Standart of the Breed

GENERAL APPEARANCE: Small de luxe Toy spaniel, of a normal and harmonious build, with long hair, moderately long muzzle shorter than the skull, lively personality, graceful yet robust, proud carriage with an easy and elegant gait.

CHARACTERISTICS: Butterfly wings- like ears.

TEMPERAMENT: The dog is lively, watchful and friendly; neither frightful, nor aggressive.

GAIT/MOVEMENT: Proud, free, easy and elegant.

COAT: The coat, without undercoat, is abundant, glossy, wavy (not to be confused with curly), not soft but slightly resistant to the touch, with silky reflections. The hair is short on the face, the muzzle, the front of the legs and the underneath part of the hock. Of medium length on the body, it gets longer on the neck to form a ruff and jabot, descending in waves on the chest; forming fringes at the ears and at the back of the forelegs; at the back of the thighs, an ample culotte with soft hair.

COLOR: All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background. On the body and legs, the white must be dominant in relation to the colour. The white on the head preferably extended by a more or less wide blaze. A white marking is admitted on the lower part of the head, but dominant white on the head constitutes a fault. In all cases, the lips, the eyelids and principally the nose must be pigmented.

SIZE: Height- 20-28 cm, barrel is a little shorter thna the height. Weight is proportinal to the height. Bones are thin.

APPEARANCE:LIPS. Strongly pigmented, thin and tight.
Eyes. Rather large, well open, in the shape of a large almond, not prominent, set rather low in the head, the inner corner is at the intersection of the skull and the muzzle. Dark in colour and very expressive; eyelid strongly pigmented.
EARS. Quite fine but firm. Whether it is the oblique ear or the hanging ear, when examined by hand, the cartilage must not end in too sharp a point. The ear is set on high, the auricle (external ear) well open and turned to the side; the inner edge of the auricle forming an angle of approx. 45° with the horizontal.
Shoulders. Well developed, well attached to the body.
ARM. Of equal length as the shoulder-blade, normally angulated and well joined with it, well attached to the body.
BODY. Topline : Neither too short or arched, nor saddled, without however being flat. Loin is solid and slightly arched. Chest is wide, fairly well let down. The circumference of the thorax taken between the past two ribs must be approximately equivalent to the height at the withers. Ribs arewell arched. Belly is lightly drawn up.
TAIL. Set quite high, rather long, abundant fringe forming a lovely plume.
PAWS. Rather long, called « hare feet » resting evenly on their pads.