the head, on the ears, the
neck and the limbs, it is shorter (10-18 cm) and at the lips and
on the lower parts of the limbs shortest (9-11 cm). Neither a
combed nor a completely neglected coat are desirable.
COLOUR: Ivory colour.
SIZE AND WEIGHT
HEIGHT AT WITHERS
Dogs: Minimurn 70 cm.
Bitches:
Minimum 65 cm.
WEIGHT
Dogs: 50 - 60 kg.
Bitches: 40 - 50
kg.
The breed shows few faults in type
and is largely uniform as it has always been bred with the same
target.
FAULTS :
Any departure from the foregoing points should be regarded a fault
and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should
be in exact proportion to the degree of the fault.
In particular
- Lack of pigment on noseleather,
eyes and rims of lids.
- Loose eyelids.
- Ring Tail.
ELIMINATING FAULTS
- Flabby construction, body lacking
muscle.
- Entropion, Ectropion.
- Overshot or undershot, wry mouth.
- Pricked, light ears.
- Short tail (ending 3 cm above hock).
- Heavy
limbs and faulty movement.
- Not ivory coloured or multicoloured
coat.
- Diversion from lower height limit as mentioned in the
standard.
NB : Male animals must have two
apparently normal developed testicles fully descended
into the scrotum.
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