The breeds · gun dog · pointing
UKC Gun Dog · FCI standard 108
Epagneul Picard.
Pointing dog (FCI utilization), a continental spaniel type. FCI history: 'firm and cheerful while pointing, with a keen sense of smell', 'a sturdy, versatile and generous dog' for small game. NAPSA: 'a bold, no-nonsense gundog with a strong desire to work on land and in the water'. UK Picardy Spaniel Club: a rare versatile gundog used to hunt, point and retrieve.
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.
The body
What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.
Height at the shoulder
low/high span all sources; 24 is Wikipedia's top figure. No ideal printed.
Weight
Club statement, one registry-independent source plus an editorial repeat; neither standard prints a weight.
Coat
UKC calls the colour brown roan with brown patches and tan markings.
Heat tolerance
Derived from the FCI coat description; no source states heat performance.
The work
What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.
Role
NAPSA FAQ: the French use 'épagneul' for almost any long-coated pointing breed, so the name does not mean flusher.
Primary game
Species list is from the editorial source; the club pages name the habitat rather than a species.
Range
Two NAPSA pages, consistent.
Search pattern
NAPSA hunting-style page; club text quoting the former French club president.
Field trial standard
NAPSA history, hunting-style and FAQ pages, the NAVHDA breed list and UKC. The HZP/VGP claim is NAPSA's own.
Water work
Club view, not a test result.
Cold water
Derived from the FCI coat description and the club's FAQ answer; moderate score because no source states cold-water tolerance directly.
How common the problems are
Evaluated dogs skew toward breeding stock; the numbers are still the best there are.
Most common disorders
Club statement, not a prevalence survey. NAPSA also counts the world population at about 1000 and fewer than 100 registrations a year; the UK club says about 3000 worldwide; both stand.
What to ask a breeder for
The health clearances the breed’s own club and registry name. Reference only: what to ask for, never a statement about any dog’s health.
- US/CAHip evaluation of all breeding stock, plus other genetic tests, and E-locus (recessive yellow) testing recommended so carriers are bred only to non-carriersNAPSA breeding guidelines (North American alliance members) · North American Picardy Spaniel Alliance (NAPSA), Health and Genetics (population size, ectropion and entropion, hip testing, the E-locus lemon gene; Internet Archive copy)
How to read this page
Every value carries a label. Measured means peer-reviewed data on many dogs. Studied means peer-reviewed, smaller or indirect. Breed club means a club or registry states it. Editorial means expert opinion with no measurement behind it. Where two good sources disagree, both are shown and neither is averaged.
Published when the entry rests on the best information available from no fewer than three independent sources, checked by a second pass that did not write it. 6 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.
- Also called
- Picardy Spaniel, Picard Spaniel, Picard
Every breed, read the same way.
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