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MUDI BREED STANDARD Adopted September 1, 2004 Filed with AKC September 3, 2004 Please,
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- FCI Standard - FCI and AMA Standard Comparison - Basic FCI Standard Changes from 1936-2004 Also
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the FCI No. 238th Standard. It was updated 12/04 on their website!
Or please, click onto this text to access a PDF file of the FCI standard. FCI and AMA
Standard Comparison AMA = American Mudi Association
FCI = Federation Cynologique Internationale #238 HBR = Hungarian Breeders Request
FCI
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AMA _
UTILIZATION -
Herding Dog
- Sheep Herding Dog
- Excellent Guard - Superior Guard - Companion Dog, lovable house pet - Lovable companion - A dog used for searching out drugs - not included (HBR) (Hungarian breeders wanted this removed) - Easy to maintain coat - Excellent adaptability - Superb adaptability __________________________________________________________________________________________________ BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY
-
Different (See FCI Standard)
- Different (See AMA Standard)
- German herding dogs (FCI rule) - (Under General Appearance: Spitz type breed of shepherd dog) (HBR) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ GENERAL APPEARANCE
- medium boned, compact (HBR)
- tapers towards the nose (Under FCI Head description) - Prick ears - Pricked ears - topline is distinctly sloping - topline is slightly sloping - the head and the limbs - face and front areas of the limbs - have a somewhat longer - are covered with a longer - different variations of colour - many color varieties __________________________________________________________________________________________________
IMPORTANT
PROPORTIONS
PROPORTIONS
- depth of the brisket - depth of the chest __________________________________________________________________________________________________ BEHAVIOR/TEMPERAMENT
- intelligent
- has the stamina to work all day - the Mudi can be somewhat reserved with strangers (Hungarian Breeder Description) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ HEAD
- passivity (meaning submissive or lifeless)
Cranial
Region
- Skull:
occiput not
pronounced
- Skull: rear
of skull is barely pronounced
- superciliary ridges - eyebrow ridges Facial
Region
-
nose
- nose leather
- e.g. - for example - brown dogs (liverbrown) have a brown nose - brown or brown merle is brown and brown eye rims - grey in a grey dog - gray in a gray dog - graybrown in a graybrown dog Jaws/Teeth
-
complete scissor
bite
- scissors bite
- dentition formula - complete dentition - regular teeth of medium size - regular teeth proportionately sized to the head (HBR/MEOE Request) Eyes
-
slightly pointed at inner and outer
corners
- slightly pointed
- set slightly oblique - set slightly slanted - only in blue merle dogs - only in merled dogs - wall (white or blue) eyes - merled eyes - no drooping eyelids or white should be visible when the dog is looking straight ahead Ears
-
prick
ears
- pricked ears
- covered with abundant hair - remarkably covered by hair (HBR) - the edges of the external ears - the outer edges of the ears - like a radar screen - like radar antennae (screens do not turn) NECK -
dewlap
- loose skin
- this must however never be noticeable - but should not be remarkable __________________________________________________________________________________________________ BODY
- Topline:
clearly
sloping
- Topline: slightly
sloping
- Croup: breadth - Croup: width - Chest: and it's depth reaches to the elbows (HBR) - Tail: In repose - Tail: At rest - as the tail carriage is an indicator of emotion and temperament - are rare - rarely - 10 to 12 cm long - 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) (HBR) - Tails that are tightly curled, or lie flat on the back, or are carried in other than sickle shape over the back during movement, should be considered incorrect and penalized according to the degree of it's deviation from the accepted position. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ LIMBS
- Legs and feet, both front and rear, should
be strong and straight, neither overly narrow or overly wide, with feet that point straight forward. Cow hocked, bowlegged, over or under angulated toes pointing in or out should be penalized according to their degree of deviation from correct position. FOREQUARTERS FOREQUARTERS - Upper Arm: at 45° with the horizontal - UpperArm: and is at an angle of approximately 45° degrees - Carpal Joint: dry - Carpal Joint: tight - Pastern: Dropped or weak pasterns should be penalized. - Forefeet: A round, well arched, catlike foot is preferable to a hare foot. - Pads springy and thick - Nails slate gray or black in color. - Removal of front dewclaws is undesirable - Splayfoot and paperfoot should be penalized __________________________________________________________________________________________________
HINDQUARTERS
HINDQUARTERS
- Hind Legs: a little overstretched - Hind Legs: slightly overstretched - Hind Feet: Dewclaws not desirable - Hind Feet: Rear dewclaws are not desirable and should be removed at 2-3 days of age __________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAIT/MOVEMENT
-
mincing
steps
- short quick steps, a lively trot and a
ground covering gallop. As speed
increases, the
front and hind legs converge
toward the center line of gravity. The
Mudi is a smooth, firm and agile
moving
dog that should not lack muscle tone or
appear rigid or clumsy in its gait.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ COAT
-
3 to 7 cm
long
- 1.5 to 3 inches long (3 to7 cm)
-upper thighs - upper rear thighs and the lower edge of the tail - non-typical and straight coats are severe faults __________________________________________________________________________________________________ COLOR
- All colors
in both English and Hungarian
with a description
- Fawn - Yellow (Fakó) - Blue Merle, i.e. black speckled, estriped, - Blue Merle (Cifra) the whole body is covered -brindle or -spotted on lighter or darker with unevenly sized and unevenly distributed bluish-grey primary colour. areas and patches of black and light gray; the light gray color is created by the mixing of individual black and white hairs; similar to the self merle pattern; no white trim or white patches; never more than two hair colors and one of these is always white; pattern may darken with age. - not included - Brown Merle (Barna Cifra) same as the blue merle except with brown and white hair colors - Ash Colour - Gray (Hamvas) - not included - Graybrown (Hamvasbarna) - All colors should be clear and vibrant with no order of preference. - only slightly extensive - only minor - are tolerated - are permitted - 5 cm - 2 inches (5 cm) - small white markings on the toes - and/or white markings on the toes __________________________________________________________________________________________________ SIZE AND WEIGHT HEIGHT AND WEIGHT HEIGHT AT WITHERS
- Dogs:
41-47
cm
- Dogs: 16-19 inches
(41-48 cm)
Ideal: 43-45 cm Ideal: 17-18 inches (43-46 cm) - Bitches: 38-44 cm - Bitches: 15-18 inches (38-46 cm) Ideal: 40-42 cm Ideal: 16-17 inches (41-43 cm) WEIGHT
-
Dogs:
11-13
kg.
