Gruppo III - Terrier
General aspect                          
Raised originally for the hunting in lair, the Dandie Dinmont Terrier a terrier along and low with one silhouette curvilinear. Characteristic the head from the setoso, large, but proporzionata forelock to the ransom of the dog. The eyes are large, dark and round with tender expression and test. The body, solid and flessuoso, and the tail to shape of scimitarra is covered of double hair and rather hard, it is in the color mostarda that in color the pepper.

Ransom and Proportions
The height is comprised between the 25 and 30 centimeters to the garrese. The length, from the garrese to the junction of the tail, is of 3/5 centimeters inferior to the double quantity of the height. A dog in good conditions of shape, must have a weight comprised between the 8 and 12 chili. Solidly constructed E', with one strongly skeleton and musculature very developed, but without grossolanità. The harmony of the complex is more important than every single element.

Head
The head is great and imposing, but in proportion with the ransom of the dog. The muscles are very develop to you, especially those of the front part. The expression extension great determination, intelligence and dignity. The eyes are large, round, full and luminous, not sporgenti. They are inserted low, very distant and orients to you frontally, and have intense color a nocciola one. The palpebral rhymes very are pigmented. The orecchie are inserted very behind, separated and low on the skull, fall very attacked to cheeks, with one most light fold. The shape, wide to the junction, finishes nearly with one heads. The inner edge comes down nearly straight from the base to the tip; the thinning happens above all in the external edge. The cartilage and the skin the orecchie are rather thin. The length is comprised between the 8 and 10 centimeters. The skull is wide between the orecchie, is shrunk leggermente towards the eyes; between stop and the occipite ones there is the same relationship that exists between the orecchie. The forehead is well to cupola with the stop very defined. The cheeks are lost weight gradually from the orecchie until the snout, following the line of the skull. The snout is deep and strong. In length, the proportion is in reason of 3 (=muso) to 5 (=cranio). The tartufo it is medium wide and black or of dark color much, like pure labbra and the inside of the mouth. The teeth have one tightened closing to scissor. They are many forts, especially the canines, that they have one exceptional largeness for a dog of small ransom, closing itself with extraordinary offensive power.

Neck, Dorsal Line, Body
The neck is much muscoloso, very developed and gives one great impression of force. E' very inserted between the shoulders and of moderate length. The dorsal line is lowered hardly to the height of the shoulders, with a soft descendent curve and has an arc in correspondence of the lombi that it comes down truly in way graduates them from the lombi to the junction of the tail. The flanks are many muscolosi. The profile is one uninterrupted curve from the base of the neck to the tip of the tail. The body is along, and strongly flessuoso. The ribs very obvious and are very bent. The thorax and very developed and very come down between front legs. The inferior line follows the curves of the advanced one. The tail is long between the 20 and 25 centimeters. Enough large to the junction, it is lost weight gradually and it ended to tip. The insertion of the tail is the continuation of graduates them come down of the rump. The tail, curve like a scimitarra, is capacity leggermente over the level of the body. When the dog is only excited the tip of the tail can be perpendicular to the junction.

Front
The shoulder must be sufficiently angled in order to allow a correct movement of the front one in harmony with the posterior one. The forearm is nearly of the same length of the shoulder; the elbows are approach to you to the flanks and in a position to moving liberations. The front legs are short, with a good muscular development and skeleton of substance, inserted very distant. The tips of the feet or hardly mancine. Perpendicular Carpo to the land when seen of side. Legs arch until absolutely undesirable.

Posterior
The posterior legs are leggermente longer than those front and inserted rather distant ones between they, but not separated in unnatural way. Strong and muscolosa thigh, the advanced part has one nearly equal length to that inferior; angled tibia, in harmony with the front one. The garretti they are very reductions and they are perpendicular to the land.

Feet The feet are round with very full plantari bearings. It is preferred to remove the spurs from front legs. The posterior feet are much smaller of the front ones and they do not have spur. The nails are strong and dark. In any case the color of nails can vary, according to the color of the dog. Nails are admitted white women. Feet plates are penalizzabili .

Cape
This is a point a lot important. The hair must be along approximately five centimeters. On the body, the hair is a compound of approximately 2/3 of harder hair and 1/3 than soft that one confers webbing crespa. The hard hair does not have to be ispido. The tolettatura of the cape comes carried out to stripping. The cape appears designed to matita, effect deriving from the natural concoction of the two types of hair. The hair on the inferior part of the body is softer that on the advanced one. The head is covered from soft, setoso the hair much, indeed setoso possible one. This type of hair extends to cover the advanced part of the orecchie, included the fold, and frames the eyes. Beginning to approximately five centimeters from the tip, the ear has an light forelock of hair nearly of the same color and webbing of the topknot, and ago to seem that the orecchie end with one heads clean. The external pavilion of the ear is covered from short, soft and vellutato hair. The hair on the snout is of the same webbing of the frange on front legs. For the exposures, the hair of the advanced part of the snout is shortened. The hair behind the nose is naturally more shaves for approximately a pair of centimeters. The front legs have one fringe of approximately five centimeters, of webbing similar to that one of the snout. Also the hair of posterior legs is of equal webbing, but with one less abundant fringe. The advanced part of the tail is covered with hair more crespo regarding the body. The inferior part has one softer, long fringe approximately five centimeters, gradually shorter towards the tip, sagomata like one scimitarra. The order for the exposures must appear absolutely natural. Exaggerated preparations are penalizzabili.

Color
The colors are two: pepper or mostarda. Color the varied pepper from the dark steel bluastro to the gray clear silver, preferring intermediate shadings. Topknot and the fringe on the orecchie is white man silver, preferibilmente more possible luminosity. The hair on legs and the feet must be in harmony with the color of the body. The color mostarda it varies clearly from the brown rossastro to the fulvo. Topknot and the frange on the orecchie they are of a color from the cream clearly to the cream. The hair on legs and the feet must be darker shading of the topknot. The hair on the inferior part of the body is clearer In both the presentations, the color of the hair on the body vanishes gradually from the shoulders and the back melting itself with the color of the hair of legs. The hair on the beard of the snout is of one shading the little darkest one of the topknot. They are common hairs white men on the chest.

Sailing point. A corrected movement demands a melted and soft step ahead lengthening in front legs and with one pushed obvious of the posterior ones. The legs move online straight from the shoulder to the leg and the hip to the leg. A sailing point rigid, not flowing, hopping or intercrossed and the lack of posterior push is defects to penalize.

Character Independent, determined, classified and intelligent, the Dandie Dinmont conjugates an affectionate and dignitosa nature with tenacity and audacity when it is to the job .

Grooming

The “Dandies” to one before glanced at is not similar the Terrier too much, with their forelock of clear and soft hairs, the large ones and expressed dark eyes to you, the large nose and the hanging orecchie, the cape color “pepper” or “mostarda”. The body is similar to that one of one donnola and much muscoloso, in scodinzolare the tail seems one scimitarra. The trimming already of it it exalts the particularitities, even if the dogs are not excessive cure to you. The cape is constituted gives approximately two thirds party of hair ispido, whose color appears alone in the zone finishes them of every hair, and from a third party of shorter and soft hair, of the color of that one irsuto, but with various clear shadings also much. The hair on the advanced part is not therefore driven in and polishes like in many others razze terrier, but it would have to fall under shape of forelocks of the length of approximately 5 cm, that they finish to tip. This structure of the cape is said “pencil coat”, like outlined to matita. Every Dandie possesses a various hair from the others and therefore it has need of a particular treatment. In the course of the years, the quality of the hair of the dog can be quite modified, therefore it must hold of continuously account. Generally it is necessary to comb it every day to bottom well, above all for the dogs whose cape introduces a sottopelo too much rigoglioso, of and much clearly soft usual. If this operation is not made, the mantle ruffles without hope and solo with much hard work and patience can of new be arranged. stamp with dandie For some Dandies is succeeded to us as an example alone with a stondato small knife (a Hauptner Real), in such way to sfoltire of when in when the hair folto that it is found in depth, for giving way to that one ispido to return visible. The best instruments in order to obtain an just proportion of the two qualities of hair are always the inch and the index, with which it can be torn via with regolarità the hairs radii, driven in and soft, every time that ricrescono. The hair is combed then and the superficial hairs are removed seizing them for the tips or withholding them with the inch on the comb. In this I hear the cape remains over a long time span in a good condition, in particular if gradually it is developed “rolling coat”, that is one spin of the new hair, in order to have torn that longest one. Every now and then it will be necessary to practice on the Dandie a deep one trimming. To some dogs, then, the old hair grows without that of the new one it grows under. A scriminatura to the center is formed and sfibra, therefore it must tear it. If it is desired to carry just the Dandie in Exposure, must adapt the operations so that the hair has one good length newly. On the inferior part of the neck it can itself be used a small knife, or, if the hair is too much soft or thin, be cut with sharpenned scissors, without, but, be shortened too much. The passage from the soft semihard hair to that and clear one in the thorax and legs does not have to be abrupt, but the hair must be arranged, tearing it with the tip of the fingers. The hair clearly does not have to have the shape of a gonnellino, neither to sporgere to sides of legs. It must comb it and tear the longer hairs from above low, or cut them with sharpenned scissors, until it is not introduced very extended and adherent. On the front one lend attention that too much the hair does not give an impression scorretta of the zone of the elbow. The legs must be straight: to comb the hair with cure, to tear or to cut the tips with sharp scissors. In any case it must make the way that evidences more clearly always the hair. The hair must be shortened also in the inferior part: if wool between the polpastrelli is introduced, cuts it to you with of the rounded off scissors. The frange that they are found on the posterior part of front legs must be shortened to scissor, from the bottom towards the high, in diagonal, avoiding to discover the elbows. In the tail, like for the body, the sporgente hair must be torn and, on the cut inferior part, maintaining to the tail, in measure proporzionata for the dog, the shape of one scimitarra. In abundant case increase of soft hair, one can some be torn sure amount. Around to the ano, the hair will be held short to scissor. Advisable E' to cut also in the below part and to sides, without however creating a wide zone of hair too much shaved, and pareggiare with the zones in which the hair it comes torn. On posterior legs the hair will be held little more short, but not like on the abdomen and never until the skin. The dogs males must be maintained cleaned up with cure and garbo, avoiding sensibilizzar them too much. The hair on the thorax goes little more short held, following the shape of the animal, avoiding grotesque lengths. The forelock on the head, of color contrasting with the rest of the body, and the snout, framed from clear and setoso hair on cheeks, confers to the Dandie its typical serious and dignitoso aspect. The great eyes are rendered mainly visible thanks to the short cut of the hair on the back of the nose, shortened for all the width of the nasal zone, until the inner angle of the eye. It can, in alternative, to chip it in the back of the increase, with scissors rounded off, pareggiandolo on sides. In this zone he is sconsigliabile to tear the hair, because the color could take one undesired shading. On the orecchie the speech is various. Just because of the color, the hair must be torn in the advanced part of the ear. Combed the hair of the head towards the high part of the ear, imagining a line that it goes from the chine of the ear until the external angle of the eye and begun to tear the old hair preferibilmente de this point, with the fingers and much patience, possibly also on the inner side of the ear, making so that the edges become smooth. To leave a pen finishes them of approximately 5 cm, that it will come rifinita to scissor, to tip shape. The dimensions of this ciuffetto will depend on the largeness of the ear. If the hair were too much soft, small Klipp scissor could be cut with one with a single gesture and to the edges with one normal scissor. The hair of cheeks must be sfoltito with of the scissors sharpenned from the bottom towards the high (approximately 2 or 3 cuts to bottom and combing), so that it does not know too much striking. The hair of the head, the forelock, attracts endured the eye therefore must be in harmony with the ransom of the dog; it must be cut tondeggiante, but not to seem a forelock from poodle, rather one cap. Naturally setoso, it maintains to thanks to little cuts a sufficient and natural consistency and corposità, than, every now and then, they can be supported with a little chalk, best with Euformal powder (to remember itself to brush, after). To comb the head in every direction and to dull the hair with sharp scissors. After to have shaken the forelock, to control if it were still necessary to fix the cut. To sides of the head, the hair would not have to dull to of over of the chine of the orecchie. In contrary case, to comb and to cut rounding off towards the high and similarly to make also on the posterior side of the head. The hair on cheeks and the mento will be combed towards the bottom, after to have been cut in a length adapted wing head of the dog, giving one light shape to arc and vanishing it to the length of the hair on the throat. The great eyes, than a lot they influence on the expression of the dog, need of particular cure. The eyelash of the eyelids advanced, much usually long and of clear color, can enter in the eye and irritate it. It is advised, therefore, to tear those that annoyance gives, little to the time, towards the external angle of the eye (not ago badly!) or to maintain them short, dulling them continuously. The eye will become rich of greater espressività. Some exhibitors tear also the eyelash of the inferior eyelid in order better to emphasize the dark hemming of the eyes, but it is not not at all necessary. A Dandie, regularly cured, can be carried in Exposure without that the owner must make great hard work The cape must have one fixed length, 5 cm or more, second the genetic characteristic and the advantage of every dog. Naturally it is not possible that a dog is always in perfect estate, however is important that the mature hair is torn via sufficiently soon. All the job of cut, trimming and shortening, must be at least made 10 days before the Exposure, so that the job does not seem recent too much. If it is necessary, fairies the bath to your Dandie to the maximum a week before, while the forelock and the legs will be wash to you and always ritoccati a day before the extension. When it is absolutely dry inumidilelo once again, it dusts it with chalk or Euformal to you, spazzolatelo and it combs to you very well. Suggestions in order to hide small defects: a back a little straight one receives greater overhong if the hair is left long more on kidneys and more short on the shoulders and in front of the junction of the tail - but without to cut! If the neck were along, a forelock can be increased pochino on the neck, maintaining the same hair of the longer neck. Bath: very rarely and according to necessity. If the time is ugly not to indugiare the forelock over a long time span, instead, it goes more often washed. You can give dusting of Euformal, or of Grooming powder, or chalk (than spray is found also) and to rispazzolare well. This operation allows to clean up the hair and of conferirgli one sure consistency.