Miniature Pinscher

(Breed Standard)

Partha Sekhar Chatterjee

International All Breeds Dog Show Judge

The Miniature Pinschers are well balanced, sturdy, compact, elegant, short vigorous and alert.

Its characteristics is precise hackney gait, fearless animation, complete self possession and spirited presence.

Its temperament is fearless and alert. 

The Head and Skull is more elongated than short and round. Narrow, without conspicuous cheek formation in proportion to body. Skull is flat when viewed from front. Muzzle is rather strong and proportionate to skull. Nostrills are well formed. Nose is black with the exception of chocolate and blue in which it may be self-coloured.  

Its eyes will be fitting well into face. Neither to full nor round, nor to small or slanting. Black or nearly black. 

Its ears should be set on higm, as small as possible, erect or dropped.  

In mouth, Jaws are strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws.  

The neck is strong but graceful, slightly arched. Well fitted into shoulders, free from throatiness.  

In Forequarters the Forechest is well developed and full, moderately broad, shoulders clean, sloping with moderate angulation. Legs straight, medium bone, elbows close to body.  

The Body is square, back line straight, sloping towards rear. Belly moderately tucked up. Ribs well sprung, deep rather than barreled. Viewed from top slightly wedge shaped. 

The Hindquarters is Parallel and wide enough apart to fit in with a properly built body. The Hindquarters are developed, muscular with good sweep of stifle, and hocks turning neither in or out. Legs straight, medium bone. 

The Feet is Cat-like, and nails are dark. The Tail is continuation of topline carried a little high and customarily docked short. 

The Gait/ Movement is coordinated to permit a true hackneyed action.

The Coat is smooth, hare and short. Straight and lustrous. Closely adhering to and uniformity covering body. Hair forming ridge on any part of head, body or legs highly undesirable. 

The Colour is black, blue, chocolate with sharply defined tan markings on cheeks, lips, lower jaw, throat, twin spots above eyes and chest, lower half of forelegs, inside of hindlegs and vent region, lower portion of hocks and feet. All above colours have black penciling on toes without thumb marks. Solid red of various shades. Slight white on chest permissible but undesirable. 

The Height from 25.5-30cm (10-12ins) at withers. 

Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness, with which the fault should be regarded, should be exact proportion to its degree.

Note: The males should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended in to the scrotum.

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