Fox to terrier smooth hair

The Fox to terrier of smooth hair is, certainly, most classic and known all English terrier and an excellent hunter of foxes, from which, indeed, she takes the name. Of character he signs and determined, one is really effective in the persecution of the wild boar, during which he develops a great speed, he demonstrates to a good resistance and an acute sense venatorio. Vivaz and always kind, has been during many years, the dog for the long strolls to horse.
Although reverendo the Rosselyn Bruce, in its history on the evolution of this race affirms not to have the certain news previous to 1850, much more exist remote testimonies on the presence of this terrier in Great Britain. It speaks already of him, although of way not very precise, in the century II, Greek poet Appiano, in his poem on the titled hunting ?Cinegetic?. A testimony of the relation between this race and the hunting of the fox is in certain drawings with hunting scenes that go back to centuries XIII and XIV. The Fox of then was less elegant and slightly different from the present ones. The selection practically began towards end of half of century XVIII and the first appearance in a exhibition took place in Birmingham in 1862. The standard of the race was fixed to 1876.

Of aspect vivaz and assets, the Fox has a strong, robust constitution and compacts that she allows to a good speed and resistance him. The quite long head, has the powerful snout and the set of teeth of optimal development, that allows to the animal a safe and strong subjection him.

Height and weight. They are not established by the official standard Normally the weight goes of the 7.3 to the 8.2 kg, for the males, and of 6.8 to 7.7 kg, for the females.

Head. Black Trufa. Snout that is sharpened gradually towards the end. Nonmassive cheeks. Strong and muscular jaws. Set of teeth to scissors. Stop little marked. Flat skull, moderately narrow, that diminishes in wide until the eyes.

Eyes. Dark, small, relatively fitted. Round eyelids.

Ears. Small, of average thickness, in form of ?V?, they hang forwards on the cheeks.

Neck. Clean and muscular, without papada, enough length, is high and mighty gradually in the union with shoulders.

Previous extremities. Shoulders long and inclined, and well backwards fine in the ends.

Body. Deep thorax, not very wide. Ribs moderately abarriladas. Back, rectum, robust, excellent affluent cross. Powerful kidneys, with roundness only marked slightly.

Later extremities. Muscular forts and, little anguladas. Long and powerful thighs. Corvejones next to the ground.

Feet. They are not great, but round and compact. Strong and hard plantar pads.

Tail. Of relatively high birth, not very long, taken high, but not on the back nor coiled, it must be amputated leaving the 3/4 of the length overall.

Coat. Rectum, smooth, dense and abundant. Target with possible black spots.

FEEDING. The nutritional necessities are for the female from 600 to 630 Kcal. daily and for the male from 620 to 660. For the units used in the hunting, the number of Kcal daily must be increased. Also for the units of a certain age that maintain the vivacity and desire to move like the young people, the ration stays.

DAILY CARES. It is an animal that does not require well-taken care of individuals. In the Mediterranean climate countries one adapts perfectly, without no damage for his health, to live, even in the coldest months, outdoors with the possibility of using a perrera. The cleaning of the layer is made with a horsehair glove.

DISEASES. It has been described in the Fox to terrier of smooth hair a disease (aphasia) that even pronounces by the lack of coordination of the movements remaining normal the muscular tone

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