Majorca Shepherd Dog

FCI 321 . Sheepdogs

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Also known as “Ca de Bestiar”, this breed is believed to have existed since ancient times. Through the years, this dog would have been bred with a variety of local Mallorcan dogs, as well as with other European Shepherd dogs, and it was not until 1970 which he puts any restrictions on their upbringing. In fact, its breed standard was written as recently as 1980. It was in 2006 the UKC ⓘ recognized the breed within his Group of Sheepdogs.

Appreciated through the centuries by the Spaniards for their ability to be a versatile farm dog, the Majorca Shepherd Dog It was used both to herd flocks and to monitor property and animals. It has also been reported that the Majorca Shepherd Dog was widely used in dogfighting, a practice that is now illegal. Although it is still used on farms today, and is also often kept as a companion animal, this rare breed once seen internationally and is considered a rare breed.

The Majorca Shepherd Dog is a large size dog, average weight, well proportioned, rustic, strong and large muscles, flexible and robust.

There are two varieties: long hair and most widespread short-haired. The head is well modeled, large and provided with the body, but not so much as to look like a molosser. Craniofacial shafts are slightly convergent; the relationship between the skull and the muzzle is of 1:1.

The color eyes goes from amber to dark brown, and his expression is intelligent and enigmatic.

The ears, small in relation to the head, they are triangular, inserted at the top and are normally bent, with dropped tips.

The tail Start horizontally, is horizontal section, It has thick base and it tapers towards the tip.

Fur: the short hair variety has quite thin Undercoat. In the variety of long hair, hair coverage can reach a length of 7 cm and it is slightly wavy. In both varieties should be soft and fine.

Color: the only one admitted is black, optionally with white spots on chest and feet.

Size: males, of 66 to 73 cm.; females, of 62 to 68 cm.. The weight is usually of 40 kg approximately.

He is a shepherd dog with skills for the job of guard and defense. It´s Intelligent, docile and affectionate, although as a puppy he is usually shy and reserved. For this reason it is important to socialize it to the maximum to avoid that it closes in on itself.

The adult is very suspicious of strangers and he is united by a very strong bond with his master. Her enigmatic gaze not glimpse of his thoughts. It has an extraordinary courage and willing to everything in order to defend their loved. It's a little known breed outside the Balearic Islands, so to acquire a good puppy should address to breeders of the Islands.

• FCI CLASSIFICATION: 321
• Group 1: Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs (except Swiss Cattle Dogs)
• Section 1: Sheepdogs. Without working trial..

Federations:

• – FCI ⓘ

Spain

26.05.1982

Use:

Herding dog, guardian and defense

General appearance:

Sub-convex profile dog, large without being exaggerated and medium-weight size. It is totally black or black with white spot on chest, well proportioned, rustic, strong, muscular, robust and agile. There are two varieties of hair:

• Short hair, the most common variety.
• Long hair.

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS:

Dog subhipermetrico, midline and subconvex.

• The female accepts a longitudinal diameter of up to a 3% greater than the height of the cross.
• Length of the muzzle is equal to the length of the skull.
• The length of the head must be equal to the length of the neck.
• In adult males the thoracic perimeter, taken together the cross behind the elbows, It is about a cms rather than its height at the withers.

Dog of great nobility, only an owner that accepts loads of strangers with difficulty.
Intelligent, docile, loving, shy on end and reserved in his youth ; his sentimentality comes to unsuspected. Faithful to his master until death. If we explore in his eyes it will give us the feeling thinks. It is courageous and quarrelsome.

Head:

Slightly triangular profile; view dorsally is wider at the top than at the bottom; solid, but not heavy; large enough to accommodate a good intelligence; well molded and proportionate to the body; It must be rather large, but never a trotting type. The supranasal line is parallel to the cranial line. Slightly divergent skull-facial axes.

• Skull: Sub-convex profile. The width of the head, taken between the storms, It should be slightly higher ( approximately 1,2 %) to the length between the supraorbital line and the occipital crest. A slight groove can be seen in the first third of the frontal midline. Marked occipital Crest.
• Depression links (Stop): Marked, but never sudden, in mild decline.

facial region:

• Truffle: Wet, fresh, black, large, with broad nostrils; No split. It despuntuará significantly if you have stains of barks or lighter.
• Snout: Width, rather strong ; It should not be in tip, but its height and width should be accentuated as it approaches the orbits. In the variety « Ca cabrer » (Longhair) more pointed. The dorsal profile of the nasal helm is sub-convex. The profile of the branches of the lower jaw is straight. Black color palate.
• Lips: Black ; the high not seen to the bottom while your mouth closed ; the labial commissure is little noticeable and they go unnoticed because they are well proportioned to the head.
• Jaws / Teeth: Very white teeth, well developed and well placed, closed scissors, making the incisors true upper ends prey with the lower canines. The molars developed.
• Eyes: Rather small, slightly almond ; are not prominent nor sunken in orbits ; not far apart from each other, centered, slightly oblique, lively. Color between the Rosemary honey (something clear) and of the honey, carob (dark). Enigmatic expression, with look smart and sad at the same time, where denotes even distrust. The eyelids are thin, black and oblique, close to the eye.
• Ears: Broken, small size in relation to the head, triangular, reaching the tear in the eye of its corresponding side tip, or is approximately equal to the length of your skull. Without amputating, slightly thick, high insertion, separating your tip slightly skull, with a longitudinal fold and another cross around the first third.
• Position of the ears: usually bent and dropped, something separate from the muzzle. Played back in standby ; in State care by the transverse fold levantadolas, separating them from the snout than usual.

