Libro Razas Españolas

Angulations: Scapular-humeral angle about 100°. Humeral-radial angle about 125°. HINDQUARTERS View of the ensemble: Powerful and muscular, strong bone, with vertical limbs and correct angles; well marked and bent hocks not deviated, giving the impression of power and solidity. Upper thigh: Very strong with a well developed, clearly defined, visible musculature. Its length is 3/4 of that of the lower thigh. Lower thigh: Long, of strong bone structure with a length double than that of the hock. Hock joint: Well marked, with tendon clearly visible. Hock: Strong bone, perpendicular to the ground. Feet: Cat-feet, like those of the forelegs, though slightly longer. Angulations: Coxal-femoral angle - about 100°. Femoral-tibial angle - about 120°. Angle at hockjoint blunter than 130°. VIII. Gait / Movement Typical gait of the breed is a steady economical trot, flowing and powerful without tendency to lateral rolling movement or to ambling. IX. Skin Elastic without being loose, thick, abundant, of pink colour without patches. All mucous membranes should be brown, never black. X. Coat Hair: Dense, of medium thickness, short, smooth and evenly distributed all over the body down to the tissue between toes; finer on the head, the leathers and the legs. Colour: The basic colours of the coat are white and liver. These colours mix irregularly, giving a liver-marbled or greyish liver or liver-speckled coat as well as other combinations, according to whether the liver or the white is predominant and according to whether the white patches are smaller or larger. A very frequent characteristic of the coat, although not necessary, is a distinct white patch on the forehead; the leathers are always spotted in self-coloured liver. The liver coloured hairs may form distinct patches of that colour, spread irregularly over the whole coat of the animal. The same applies to white hairs which may form patches of that colour in the coat without, however, being very extended. Never to be admitted: black colour or tan markings above the eyes and on the legs. XI. Size Height at withers: Males from 62 to 67 cm, Females from 59 to 64 cm. This breed shows a high degree of dimorphism, the males being more homogenous and the females of more variable sizes and much finer in general. Las razas caninas españolas - Spanish canine breeds 275