FCI-Standard N° 328 CAUCASIAN SHEPHERD DOG
DISQUALIFYING FAULTS:
[FONT="]Aggressive or overly shy dogs
[/FONT] · Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.
· Any deviation from the required bite.
· Incompleted dental formula (absence of any tooth except the third molars (M3) or the first premolars (PM1s).
· Entropion.
· Wall eyes; deep blue; green shaded or eyes of different colour.
· Docked tail.
· Constant pacing or impossibility to assess the gate.
· Black colour in any variation; solid; diluted; piebald, spotted or as saddle (except for mask).
· Genetic blue colour in any variation or nuance.
· Bluish-grey pigmented nose, lips and eye rims.
· Genetic brown colour in any variation or nuance.
· Genetic brown nose, lips and eye rims.
· Tan-marking in black, blue or brown dogs.
· Height below minimum.
· Severe deviations in the sexual dimorphism in males.
N.B.: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.