Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia - CKC Official Breed Standard for the Canadian Lowchen

General Appearance:
Strongly built, active, well balanced and alert little dog whose presentation (i.e. coat and tail clipped in traditional lion clip) gives the "little lion" appearance.

Head:
Short. Skull wide in proportion, flat between the ears, head carried proud and high. Well defined stop. Short, strong muzzle.

Eyes:
Round, large and intelligent, dark in colour. Unbroken pigmentation of eye rims, pigment to be in accordance with coat colour.

Ears:
Pendant, long and well fringed, set on level with the eye, close hanging.

Mouth:
Jaws strong, with perfect, regular and complete scissors bite, i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaw. Nose: Black or brown according to coat colour.

Neck:
Good length, proudly arched.

Forequarters:
Forelegs straight and fine boned. Shoulder well laid back.

Body:
Short, strong, well proportioned. Level topline. Ribs well sprung, strong loin with moderate tuck up.

Hindquarters:
Hindlegs well muscled with good turn of stifle; straight when viewed from the rear.

Feet:
Small, round.

Tail:
Of medium length, clipped with a tuft of hair to resemble a plume. Carried gaily on the move.

Gait/Movement:
Free, parallel movement fore and aft. No hackneyed action.

Coat:
Fairly long and wavy but not curly. Fine and silky. Clipped in the traditional lion clip.

Colour:
Any colour of combination of colours permissible.
Size:
Height 10-13 inches (25-33 cm) at the withers.

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.

NOTE:
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

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