Neck:

Massif, muscular, strong and proportionate to the head and body. Thick, with very little double chin, cylindrical, its diameter accentuating more at the base. The skin is tough and elastic, or fine or thick, firmly attached to the neck at its top and sides, more detached on the bottom.

Body:

• As a whole: Robust, very well proportioned, giving the impression of strength and agility while.
• Cross: Marked and at least at the same height as the top of the rump ; the large area between the scapulae and strong.
• Dorso-lumbar line: Straight, horizontal, never built.
• Pork loin: Wide and powerful.
• Rump: Medium, slightly rounded, wide, powerful and muscular; never prominent or fallen. The top should be at the same height as the cross. Its interiliac width must be equal to the iliac-ischial length .
• Breast : Wide and high, maximum reaching the elbow; a width approximately equal to the length of the neck; quite deep, not prominent, with slightly pronounced sternum. Arched ribs (non-flat or in barrel).
• Belly and flanks: Fairly bulky flanks. Slightly gathered belly, never agalgado, nor descended to be confused with continued chest. Something stylish, You must give the impression of agility.

Tail:

Horizontal insertion and circular section, rather thick at its birth. Some 8 cm base flattens slightly at its lower profile, in a few 10 length cm, to continue then the tapered circular to its end. Without amputating. Of a length that must reach at least the hock, without touching the ground. No tuft or fringe, Although it is authorised, If this is light, copies of older. In the variety of long hair you must have abundant and long fringe. Size of the queue : at rest naturally drooping or slightly curved outward, slightly touching the hocks, default is considered serious if your tip should touch the ground. Undulating and raised more than the horizontal sickle-shaped, without screwing it, When in action.

Tips

PREVIOUS MEMBERS:

• As a whole: Strong Member ; correct limbs ; seen from the front and in profile parallel to each other and perpendicular to the ground.
• Shoulder: Oblique and strong.
• Scapulo-humeral angle: 115°.
• Arms: Of equal length to the scapula.
• Elbows: Without deviations, glued to the chest. Radial-humerus angle : 130°.
• Forearm: Strong, well angled, perpendicular. Vertical bones, strong, long and right.
• Metacarpus: Short and slightly tilted.
• Previous feet: Almost of Hare (something shorter and wider than they), finger semialtos, semiarqueados, together, and with the very hard and black pad. Without acute interdigital membrane.

LATER MEMBERS:

• As a whole: Muscular, strong ; correct limbs. Dimmed and hard muscle relief.
• Coxo-femoral angle: 115°, peer-to-scapulo-humeral.
• Thigh: Strong and muscular.
• Stifle-tibial angle: 130°, same as the humerus-radial
• Leg: Long and powerful.
• Hock: Little pronounced, very open 135° angulation. The height of the Hock is about somewhat lower than the one-third of its height at the withers.
• Metatarsus: Well marked.
• Hind feet: Almost of Hare, crushed, with fingers together and semiarqueados. Pad hard and black. Arched nails, black and hard. Without acute interdigital membrane. May be born with or without Spurs, in the first case they must amputate.

Movement:

His way of walking must be firm and elegant. The trot on diagonal bipeds, Tip slightly posterior third, respect to the previous. The Gallop will be franco, fast rustic, the rear legs wide apart at its base with soil, placing them outside of the hands, as if it were jumping. The preferred step and the work is the Gallop.

Mantle

SKIN: Elastic, without folds, hard and light grey.

• HAIR: Short and glued to the skin, its length ranging about 1,5 cm to 3 cm on the spine ; very fine Undercoat, low thickness and very attached to the skin. In the long-haired variety may be slightly wavy on the spine, approximate length of more of 7 cm according to the time of year, with the largest winter. Well distributed and thin Undercoat, grow hair in their normal length in the fringe of the queue, Tip of the ears and back of the limbs. In both varieties should be smooth, hard and quite thin.
• COLOR: The only color supported is black, varieties of Jet, regular and peceno. The target is supported only in the chest, in the form of thin tie under neck and anterior and posterior foot, highlighting according to its easy visibility on nails and tips of the toes. The Jet Black landmark is the most appreciated, nature of the ordinary black and the peceno.

