Test Your Breed Standard IQ Answers
1. The general appearance of the ACD should be:
b. sturdy
2. A serious fault is any tendency toward:
b. grossness or weediness
3. The head should be:
c. broad-skulled.
4. The eyes should be:
c. oval shaped
5. Eye color should be brown, with:
b. a warning or suspicious glint
6. The stop should be:
a. definite
7. The cheeks should be:
c. muscular
8. The ear should be:
c. moderate size and moderately rounded
9. The neck should be:
c. medium length and muscular
10. Fore-quarters should be :
a. well-angulated
11. Withers should be:
c. not to closely set
12. The rump should be:
b. long and sloping
13. The feet should be:
a. round
14. The topline should be:
c. level
15. The chest should be:
c. deep
16. The tail should be:
b. set on low
17. The coat should be :
A .longer behind the quarters
18. Blues should be:
a. blue or blue mottled with or without other markings
19. Tan markings should be:
a. midway up the legs and extending up the front to the breast and throat
20. The under coat:
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:
c. non-existent, but red marks on reds is permissible
22. Desirable height should be:
b. dogs 18-20, bitches 17-19
23. Movement should be:
c. true, free and tireless
How did you do ?
Do you feel you have a good understanding of the breed standard?
or do you need to read it againand 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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