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Standard
Country of Origin -
Italy
Use
Dog specialised in truffle-searching on any
kind of ground.
F.C.I. Classification
Group 8th - retriever, hunting and water dogs.
Section 3rd - water dogs.
General Appearance
I.agotto is a medium-small size dog, of coarse
appearance, stout and very well-proportioned, with thick and
curly hair of woolly texture. The general structure is that of a
slight mesomorphous whose torso falls within the square,
harmonious in terms of size (etherometry) and disharmonious in
terms of profiles (alloidism).
Important Proportions
The length of the head reaches 4/10 of height at the
withers. The length of the muzzle is 2/10 lower than that of the
skull (namely the muzzle corresponds to 44% approximately of the
total head length). The height of the chest is much lower than
50%
of the height at the withers and can even go
up to 44% of said height.
Head
Moderately massive and of
trapezoidal form when seen from above. The upper longitudinal
axes of the skull and muzzle are slightly diverging. Its length
reaches 4/10 of the height at the withers. Cephalic index varies
from 50 to 54, (Mesocephaly). Never lower than 50 (dolieoeephaly).
Skin adheres to underlying tissues and is smooth and tight.
Muzzle Region
Nose Schwamm
Bulky, with very wide,
open and mobile nostrils.
The median groove is very strong. In profile
it is on the same line as the nose ridge and protrudes very
slightly from the front face of the lips (81°/87° approximately
compared to the nose ridge). Colour ranges from light to dark
brown depending on the hue of the coat.
Lips
Upper lips are not marked and quite stretched; labial commessure is scarcely visible. Frontally they form - at their
disjunction - a wide semi-circle. Labial edges are pigmented in
the various hues of brown.
Lips are covered by long and quite bristly
hair forming whiskers.
Jaws
Marked jaws. The branches of the jaw are quite
rectilinear and the mandibular body Is strong and relatively
large. Teeth are white and complete in terms of development and
number. incisors are set scissors or pincer-like, reversed
scissors are tolerated (anteversion of lower incisors).
Eyes
Large, rounds and slightly emerging. Iris colour
ranges from ochre to dark hazel and brown depending on the coat.
They have a sub-frontal location with adherent eyelids with
margins pigmented in the various hues of brown.
Eyelashes are very, prominent. Attentive, Intelligent
and lively look.
Ears
Moderately largo compared to the volume of the
head, with slightly rounded apexes. Triangular shape and quite
largo base, attached slightly above the zygomatic arch, they are
hanging at rest or slightly raised when the dog is attentive. If
extended they reach the nose ridge at 1/4 of Its length. On the
ears hair tend to open the curl but Is always very wavy. There
Is no part of the ear with short hair. The inner pan of the
pinna is covered with hair.
Neck
Slightly arched frontally. Absolutely free of
dewlap. It Is slightly shorter than the head (8.5/10 of the
total head length); its perimeter can reach the double of its
length in males. It is stout, muscular, lean, with oval section
and is well detached from the nape
Back
Rectilinear, very muscular. Its length
corresponds to 33% approximately of the height at the withers
Hips
Short, very robust, slightly convex in profile, well
linked up with back and rump Its length corresponds to 1/6 of
height at the withers, while width equals and sometimes exceeds
length.
Tail
It Is inserted mid-height, tapered at the top, if
extended it brushes past the hock. It is covered with woolly and
bristly hair. It Is In a scimitar position at rest and Is
markedly raised if the dog Is attentive. During work or when the
dog is excited it may also be raised along the line of the back,
but never ring-shaped.
Gait
Ordinary pace. Lively trot. Some gallop.
Skin
It adheres to the carpus very well in every
region, thin, with scarce subcutaneous cell tissue. It must form
no wrinkles. The pigment of mucosas and sclera range from light
to dark or very dark brown. The same applies to carpal, digital
and plantar cushions.
Coat
Woolly-texture hair, never twisted to form thin
cords or curls, semi-rough on the surface, with very thicks
curls, ring-shaped, with visible undercoat.
Curls must be homogeneously distributed throughout the body,
barring the head where curls tend to open up. Abundant whiskers,
beard and eyebrows. Even the cheeks are covered with thick hair.
The covering hair and especially the undercoat are
water-repellent.
Given that the hair, if not cut, tend to felt, a complete
clipping must be performed at least once a year. Felted hair and
undercoat must be removed periodically.
Colour
Unicoloured off-white, white with
brown or orange spots, brown roan, unicoloured brown (in
different hues), unicoloured orange, never black, black and
white or grey. Some dogs have a brown or dark brown mask.
Height at the withers
Males: from 43 to 48 cm. (ideal height: 46 cm)
Females: from 41 to 46 cm. (ideal height: 43 cm)
* 1 cm. tolerance.
Weight
Males: from 13 to 16 kg.
Females: from 11 to 14 kg.
Defects
Every deviation from the above-mentioned
characteristics for every region is a defect that must be
penalised in the judgement according to its severity and
diffusion.
Defects leading to elimination
Convergence of cranio-facial nerves, concave nose
ridge, marked and deforming prognathism, partial depigmentation,
bilateral strabismus, nnn-curly or totally clipped hair, black
or black-dappled coat, presence of dew-claws, amputated tail,
height at the withers higher or lower than the limits set.
Defects leading to disqualification
Enognathism, monorchidism, cryptorchidism, total
depigmentation, blue eye.
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