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Bichon Frisé
photo by: Sannse
FCI-Standard N° 215 / 11.
05. 1998 / GB
TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis, brought up to date
by Dr. J.-M. Paschoud.
ORIGIN : France / Belgium.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD
: 10.01.1972.
UTILIZATION : Companion.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 9 Companion and Toy
Dogs.
Section 1 Bichons and related breeds.
Without working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : Merry
and playful little dog, with a lively gait, medium
length muzzle, long very loose corkskrew-curled
hair, very like the coat of the Mongolian goat.
Head carriage is proud and high, the eyes dark,
lively and expressive.
HEAD : In harmony with the
body.
CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Rather flat to the touch although the furnishings
makes it appear round. The skull longer than the
muzzle.
Stop : Not much marked.
FACIAL REGION :
Nose : The nose is rounded, black, finely grained
and glossy.
Muzzle : The muzzle must not be thick nor heavy,
without however being snipey. The furrow between
the superciliary arches slightly visible.
Lips : The lips are fine, rather lean, less however
than in the Schipperke, falling only enough so as
to cover the lower lip, but never heavy nor pendulous;
they are normally black up to the corner of the
lips; the lower lip must not be heavy nor visible,
nor slack and does not allow the mucous membranes
to be seen when the mouth is closed.
Jaws/Teeth : Bite normal, i.e. the incisors of the
lower jaw are placed immediately against and behind
the point of the teeth in the upper jaw.
Cheeks : Flat and not very muscular.
Eyes : Dark eyes, as much as possible with dark
eyelids, of a rather round shape and not almond
shaped; not placed obliquely; lively, not too big,
not showing any white. Neither large nor prominent
as in the Griffon Bruxellois and the Pekingese;
the socket must not bulge. The eyeball must not
stand out too much.
Ears : Drooping, well furnished with finely curled
long hairs, carried rather forward when the dog
is attentive, but in such a way that the front edge
touches the skull and does not stand away obliquely;
the length of the cartilage must not, like in the
Poodle, extend to the nose, but stops halfway of
the length of the muzzle. The ears are anyway not
as broad and finer than the Poodle’s.
NECK : Reach of neck is fairly
long, carried high and proudly. Round and fine near
the skull, broadening gradually to merge smoothly
into the shoulders. Its length is approximately
a third of the length of the body (proportion of
11 cm to 33 cm for a dog of 27 cm high), the points
of the shoulder blades against the withers taken
as basis.
BODY :
Loin : Broad and well muscled, slightly arched.
Croup : Slightly rounded.
Chest : Well developed; the sternum is pronounced;
the false ribs rounded and do not end abruptly,
the chest having horizontally a rather great depth.
Flanks : The flanks are well tucked up at the belly;
the skin is fine and not loose, giving quite a whippety
appearance.
TAIL : The tail is set a little
more below the back line than in the Poodle. Normally
the tail is carried raised and gracefully curved
in line with the spine, without being rolled up;
it is not docked and must not be in contact with
the back; however the tail furnishings may fall
onto the back.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS : Seen from the
front, forelegs really straight and perpendicular;
fine bone.
Shoulder : The shoulder is fairly slanted, not prominent,
giving the appearance of being the same length as
the upper arm, about 10 cm.
Upperarm : Not standing away from the body.
Elbow : Not turned out.
Pastern : Short and straight seen from the front;
very slightly oblique seen in profile.
HINDQUARTERS : The pelvis is
wide.
Thighs : Broad and muscular; well slanting.
Hock : Compared with the Poodle, the hock joint
is more angulated.
FEET : Sinewy. Nails preferably
black; it is however an ideal difficult to obtain.
SKIN : The pigmentation beneath
the white coat is preferably dark; the genitals
are then pigmented either black, bluish or beige.
COAT
HAIR : Fine, silky, very loose
corkscrew curls looking like the coat (fur) of the
Mongolian goat, neither flat nor corded and 7 to
10 cm long.
GROOMING : The dog may be shown
with the feet and muzzle slightly tidied up.
COLOUR : Pure white.
SIZE : The height at the withers
should not exceed 30 cm, the small size being an
element of success.
FAULTS : Any departure from
the foregoing points should be considered a fault
and the seriousness with which the fault should
be regarded should be in exact proportion to its
degree.
• Slightly overshot or undershot mouth.
• Coat flat, wavy, corded or too short.
• Pigmentation extending into the coat and
forming rusty (red) patches.
ELIMINATING FAULTS :
• Pink nose.
• Flesh coloured lips.
• Prognathism (undershot-overshot) so developed
to the extent that the incisors do not touch.
• Light eyes.
• Rolled up tail or twisted in a spiral.
• Black spots in the coat.
N.B. : Male animals should
have two apparently normal testicles fully descended
into the scrotum.
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