UKC Terrier · FCI standard 64

Austrian Pinscher.

FCI 64 utilization: watch and companion dog (Group 2 Pinscher, Section 1.1, without working trial); assertive, lively, alert, playful, devoted to familiar people, suspicious of strangers and an incorruptible guard; hunting instinct only slightly developed. UKC: descends from versatile Austrian country pinschers used as farm dogs; a useful guard dog. Wikipedia: farm dogs that kept barns free of rats and acted as home guards, livestock guardians and drovers; UKC recognition (2006) is in the Terrier Group for its background as a rat hunter..

Breed sets the odds. The parents set the dog. Every number here shows its source, its spread and how sure we are. Nothing on this page is a prediction about one dog.

0INHeightdogs null, bitches null. An ideal from the standard, not a range.

The body

What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.

Height at the shoulder

dogs 16.5 to 19.7 in · bitches 16.5 to 19.7 in

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 64, 2003

Low and high span UKC, FCI and the Wikipedia breed-wide range (42 to 50 cm = 16.5 to 19.7 in).

Coat

FCI 64: thick double coat; outer coat short to medium-long, thick, smooth and close-lying; undercoat thick and short; buttocks slightly trousered. UKC: the same. Colours: russet gold, brownish yellow, stag red, or black with tan markings; white markings on chest, muzzle, neck, throat, nape, feet and tail tip allowed. Wikipedia: double coat short to medium long, yellow, red or black and tan, usually with white markings.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 64, 2003

Heat tolerance

3 of 5 · FCI 64: thick double coat, outer coat short to medium-long, thick and close-lying, undercoat thick and short, buttocks slightly trousered. UKC: thick double coat, short to medium-long outer.

DerivedFCI-Standard N° 64, 2003

Derived from the standard's coat (medium double coat = 3). No measured data.

The work

What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.

Role

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 64, 2003

FCI says the hunting instinct is slight; Wikipedia and the UKC history give the rat-hunting farm-dog background. Both stand.

Primary game

Rats. Wikipedia: the original country pinschers kept barns free of rats; the UKC group placement (Terrier) is attributed there to its background as a rat hunter. FCI 64: hunting instinct only slightly developed; FCI and UKC histories call the ancestors modest, versatile farm dogs.

EditorialWikipedia

Editorial for the quarry; the FCI statement of a slight hunting instinct is registry and disagrees in emphasis.

Field trial standard

FCI 64: Group 2 Section 1.1 Pinscher, without working trial. UKC places it in the Terrier Group per Wikipedia; no working test page was read.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 64, 2003

How to read this page

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Also called: Österreichischer Pinscher, Austrian Shorthaired Pinscher, Österreichischer Kurzhaarpinscher

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