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Originally Posted by Martab
Is there any document by any Club stating that?
Or it is just your personal opinion? Or the opinion of some others?
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No, it is not wrong... I also asked some "breed gurus" to answer the same question as I was also interested in the same topic some time ago. And the answer I get is that for many years there was the minimum (60cm for females and 65 for males) AND the maximum (65cm for females and 70cm for males) for a long time. The changes were made because there were pretty many dogs which were under the minimum size and to make the breed taller there maximum was removed. I also know that there is the possibility that if there will be to many "too big" dogs the standard can be changed again and the maximum can be set again (it means "bigger than 70cm for males and bigger than 65cm for females will be a disqualification fault).
Because of it you can see on the bonitation card that only males from 65 to 70 cm and females from 60 till 65cm can get the code As - it means "standard size".
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Originally Posted by Martab
I am asking this because some Judges in Italy write "too big" in some tall dogs judgements, and since now I thought it was a completely wrong thing.
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No, it is right. Czechoslovakian have the minimum written in the breed standard. But they have also maximum size set there. They are described a dogs "Above average size". It is "cynological speech" - size for
average size breeds sets maximum of 60cm for females and 65 cm for males. Best examples are
Belgian Shepherd Dog and
German Shepherd Dog.
Large size breeds have more that 65cm (females) and over 70cm (males) - best example:
Kuvasz,
Komondor.
Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs are places between them as they are a breed which is "ABOVE the average size" (but still not a large/big dog breed).