Fox to terrier hard hair

The well-taken care of individual and attention that must be lent in the adjustment that must be made for the presentation in the canine exhibitions of the Fox terrier of hard hair, have made of him a dog almost exclusively for ?professionals?, that is to say, able to have to the dog always in form and its hair in the best possible conditions. It is certain that seen in the exhibitions with that ?unreal? air, the Fox to terrier of hard hair indeed does not seem the dog able to hunt to a fox.
Although the most remote origins agree with those of the Fox of smooth hair, the race of hard hair has one more a more recent history: it descends from the crossovers of first with an old one terrier English of hard hair.
It is known with certainty that already in century XVIII accompanied to the packs by Foxhound in the hunting the fox, and this particular aptitude hers has shown it throughout several centuries. Also it was presented/displayed in a canine exhibition for the first time in 1862 and during enough time it had the standard in common with the Fox to terrier of smooth hair until, in the first years of century XX the two races perfectly had differentiated standards. The Fox to terrier of hard hair was fashionable during the first postwar period, obtaining successes without number.

The Fox to terrier of hard hair is a dog of perfect constitution square and characterized by a long head and narrows. Great importance acquires the correct position of the ears, small and in form of ?V?, folded forwards and that hangs on the cheeks. Its set of teeth is authentically spectacular. It is, without a doubt, an excellent animal ?all land?.

Height and weight. Raised to the Maxima cross: 39.4 cm., for the male, a little less for the female. Ideal weight: males, 8.2 kg; females, 7.3 kg, with a margin of 0.45 kg in more or less.

Head. Skull and snout of almost equal length. Snout that sharpens between the eyes and trufa. Developed jaws affluent. Superior part of the almost flat skull.

Eyes. Dark, small, nonprominent, roundest moderately possible, not too much distanced to each other.

Ears. Small, in form of ?V?, of average thickness, folded and they hang forwards.

Neck. Tidbit, muscular, of average length, without papada, moderately curved and wide in its insertion to the thorax.

Previous extremities. Straight lines, with strong bones. Long shoulders, inclined well of oblique way backwards. Perpendicular elbows to the body.

Body. Deep and nonwide thorax. Cross net marked. Previous moderately cleared, later ribs deep and elastic. Short and straight back. Muscular kidneys and slightly bent.

Later extremities. Muscular forts and, perfectly inclined. Long and powerful thighs. Knees that are returned neither towards inside nor outwards. Corvejones perpendicular to the ground and parallels to each other, seen of back.

Feet. Round, compact, not very great. Coriáceas and robust plantar pads. Fingers moderately bent.

Tail. Of relatively high birth, taken high but not coiled. Moderately it releases, must be amputated leaving the 3/4 parts of his initial length.

Coat. Dense and rough, with shorter and fine subhair. Color: predominant target.

FEEDING. The nutritional necessities, calculated like ration of maintenance, are of 620 - 660 Kcal. daily for the male and from 600 to 630 for the female.

DAILY CARES. The cleaning of the layer is made with a comb and a horsehair brush, while the cut of the died hair, necessary for aesthetic reasons, is carried out with machine or scissors.

DISEASES. Like many terrier, the Fox of hard hair is considered like a particularly resistant animal to the diseases. He is described in this race, like in other terrier, a particular predisposition to the luxación of the crystalline that can move forwards in the previous camera, or determining an increase in the intraocular pressure or, later, in the vitreous body and to cause the loosening of the retina.

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