MinPin Info
Group 1 (Toys)
General Apperance: Well balanced, sturdy, compact, elegant, short coupled, smooth-coated toy dog. Naturally well groomed, proud, vigorous & alert.
Characteristics: Precise hackney gait, fearless animation, complete self-possession & spirited presence
Temperament: Fearless & Alert
Head & Skull: More elongated than short & round. Narrow, without conspicuous cheek formation. In proportion to body. Skull flat when viewed from front. Muzzle rather strong & proportionate to skull. Nostrils well formed. Nose black with exception of chocolate and blue in which it may be self-coloured.
Eyes: Fitting well into face. neither too full nor round, nor too small or slanting. Black or nearly black.
Ears: Set high, as small as possible, erect or dropped.
Mouth: Jaws strong, with a perfect, regular & complete scissor bite, i.e the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth & set square to the jaw.
Neck: Strong yet graceful, slightly arched. Well fitted into shoulders. free from throatiness.
Forequaters: Forechest well developed & full, moderately broad: shoulders clean, sloping with moderate angulation. Legs straight, medium bone, elbows close to body.
Body: Square, back line straight, sloping towards rear. Belly moderately tucked up. Ribs well sprung, deep rather than barrelled. Viewed from top slighty wedge shaped.
Hindquarters: Parallel & wide enough apart to fit in with a properly built body. Hindquarters well developed, muscular with good sweep of stifle, & hocks turning neither in nor out. legs straight, medium bone.
Feet: Cat-like: nails dark
Tail: Continuation of topline carried a little high & prefferably docked short.
Gait/Movement: Co-ordinated to permit a true hackneyed action.
Coat: Smooth, hard & short. Straight & lustrous. Closely adhearing to & uniformly covering body. Hair forming ridge on any part of head, body or legs is highly undesirable.
Colour: Black, blue, chocolate with sharply defined tan markings on cheeks, lips, lower jaw, throat, twin spots above eyes & chest, lower half of forelegs, inside of hindlegs & vent region, lower portion of hocks & feet. All above colours have black pencilling on toes without thumb marks except chocolates which have brown pencilling. Solid red of various shades. Slight white on chest permissible but undesirable.
Sizes: Height: from 25.5cm - 30cm ( 10-12ins ) at withers
Faults: Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault & the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be exact proportion to its degree.
Notes: Male animals should have two (2) apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
Contact Details
Jamie PendleMorwell, VIC, Australia
Phone : H: (03)51342807 M: 0402850603
Email : [email protected]