| BRIEF 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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