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Breed: Griffon Korthals
Breed Group: Gundog
Appearance: A medium sized versatile, proud dog with a harsh, coarse topcoat and fine, dense undercoat.
Originally bred to point and retrieve.
Alert, courageous, tough, yet gentle.
Very good with children.
Requires a moderate to high level of exercise and regular grooming.
An approximate lifespan of around 10 to 12 years.
Head: Head big and long, with harsh hair, thick but not too long; moustache, beard and eyebrows well developed. Skull not too broad, the upper lines of the skull and the muzzle are parallel. Stop not too pronounced. Muzzle long and square, of the same length as the skull, bridge of the nose slightly convex. Nose always brown.
Eyes: Dark yellow or brown in colour. Large, rounded, surmounted but not covered by the eyebrows. Very intelligent expression.
Ears: Ears of medium size, not curled inwards, flat, set on level line with the eyes, the short hair which covers them is more or less mixed with longer hairs.
Mouth: Strong jaws and teeth.
Neck: Moderately long, without dewlap.
Forequarters: Straight, vigorous forequarters, covered with thick hair. In action the forelegs are perfectly parallel. Shoulders well set on, rather long and very oblique.
Body: Length of body markedly greater than the height at the withers. Back strong with well developed loins and a deep but not too wide chest with slightly sprung ribs.
Hindquarters: Hindquarters covered with thick hair, thighs long and well muscled, hocks well angulated.
Feet: Feet round and strong. Toes tight and arched.
Tail: Carried horizontally or with the tip slightly raised, covered with thick hair but without fringing. Generally should be docked by a third or a quarter. If it were not shortened, it would be carried horizontally with its tip slightly raised.
Gait movement: The hunting gait is the gallop, punctuated by periods of trot. The trot is extended. Cat-like movement when walking up game.
Coat: Harsh and coarse, reminding of the touch of a wild boar's bristles. Never curly or woolly. Under the harsh top coat is a fine dense undercoat.
Colour: Preferably steel grey shade with brown (liver) patches or self coloured brown (liver) coat. Frequently liver-roan or a close mixture of brown (liver) and white hairs. Equally permissible white and brown and white and orange coats.
Height: from 55 to 60cm (Dogs) 50 to 55cm (Bitches)
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