Bobtail

This race of British origin, whose complete name is must its diffusion, to its participation in diverse films that have given an unexpected popularity him. Previously, she was almost stranger and the few rare existing units were observed with curiosity by all those that did not know the true qualities this dog with docile and obedient character and a singular aspect, due to the abundant coat and to his to walk characteristic.

Uncertain they are the origins of this dog that was used in the most southern part of England to guard the ewes. Anyway, he is oldest of the British shepherds and has common origins with the Russian shepherd, the shepherd of Brie, and the Bergamasco shepherd. During long time he remained isolated in the United Kingdom and only at the beginning of century XX it began to know itself in the rest of Europe and North America. At the present time, one has spread and it finds enough, by its natural qualities, a good number of enthusiastic admirers and not being rare to see great groups in the main international exhibitions.

Dog of medium size has one raised to grupa noninferior to 56 cm. is covered by an abundant coat uniformly distributed in all the parts of the body. He is characteristic his to walk, very elastic when one quickly moves galope and on the contrary ?to amble?, to trote and the step: the animal simultaneously advances the two extremities of he himself side of the body resembling itself, in this case, to a bear. Another peculiar detail is its bark, enough hard and defined, with acute tones. Its name, Bobtail, mean ?short tail literally? what it must to the fact that to these the dogs, the tail by one old English law was cut to them that exempted of the payment of taxes the work dogs which, they were different from those of luxury to have the amputated tail. Having itself continued this practice during centuries, today many puppies are born rabones, demonstrating in this way, how the intervention of the man modifies many characteristics of the dogs favoring certain mutations. Those that they are born with the long tail, must be put under the amputation in the first vertebra. Returning to the general aspect, the set gives the impression of a robust and compact dog equipped with force and vigor. The head is voluminous with quite square skull; the snout is relatively long with robust set of teeth and perfect closing in scissors. The quite small ears, hang flat to the sides of the skull, the eyes are of medium size and clear dark or celestial color with ice reflections. The neck is enough length and been nauseated, the trunk is compact with developed affluent thorax whose length is next possible to the raised one to the cross. The extremities are robust, well vertical and with small and round feet. The coat as saying is already had, he is very abundant and it is equipped with hard and perfectly impermeable subhair; the color commonest is the gray, accompanied or not by extensive white spots on the head and the forcebody of the dog that, anyway, must have when they exist a symmetrical drawing.
The Bobtail is an animal of sweet and calm nature, extremely docile and patient. By these own qualities, it likes much to play with the children who it supports any type of ?badness?. Nevertheless, the most peculiar characteristic of the behavior of the present Bobtail (and that in this is resembled a very ferocious race in a time and that already we have treated: the Bulldog) is the laziness: from queabandonó almost definitively its function to take care of the ewes, has become calmer and flemático thus, still in the case of having great spaces to walk, it prefers to lie down. For this reason, frequently it is necessary to force it to move imposing long and healthful strolls to him.

Raised to the cross. 56 cm. and more, for the males, a little less for the females.

Head. Black, great and ample Trufa. Quite long, powerful, square and truncated Maxilar. Tooth strong, great, made level of regular way. Wide skull and of relatively square but cleared form on the orbital arcs.

Eyes. Generally dark.

Ears. Small, moderately covered with hair and that the dog takes flat to both sides of the head.

Neck. Enough length and harmoniously bent, covered by abundant hair.

Previous extremities. Perfectly straight and with good bones. Oblique and narrow shoulders in the ends.

Body. Relatively short and very compact, lower in the shoulders that in the back. Salient ribs affluent. Deep and ample thorax. Very vigorous back and slightly bent.

Later extremities. Cleared and muscular thighs. Corvejones inclined well. Rumps and thighs covered by tight and long hair, much more abundant that mainly the rest of the body.

Feet. Small and round, with bent fingers. Hard and cleared Pulpejos and plantar pads.

Tail. Practically nonexistent, it is cut during the first four days of life, in those units where one appears longer of which it corresponds.

Coat. Abundant and of good texture, with dense and impermeable subhair. Color: all the variations of the greyish or blue gray, with or without white spots.

FEEDING. The necessities in kcal. daily they are from 1,400 to 1,500, like ration of maintenance. A supplement with vitaminic complexes and fatty acids, never excessive, constitutes a good guarantee for the health of the organism and the integrity of the coat. An excessive fall of the hair can be due, in effect, to a nutritional deficiency.

DAILY CARES. The daily use of the brush, jointly with the control of the possible existence of ectoparásitos, favors the elimination of cellular remainders and hairs already come off the bulb, besides to improve the oxigenación of the cutaneous surface.

DISEASES. When the coat is not free from the suitable way is determined, by the variation of the temperature and the humidity of the cutaneous surface, a growth of germs able to produce eczema humid. The therapy will be advisee, in each case, by the Veterinary Doctor and will be directed to eliminate the affected hairs and to make the disinfection of the ill zone with the aid of specific antibiotic pomada.

WITH THE VETERINARIAN. Still it has not been possible to verify if the heat produced by the heating of the modern floors acts like leading element of an abundant loss of hair. Anyway the Bobtail, for its layer provided with a long abundant hair and a subhair, does not fear the rigors of the cold and therefore it can sleep outdoors, in his perrera, still during the winter. The units that are born with the long tail, must be operated during the first days of life.

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