St Bernard — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)

St Bernard — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)

Facts below are extracted verbatim field-values and section headings from the official FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) breed standard. The standard text is copyrighted by the respective registry; only factual data points and outline headings are quoted, not descriptive narrative. Source: https://www.fci.be.

Facts (verbatim field values from the official standard)

• ORIGIN: Switzerland.
• FCI-St. N° 61/ 03.06.2016
• FCI-CLASSIFICATION: Group 2 Pinscher and Schnauzer type, Molossians, Swiss Mountai
• SIZE: Height at the withers: For males minimum 70 cm, For females minimum 65 cm.
• COAT Hair: • Shorthaired variety (Stockhaar, double coat): Topcoat dense, smooth; close lying and coarse.
• Colour: Primary colour white with smaller or larger clear red patches (splash-coated dogs) up to an unbroken clear to dark red mantle covering back and flanks (mantle d
• TEMPERAMENT: Friendly by nature.

Standard outline (section headings)

• FEDERATION CYNOLOGIQUE INTERNATIONALE (AISBL)
• ST.BERNHARDSHUND, BERNHARDINER
• DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID
• GENERAL APPEARANCE:
• IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS:
• BEHAVIOUR/TEMPERAMENT:
• CRANIAL REGION:
• FACIAL REGION:
• BODY:
• LIMBS
• FOREQUARTERS:
• HINDQUARTERS:
• COAT
• Hair:
• SIZE:
• SEVERE FAULTS:
• ELIMINATING FAULTS: