FCI STANDARD #346 Dogo Canario, Canarian Dog  

FAULTS: Any deviation of the afore mentioned is considered a fault and the seriousness of it is considered to the degree of deviation from the standard.   

SLIGHT FAULTS:  

• Excessive wrinkles in the craniofacial region, which does not spoil the expression.

• Pincer bite.    

SERIOUS FAULTS:  

• Head that doesn't complete the established proportion.

• Craniofacial lines very convergent (excessive stop, very marked).

• Mask that surpasses the eyes.

• Front and rear feet turned inward or outward.

• Lips excessively hanging, limited or forward

• Equal height croup-withers.

• Excessive dewlap.

• Drooping lids.

• Dorsonasal roach.

• Very scarce or excessive angulations.

• Descending lower line.

• Chest not very deep.

• Splayed feet.

• High tail insertion.

• Fine tail.

• Slender bones.   

VERY SERIOUS FAULTS:  

• Square profile.

• Head triangular, narrow, not cubed.

• Slight appearance.

• Tail coiled, very fine, of the same thickness the entire length or deformed.

• Very short or excessive size.

• Saddled or roached top line.

• Scarce posterior chest. Weak front. Ribs not well arched.

• Absence of wrinkles in the facial cranium region (tight skin without elasticity).

• Eyes light (yellow). Eyes very close together or oblique. Protruding or sunken.

• Excessive prognathism.

• Absence of any tooth (except the P.1).

• Ears set very high.

• Cranium round or arched.

• Craniofacial lines divergent.

• Hair satiny and fine.

• Poor mask.

• Neck long, not massive.   

 ELIMINITORY FAULTS:  

• Character unbalanced and any indication of aggressiveness.

• Total depigmentation of the nose or inside of the lips.

• Total absence of mask.

• Undesirable white markings.

• Overbite.

• Croup lower than the withers, descending dorsal line.

• Blue eyes or with different colors.

• Amputated tail.

• Monorchids or cryptorchids

• Under developed chest, (Cathedral chest).  

NOTE: The males should have two testicles of normal appearance and completely descended in the scrotum.   

Accepted FCI June 3, 2001