General ANGLO-FRANÇAIS DE PETITE VÉNERIE
Country of origin: France
Short history of the breed.Many of the french hunting dogs were and are still held in so called packs, who hunt together. People made a difference between individuals but selected the dogs on their hunting qualities, without taking in account there origin. In 1957 they decided to make an inventory of the dogs and tried to arrange them to their breed of origin. This resulted in the name Anglo Francais for dogs from an english-french origin and Chien Francais for dogs from an obvious french origin. The Anglo Francais de Petite Venerie is a combination of little french hunting dogs, like the d'Artois Francais and the english Beagle. They developed a smaller dog who is usually used for the hunt on small game. The breed is rather unknown outside of France.
Description of the breed.Bearly middlesized dog, powerful without being heavy, lively, calm and with obvious french marks.
Head: stretched, slightly curved skull and rather flat stop. The nose has moderate length and flat or somewhat convex. The colour of the rhinarium depends on the colour of the coat.
Eyes: big, brown, with a mild and lively expression.
Ears: set on somewhat under the eyeline, moderate size, soft and with slightly outside vowlded fronts. They must reach the nose on a couple of inches.
Teeth: is not described in the breed description.
Neck: dry
Body: deep, long and large chest, normally curved ribs, straight and strong back. Strong and slightly curved lumbars, very slightly risen stomachline.
Limbs: straight and parallel forelegs, good bone. Normal angulation of forequarters and backquarters. Well muscled thighs and low hocks.
Feet: well closed, round.
Tail: moderate length, set on at the extension of the backline.
Coat: short, hard and close.
Colour: tripple coloured (black, tan and white) with black rhinarium, white and black tanmarks and black rhinarium, white and orange with brow rhinarium.
Size: 48-56 cm, deviation about 2 cm.
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