Size and weight:

• Height to the cross: Among 66 and 73 cm for males. Among 62 and 68 cm for females.
  Specimens with heights of one cm or so are allowed at the limits indicated ; in this case you must subtract score.
• Weight: Environment to 40 kg.

Fouls:

Any deviation from the aforementioned criteria is considered as a fault and the severity of this is considered to the degree of the deviation to the standard and its consequences on the health and well-being of the dog..

SERIOUS FAULTS

•  Dogs that drool-worthy.
•  Cut fangs.
•  Very raised ears rest, very large very separated from the face or completely glued to it.
•  Very collected belly (whippety).
•  Threaded queue; white tail tip.
•  White spot of chest of more of 1 dm².
•  All fingers of a foot white.

MISS PLAYOFFS

•  Aggressive or fearful dog.
•  Mastiff head, very wide and heavy or Hound, long and narrow with just pronounced stop.
• Truffle pink or white.
•  Upper or lower prognathism more of 3 mm.
• • Eyes of different colors from each other ; eye that is not of the color that goes from the Rosemary honey (something clear) the carob-honey (dark) ; very clear eye.
• Amputated ears, stiff in action or almost stiff at rest.
•  Double chin neck, more thickly along the skull than at its base, longer that a 10% length ranging from truffles to the occipital Crest.
•  Body too long or too short ; height of the top of the rump in a 3% greater than the height at the cross.
•  Very thick tail, or of equal thickness at the base and tip ; excessively long to touch the ground ; amputated or missing you each 2 cm to reach the Hock ; with abundant fringe in the variety of short hair, with or without bangs in long hair variety.
•  Other color than black, or, in dogs being black, an anterior or posterior foot white or another color ; members shod in white on any number of limbs ; not totally black body (with the exception of the chest, very few hairs on the belly, perpucio or tip of the tail), stains, without disqualify, they notably despuntuarán. They despuntuarán not consequential white hairs of bites, trauma or other similar injuries, or the white hairs from the face own age. White fingers not disqualify, unless the animal is more than six, despuntuando notably each ; a single finger white or another color in the previous feet disqualifies the dog.
•  Height of the cross over of 74 cm in males and more of 70 cm in females. The cross of less height of 66 cm in males and less of 60 cm in females.
•  Under weight of 30 kg and over 50 kg in males, under weight 25 kg and over 45 kg in females ; even being within the aforementioned limits, very skinny dogs, visibly obese or very saddled (having tolerance in pregnant females).

SCALE OF POINTS

• General appearance and temperament – 21 points
• Presentation (cleaning and porte) – 4 points
• Fur (length and hardness) – 4 points
• Layer (color and brightness, 7+2) – 9 points
• Temperament/Behavior – 4 points
• Head – 21 points
• Skull and stop – 4 points
• Snout, nose and lips – 5 points
• Teeth and palate (2+1) – 3 points
• Eyes – 5 points
• Color – 2 points
• Form, size and separation – 2 points
• Eyelids – 1 point
• Ears (form, thickness, inclusion, size) – 4 points
• Neck – 4 points
• Trunk – 21 points
• Cross – 1 point
• Back and back – 5 points
• Rump – 3 points
• Belly – 2 points
• Breast , chest, Ribeye, size – 10 points
• Tail (form, length and fringes) – 2 points
• Limbs – 19 points
• Previous aplombs – 6 points
• Later aplombs – 8 points
• Feet ant. and post., fingers, nails hardness of the pads – 5 points
• Movement – 12 points
• Ear bearing – 3 points
• Tail bearing – 3 points
• Jogging – 2 points
• Gallop – 4 points

Total : 100 points



Proportional measurements (ideal for the male)

• Weight – 41 kg
• Height at the withers – 71 cm.
• Height to the rump – 71 cm.
• Chest height – 39 cm.
• Longitudinal diameter – 71 cm.

Head

• Muzzle length – 13 cm.
• Skull length – 13 cm.
• Total head length – 26 cm.
• Neck length – 26 cm.
• Ear Longiud – 13 cm.
• Tail length – 52 cm.
• Raised to hock – 23 cm.

Length of the hair on the back

• Short hair variety – 2 cm.
• Long hair variety (between seasons) – 7 cm.
• Head width – 15 cm.
• Thoracic perimeter – 81/83 cm.
• Chest width – 26 cm.
• Neck circumference – 49 cm.

Any dog ​​showing clear signs of physical or behavioral abnormalities must be disqualified..

Males should have two normal-appearing testicles fully descended into the scrotum..

Source: F.C.I - International Cynological Federation

1. Majorca Shepherd Dog, Ca de bestia, Pastor mallorquín (English).
2. Berger de Majorque (French).
3. Ca de Bestiar (German).
4. Ca de Bestiar (Portuguese).
5. Pastor-maiorquino, Ca de Bestiar, Pastor mallorquín (español).