Test Your Breed Standard IQ
1. The general appearance of the ACD should be:
a. rangy, compact; b. sturdy, compact c. low-set, strong
2. A serious fault is any tendency toward:
a. heavy-boned b. grossness or weediness c. intelligence
3. The head should be:
a; narrow-skulled b. moderate-skulled; c. broad-skulled.
4. The eyes should be:
a. almond shaped; b. round shaped c. oval shaped
5. Eye color should be brown, with:
a. a friendly or kind expression b. a warning or suspicious glint c. an alert and suspicious glint
6. The stop should be:
a. definite b. sharply sloping c: curved
7. The cheeks should be:
a. slim: b. rounded c. muscular
8. The ear should be:
a. small and pricked b. moderate size and rounded; c. moderate size and moderately rounded
9. The neck should be:
a. unnoticeable b. medium length with throatiness; c. medium length and muscular
10. Fore-quarters should be :
a. well-angulated b. moderately angulated c: straight
11. Withers should be:
a. closely-set b. wide-set c. not to closely set
12. The rump should be:
a. flat and long b. long and sloping c. full and rounded
13. The feet should be:
a. round b. oval c. flat
14. The topline should be:
a. sloping, b. somewhat high in the rear, c. level
15. The chest should be:
a. shallow b. above the elbow c. deep
16. The tail should be:
a. set on high b. set on low c. docked
17. The coat should be :
A .longer behind the quarters B. moderate short, straight and of coarse texture c. trimmed regularly
18. Blues should be:
a. blue or blue mottled with or without other markings
b. blue or blue speckled with other markings
c. blue mottled with back markings on the body
19. Tan markings should be:
a. midway up the legs and extending up the front to the breast and throat
b. midway up the legs, but not extending up the front to the breast and throat
c. on the feet, jaws, and the tail.
20. The under coat:
a. may be tan on blues providing it does not show through the outer coat, and white on reds.
b. may be tan on blues providing it does not show through the outer coat, and creme on reds
c. maybe be tan on blues providing it does not show through the outer coat, and red speckled on reds.
21. Body markings should be:
a. black on blues and reds
b. non-existent on blues, but allowable on reds.
c. non-existent, but red marks on reds is permissible
22. Desirable height should be:
a. dogs - 18-20, bitches 16-18
b. dogs 18-20, bitches 17-19
c. dogs 17-19, bitches 16-18
23. Movement should be:
a. true, free, and close
b. true, tireless, and fast
c. true, free and tireless
Answers
How did you do ?
Do you feel you have a good understanding of the breed standard?
or do you need to read it again and study up for your breeding program? 21-23 answers correct - a good, dedicated ACD owner
15-20 answers correct - you maybe know how they should look;
but you need to go over the standard again
14 or less - Print the breed standard - PDF and start studying!
Originally published in the May 1983 ACDCA Newsletter; article by Rachel Boucher.
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