Caniche

Subdivided officially of the Cinológica Federation the International in 15 different varieties (three sizes by five colors), the Caniche very is spread everywhere and enjoys, everywhere, of great popularity and interest by their intelligence (the trained dogs that at a time were fashionable in the circuses were indeed Caniche).
The Earth of origin is France and its name, Caniche, are a word that derives from canard, that it means duck. Therefore, dog of hunting and more particularly of ducks, as they as much attest some pictures of the Renaissance like, and mainly, authorized the affirmations of the French cinólogo Fouilloux that, in its ?Treaty on the hunting?, exactly speaks of this specialistic dog in marshes and lacustrine lands.
On his ancestry now one occurs like certain that it descends from the old French Barbet, original dog of North Africa, where still today beréberes is him next to the towns that they indifferently use for the hunting or like guardian of his campings and their animals. From North Africa, the Barbet spread in Europe, happening, nevertheless, before by Spain and Portugal, giving life to the Cao of water that it has, in effect, many points in common with the Caniche and to which also the hair of the later part was shaved to him to facilitate its movements in the water.
Defined the origins of this race, we return to its history. The Caniches not only was appreciated by their natural qualities, that turned them optimal dogs of hunting, but also by their affectionate character, its facility to learn the things and by their intelligence truely incredible. These dowries called immediately the attention of the French nobility, between whose families exhibiting was put quickly fashionable its Caniches in the halls not only to make admire them like luxury animals, but also to make them make piruetas and other demonstrations, which more ahead took them to act in the circuses. We are now in half of century XVIII and, since then until the fall of the French Empire family of high rank did not exist that did not have its Caniche. Own king Luis XVI had Caniches dwarfed, to which he liked great (this, among other things, also represents a datum point for the birth of this variety smaller than, indeed, it was created in that period). The French noble adorned their Caniches with jewels, tapes and moñas, turning it an exclusive dog of hall and sacrificing in this way their excellent qualities venatorias. The progressive decay of the nobility in France influenced in the diffusion in its country of origin; nevertheless, then, the popularity of the race was so great that any serious danger of extinction did not run already, because had spread by all the European countries and in North America. In Europe, particularly Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy, always have had special acceptance these dogs. At the present time, the Caniches well is known in all the continents and, often, its intelligence and its facility of learning have turned them true ?stars? of the cinema and the circus.
The Caniches includes/understands three statures officially, in agreement with raised his to the cross. More concretely, it is defined as giant when raised his to the cross it surpasses the 45 cm.; means, when raised his to the cross it is included/understood between the 35 and 45 cm., and dwarf, when it is below the 35 cm. For the three varieties the characteristics meticulously described in the standard are equal. The Caniches is dogs of harmonious forms, of good constitution, very elegant and distinguished, this last one demonstrated still more by their way to walk, light dancer and. The head is proportionate with the body, the snout a little shorter than the skull and trufa developed well. The eyes are slightly oblique, of very dark in white, black and gray the units, amber color in those of brown layer. The trunk is remarkably solid, a little more length than the raised one to the cross, with the short and strong back and the robust and muscular kidneys. The extremities are in correct seriousness, with the musculados and robust thighs affluent, and relatively small the previous and later feet, with the bent fingers, that have a made oval form relatively short. The colors admitted for all the sizes are black, white, brown, gray he, apricot.

Raised to the cross. Caniche of great size: of 45 to 55 cm.; Caniche of dwarfed size: of 35 to the 45 cm.: Caniche of small size: below the 33 cm.

Head. With a length a little superior to the 2/5 of the raised one to the cross. Trufa very pronounced, with in black, gray or white the units, brown vertical and open nasal graves, black profile, in the brown units of layer. Slightly developed, relatively lean, of average thickness, black in the black, gray and white units, pigmented lips in the brown ones. Snout with rectilinear superior profile, of equal length to the 9/10 of the one of the skull. Nonprominent cheeks that to the form of the bones. Perfectly together jaws. Solid teeth. Stop very little marked. Modeled affluent skull, with a width smaller than half of the length of the head. Moderately prominent superciliary arcs, places setting of long hairs. Wide frontal furrow between the eyes and that decreases in width towards occipucio, that very is pronounced (with the exception of the Caniche dwarfed, that can have it less marked).

Eyes. Located to the height of stop, slightly oblique, of very dark black or brown color in the black, gray or white dogs, sometimes of color amber in the brown ones, and of color apricot.

Ears. Enough long and hanging on the cheeks, with birth in the prolongation of a line that starts off over trufa and happens below the outer end of the eye. They are flat, being high and mighty from the base, cleared in the end. Covered of homogenous way with waved and very long hair.

Neck. Solid, slightly been nauseated after the nape of the neck, of average, well proportionate length, without papada.

Previous extremities. Oblique and muscular shoulders. Long arm like paletilla. Straight and parallel, perfectly well muscular forearms and with good bones. Elbows located to a height of the ground equivalent to the 5/9 of the raised one to the cross. Carpus on the previous line of the forearm. Solid, massive and almost straight Metacarpo, sight of profile.

FEEDING. The nutritional necessities, calculated like ration of maintenance, are different according to the size: the Caniche great Kcal consumes from 900 to 1,000. daily; the medium ones, of 600 to 750, and the dwarves, from 350 to 450.

DAILY CARES. The Caniche is provided with abundant and woolly hair that will have to be combed every day. It is necessary to remember that in the Caniche, the growth of the hair is continuous, therefore is precise to cut it periodically. In the outpost units age, with white layer, a variation of the color of the hair around the eyes is frequent, the armpits and perineo that becomes darker; because of the lacrimal secretion, the sweat, etc. The problem is more aesthetic than functional and special methods of prevention do not exist.

WITH THE VETERINARIAN. The tail is cut normally in the first days of life.

DISEASES. The Caniche is considered, generally, like longevos dogs, which does not mean that they are exentos of diseases. Some are enumerated next of which they more affect this race. It has been described, with a greater incidence in the young males, the appearance of a disease that is known under the name of idiopática epilepsy. It does not seem that a hereditary cause in the base of its presence exists, but a specific receptivity of the race. It is characterized normally by an restlessness state of the dog which it follows the appearance unexpected of convulsions during which it can be, more or less, in an unconsciousness state. This state of excitation, that lasts of some minutes, it follows a period of postration. These symptoms can be of greater or smaller intensity and appears at intervals long at the outset and later more and more short, while the duration of the crisis increases. The suitable therapy more will be advisee, according to the cases, by the MédicoVeterinario.

A predisposition to the otitis, favored by the fact that exists in the dwarfed Caniche the amplitude of the channel of the auditory meato is constitutionally narrow. It tolerates one reduced evaporation and elimination of the wax, which, instead of constituting a defense, becomes land of culture for bacteria and fungi. The cures can vary of case in case, but in most serious, the only decisive therapy is the surgical one. Always with respect to the dwarfed Caniche, predisposition to a disease of hereditary origin exists firstly, that is pronounced with a degeneration of the retina, tolerating nocturnal blindness and successively loss of the diurnal vision

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