- Dogs: 24-33 pounds
(11-15 kg.)
- Bitches: 8-11 kg. - Bitches: 18-26 pounds (8-12 kg.) - Quality should not be sacrificed in favor of size. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ FAULTS
- and to which it interferes with the
breed's purpose or is
contrary to breed
character.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ ELIMINATING FAULTS DISQUALIFICATIONS - Aggressive or overly shy. - Excessively shy or aggressive dogs. - Flesh colored, liverbrown or spotted nose colors include graybrown colored dogs - Flesh colored or spotted nose color includes brown merle dogs - More than two missing PM1 - Two or more missing P1 premolars - The M3 are disregarded - not included - over or undershot mouth - Undershot bite. - Gap of more than 2mm between upper and - In an overshot bite a gap of more than 1/8 inch lower incisors. (2 mm) between upper and lower incisors should not be exceeded. - Yellow eyes in black dogs - Yellow eyes in black and blue merle dogs - Drop ears - Hanging ears - Long hair on the head - Long hair on the face and legs where the hair should be short - Wolf grey colour, black and tan with - Any color or pattern not listed as accepted, yellow to brown markings such as: (see AMA standard) - Any white trim or markings except as allowable on the toes and chest - Merle that is black or brown and not mixed with white hairs to create the merle pattern or is more than two hair colors - Height at the withers below 38 or over - No size disqualification 47 cm - NB: Male animals must have two apparently - Un-descended testicles (one or no testicles normal testicles fully descended into the descended into the scrotum of male dog). scrotum. - Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified. Basic Standard Changes from 1936, 1966, 2000 of the FCI Standard
Dr. Fényes, the founder of the breed wrote in 1937, every color is allowed, it can be ash(gray), fako(yellow), red (with red nose), brown (with brown nose) or any other solid color or merle. 1966 - Dr. Balassy was given the task to re-write the standard given his ideals for the breed and what he found left of it after the wars. As he only examined a handful of dogs by his own words, these are what he mostly based his standard on. His interpretation of the merle color and the following translation of it left much to be desired as you can see and partly why the standard was re-written in 2000. 1992 - MEOE breeding control decided in
Hungary brown color was allowed.
2004 - FCI added Fako color to
standard. Fako was not included
in the Hungarian or other translated versions unintentionally.
Fako
dogs should have dark pigment, not flesh or liver colored or spotted,
as
is required in the white, black and black merle colors. FCI
translated Fako to Fawn in the English version of the Mudi
standard. Aggressive and overly shy dogs became a disqualifying
fault, as does albinism.
2004 - In America, since we are not an
FCI country, we have the important
responsibilty to make the standard for the Mudi. We have the
opportunity
to correct some inconsistencies and ambiguos language to make the
standard
easier to interpret and fulfill the Americans desire to return to the
original
founders descriptions of the breed. This includes mostly the
inclusion
of all solid and merle colors and the nearest conversion to inches from
the centimeter to the next larger inch.
It is not possible to accurately measure
a dog that is 44 cm to the
actual equivalent in inches of 17 and 5/16's inches. Size
should
only be a fault, not a disqualification, quality should never be
sacrificed
for size, especially since Dr. Fényes's sizes vary so
widely.
The weights vary according to each dog given bone and muscle content, these are the minimum sizes and to be used only as baseline information. (No Mudi is ever weighed in the conformation ring or the breeding exam.) The merle pattern is the only accepted
pattern and is more accurately
described to eliminate confusion and importing or breeding of
incorrectly
colored and/or registered dogs.
It is the AMA and Americans belief that a Mudi should look like a Mudi, not a Border Collie, Australian Shepherd, Belgian Malinois, Doberman Pinscher or Keeshond. These breeds allow tri patterns, masked, black and tan, brown and tan, wolf and irish spotting patterns, the FCI and AMA Mudi Standard does not. The properly colored merle is the only allowable pattern and solid colors are the only accepted colors.
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