General

AFFENPINSCHER

Country of origin: Germany

The Affenpinscher is a very old breed. The breed was portraied many times during the fifteenth and at the beginning of the sixteenth century by the artists Jan van Eyck and Albrecht Durer. In the last decades of the nineteenth century a short summary under the name Affenpinscher was given in the German pedigree about the short, long and rough-haired dwarfpinscher. It wasn't until 1896 the breed was divided into Affenpinscher and shorthaired dwarfpinschers. In the original breeddescription the Affenpinscher was described as a little devil filled with poison and gall and with that they meant that it was a little devil to anyone he did not know. Maybe that was the case then, but nowadays he is significant more social, a good watchdog and a enjoyable dog who attaches strongly to his own people. 

Characteristic for the Affenpiinscher is his monkeylike head and the impertinent expression. He is small, compact and lively. 

Head: round, well curved but not heavy, pronounced stop, short snout, black lips and black rhinarium. 

Eyes: dark, round, big, surrounded by a hardhaired girdle. 

Ears: beginning high,V-shaped, hanging 

Teeth: carnassial teeth 

Neck: short, straight, dry 

Body: normal chest with slightly curved ribs, quadratic, parallel back and stomach lines. 

Limbs: straight forelegs, slightly angulated hindlegs, well placed under the body. 

Feet: short, round, closed, well curved, dark nails, hard soles 

Gait: trippling 

Coatt: hard and sleek on the body, roughhaired on the head and brushy eyebrows, lot of rough hiar around the eyes and on the cheeks, a chin with impressive beard 

Colour: pure blac, black with brown or grey marks is permitted 

Size: 25 - 30 cm