Hi reader!Welcome to the series on dog breeds by Kaivayala’s Ani-Mall. In our previous post, we have provided you with what might have been traditional viewpoints in breeding an Afghan hound. In this post, we will give a brief account of what is expected from a modern Afghan hound, how an Afghan hound should look like and a few more parameters on which the quality of an Afghan hound is judged.
Dog breeds; Afghan hound standards.
Afghan hound standards |
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Other names | Afghan hound |
Tazi | |
Eastern greyhound | |
Persian greyhound | |
Tazhi spay | |
Dda Kochyano Spay | |
Sage Baluchi | |
Barakzai hound | |
Ogar Afghan | |
Kabul hound | |
Balkh hound | |
Shalgar hound | |
Galanday hound | |
Country of origin | Afghanistan. |
Physical standards. | |
Height | Male: 68 to 74 cms. |
Female: 63 to 69 cms. | |
Weight | Male: 45 to 60 lbs. |
Female: 42 to 55 lbs. | |
Coat | Long and dense coat with silky hair. |
Color | Black. |
White. | |
Tricolor. | |
Fawn. | |
Gold. | |
Red. | |
Cream. | |
Blue. | |
Brindle. | |
Grey. | |
Litter | 6 to 8 puppies. |
Life Expectancy | 10 to 13 years. |
General Appearance. | Strong and Dignified dog. |
Combination of Speed & Power. | |
Head is held proudly. | |
Expression. | Eastern or Oriental expression that depicts a strong personality. |
Temperament. | Aloof. |
Wary of strangers. | |
Not over aggressive but with some keen fierceness. | |
Easily Distracted. | |
Strong urge to chase. | |
Difficult to train. | |
Loyal and Playful with family but is moody. | |
Children should be taught to respect Afghan hound. | |
Skull. | Long-nosed and bit elongated. |
Not too Narrow. | |
With Prominent Occiput. | |
Stop. | Mild. |
Nose. | Long. |
Not overly narrow. | |
The black color is preferred on the muzzle. | |
Liver color is permissible on nose in light colored dogs. | |
Muzzle. | Long. |
Not overly narrow. | |
Close fitting jaws. | |
Sissor bite. | |
Jaws. | Strong. |
Sissor bite to be perfect, regular and complete. | |
Upper jaw teeth closely fits the lower jaw teeth. | |
Upper jaw teeth overlaps the lower jaw teeth. | |
Level bite or Pincer bite. | |
A little deviation form pertect condition is tolerated. | |
Eyes. | Dark colored. |
Dark almond color is preferred. | |
Light color or golden colored eyes permitted but not desired. | |
Eyelids should resemble to triangle when normally opened. | |
Base of eyelids to be linear. | |
Upper eyelids to form a wave. | |
Peak of upper eyelids to leaning towards inner corner. | |
Slanting lightly upwards from inner to outer corner. | |
Ears. | Low set ears. |
Close to head. | |
Naturally pushed slightly backwards. | |
Should be covered with long silky hair. | |
Neck. | Long and Slender. |
Elegant. | |
Carrying head with proud impression. | |
Back. | Levelled back. |
length equivalent to height. | |
Muscled to support demanding efforts to chase. | |
Loin. | Not too long rather short. |
Linear rather Straight. | |
Broad. | |
Croup. | Croup is the Start of the pelvis bone. |
Just before the start of hip bone. | |
In Afghan hound croup is falling sharp. | |
Hip bones are easily recognizable compared to other breeds. | |
Hip bones are prominent in all over back limbs profile. | |
hip bobes are wide apart to facilitate fast movement. | |
The fall of croup is not steep. | |
Fall of Croup starts a bit away from the stern. | |
Stern is the beginning of tail. | |
Chest. | Deep chested breed. |
Wide to accommodate large breathing capacity. | |
strong and sturdy. | |
Rib cage can be felt rather easily. | |
Tail. | Small tail but not too short in length. |
Keeps tail low when relaxed. | |
Ring formation at the end. | |
Carries tail high during action. | |
Marginally feathered as compared to body and limbs. | |
Hair strands are seperated by greater space than body. | |
Shoulders. | Long shoulders. |
Slope is rather higher. | |
Shoulders are rather set back by some margin. | |
Shoulder blades are wide. | |
Good muscle density. | |
Strong. | |
Not overly large as to stand out in view. | |
Upper Arm. | Long and muscular. |
Sloping and narrowing towards elbow joint. | |
Good bone formation to support wide and long muscle fiber. | |
Elbow. | Striaght below the shoulder. |
Neither out of the line of Body nor bending inwards. | |
Held close to rib cage. | |
Fore Arm. | Striaght boned. |
Strong. | |
Elegantly long. | |
Cylindrical profile with slight thinning near lower feet joint. | |
Feet. | Theoritically called metacarpus or pastern. |
Elegantly long. | |
Good padding between joints. | |
Retracting with spring action to absorb jerks. | |
Paw. | Very strong. |
Very large. | |
Wide footprint. | |
Very long. | |
Hairy all around and even in between fingers. | |
Abundantly padded. | |
All paw pads are placed well on ground for good grip. | |
Hips. | Length between hip and hock is rather large. |
Powerful hips to help gain and sustain speed. | |
seperation between hock and feet is rather small when compared. | |
Large and abundant muscles. | |
Knee. | Rounded in outer boundary. |
Rather sharp turn on the back of knee. | |
Well formed bent. | |
Hind Feet. | Elegantly long. |
Covered all over with hair. | |
Hair is thicker than other parts of body. | |
Covered with long hair. | |
Bones not as thick as in the fore feet. | |
Toes have sharp arch and are strong. | |
Abundantly padded. | |
All paw pads are placed well on ground for good grip. | |
Gait. | Typical sight hound Gait. |
Smooth in movement. | |
Springy Gait but should not be jerky. | |
Coat. | Long coat. |
Fine Textured on hips and shoulders and on side chest. | |
Behind shoulders and on back coat is shorter and denser. | |
Long hair from just behind the forehead. | |
Very distinctive bunch of long silky hair behind forehead. | |
Long and silky dense coat on ears and legs. | |
Hair should be short on muzzel and face. | |
Full feet should be covered in coat. | |
Signs of any clipping or use of sissors on coat is disqualification. | |
Coat should develop naturally. | |
Coat on pastern is desierable but bare pastern is permitted. | |
Faults. | Any major departure from above standards. |
Testicles. | Should have two testicles. |
Both testicles should appear normal. | |
Both testicles should fully descend into the scortum. | |
Breeding. | Dogs in conformation with above standards to be used in breeding. |
Dogs should be clinically tested and to be properly functional. |
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