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UKC Gun Dog · FCI standard 90

Perdiguero de Burgos.

FCI 90 utilization: pointing dog for fur and feather; a robust dog resistant on any terrain and for any type of hunting, obedient and strong, 'endowed with a keen sense of smell'; skill from calm and firmness in tracking and 'impeccable pointing and retrieving'. UKC: an excellent pointing dog used on fur and feather; calm and sedate. Wikipedia: hunts hare and feather in any terrain with endurance and speed..

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

55–66LBWeight, all linesbreed 55 to 66 lb.

The body

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

Height at the shoulder

dogs 24.4 to 26.5 in · bitches 23 to 25.2 in

Breed clubFCI-Standard No. 90, 1998

FCI: females of more variable size and much finer in general.

Weight

55 to 66 lb

EditorialWikipedia

Single editorial source and it does not split by sex or cite a standard. Fewer than three sources.

Coat

FCI 90: dense, medium thickness, short, smooth and evenly distributed down to the toes, finer on head, ears and legs; skin elastic, thick, pink. White and liver in irregular mixes (marbled, greyish liver, speckled), often a white forehead patch, ears always self-coloured liver; black or tan markings never admitted. UKC: dense, short, smooth; white and liver, patched or roaned. Wikipedia: short, bushy (sic) and smooth.

Breed clubFCI-Standard No. 90, 1998

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · 4 of 5: dense short smooth coat

DerivedFCI-Standard No. 90, 1998

Derived from the FCI coat text. Derived, not measured.

The work

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

Role

Breed clubFCI-Standard No. 90, 1998

Primary game

UKC: today mainly quail, partridge and hare; for most of its history a deer specialist. FCI 90: small game usually, feathered and furred, though not averse to big game 'where he shows great courage'. Wikipedia: hare (rabbits, hares) and feather.

Breed clubUnited Kennel Club, 2020

UKC and FCI differ in emphasis on big game; both stand.

Also used on

FCI 90: big game hunting. UKC: deer (historical specialty).

Breed clubFCI-Standard No. 90, 1998

Historical/occasional per both standards.

Search pattern

FCI 90: calm and firmness in tracking; steady economical trot (gait clause). No quartering pattern is described.

Breed clubFCI-Standard No. 90, 1998

Left to the standard's own words; no pattern is published.

Field trial standard

FCI 90 classifies the breed 'with working trial' (Group 7, Section 1.1). Spanish test rules were not found on any page read.

Breed clubFCI-Standard No. 90, 1998

See open_gaps.

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How to read this page

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Also called: Burgos Pointer, Burgalese Pointer, Burgos Pointing Dog, Spanish Pointer (UKC history text)

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