Border Collie Mav

Border Collie-Maverick

Now hes not a "breed " bred dog as you can probaley tell, but have a play if you like!

General Appearance
Well proportioned, smooth outline showing quality, gracefulness and perfect balance, combined with sufficient substance to give impression of endurance. Any tendency to coarseness or weediness undesirable.






Characteristics
Tenacious, hard-working sheep dog, of great tractability.





Temperament
Keen, alert, responsive and intelligent. Neither nervous nor aggressive.



Head and Skull
Skull fairly broad, occiput not pronounced. Cheeks not full or rounded. Muzzle, tapering to nose, moderately short and strong. Skull and foreface approximately equal in length. Stop very distinct. Nose black, except in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brown. In blues nose should be slate colour. Nostrils well developed.







Eyes
Set wide apart, oval-shaped, of moderate size, brown in colour except in merles where one or both or part of one or both may be blue. Expression mild, keen, alert and intelligent.

Ears
Medium size and texture, set well apart. Carried erect or semi-erect and sensitive in use.

Mouth
Teeth and jaws strong with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws.

Neck
Of good length, strong and muscular, slightly arched and broadening to shoulders.





Forequarters
Front legs parallel when viewed from front, pasterns slightly sloping when viewed from side. Bone strong but not heavy. Shoulders well laid back, elbows close to body.



Body
Athletic in appearance, ribs well sprung, chest deep and rather broad, loins deep and muscular, but not tucked up. Body slightly longer than height at shoulder.

Hindquarters
Broad, muscular, in profile sloping gracefully to set on of tail. Thighs long, deep and muscular with well turned stifles and strong well let down hocks. From hock to ground, hindlegs well boned and parallel when viewed from rear.

Feet
Oval, pads deep, strong and sound, toes arched and close together. Nails short and strong.

Tail
Moderately long, the bone reaching at least to hock, set on low, well furnished and with an upward swirl towards the end, completing graceful contour and balance of dog. Tail may be raised in excitement, never carried over back.

Gait/Movement
Free, smooth and tireless, with minimum lift of feet, conveying impression of ability to move with great stealth and speed.

**havent got any trotting pics only me doing Ob with him where we ENCOuRAGE lifting of feet!!!!!

Coat
Two varieties: 1) Moderately long; 2) Smooth. In both, topcoat dense and medium textured, undercoat soft and dense giving good weather resistance. In moderately long-coated variety, abundant coat forms mane, breeching and brush. On face, ears, forelegs (except for feather), hindlegs from hock to ground, hair should be short and smooth.

**NB hes very out of coat at the mo!!!***
Colour
Variety of colours permissible. White should never predominate.

Size
Ideal height: dogs: 53 cms (21 ins); bitches slightly less.

Faults
Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.

Note
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

ohhhhh im scared now!!!!!!

nobody has made any comments about my baby, dont know wether to be relieved or dissapointed!!!!!

LOL OK here I go(& I have the extra knowledge as I've met him in the flesh)

Working attitude & temperament are literally to die for, very keen & willing worker & very "biddable". Very outgoing in temperament.

The overall impression is of a well balanced dog.

Head in proportion to body & definitely shows his sex. Lovely open expression(ie gives good eye contact), correct ears very mobile in use(which is also correct), correct eye colour & pigmentation.

Usually in good coat of an correct length & texture, good colour, classic markings & in good condition.

His movement shows that he is well constructed(despite being obedience trained & having very stylish heelwork)

He only fault when judged against the breed standard(& not against working dogs)would be his size, he is a lovely little dog & IMHO a good little dog beats an over sized heavily built dog any day, there are very many good BC that work sheep & stock that would be small for the show ring but few that are over sized that work.

IMHO he is a lovely young dog & typical of a BC/WSD

Bless you!!!!

Just noticed the thread M, he's a lovely boy can't comment on breed standards though, but you're right about the testes.

Lol lol lol lol!!!when i said i was scared i was scared about the possible comments not about the Boy Bits! His Boy bits are exactly like the rest of him, Small, symmetrical & perfect! Thanks though!

Id agree with a lot of whats been said, except on the standing pic he doesnt appear to have a well turned stifle and looks to be long in the hock. Saying that, the pic of him standing was in Feb 06 and the obedience one, where the dog looks MUCH better behind, was taken in June 07, so maturity may have played a part. Looks a nicely balanced dog, classic markings, very smart!
Dawn.

Hes only 14 months now, in the ob ones he was 9 months, the standing ones are the most recent, just taken in november!!!

I think when hes moving & hes actually Driving/using his backend so maybe it looks better!!!! But i agree his back end dosent look strong on the standing pics, (looks better in fleash!!)

Thanks though Dawn, im rather proud of him! Hes a right Smartypants!!!!!

I was going on the "exif data" embedded in your pictures. Its all screwed up then!

Meant to add the data on the forward facing pic shows:

File Name: P2060112.jpg Taken With: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. FE115,...
File Size: 140 kb - 600x800 Taken On: 2006:02:06 01:11:05
Image Description: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Make: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: FE115,X715 Orientation: 1
X Resolution: 314/1 Y Resolution: 314/1
Resolution Unit: 2 Software: 1.0
Date Time: 2006:02:06 01:11:05 Y Cb Cr Positioning: 2

Which was where I was getting the dates from. Still a lovely chap though, Id be proud of him!

I did a double take when I saw the first pic! In that first picture he looks EXACTLY like my boy 'Oliver'! Been trying to find some photos to post on here but will have to take some to show you what I mean.

Debs