Breed Standard Volpino and Kleinspitz



General discussion Volpino:
Volpino Italiano is closely related to the German klein zwergspitzerne and the English Pomeranian.
Volpinon is an old breed that developed in Italy.
This race was a was used as a guard dog in the Italian vineyards, due to its sharp barking, and as companion dog to upper-class ladies.

Breed Standard:
The head should be proportionerlig and cone-shaped with rounded skull.
MOUTH: scissor bite. The eyes should be normal sized. They should be dark brown with a lively expression. The ears should be triangular, short and upright.
The body should be slightly rectangular. Breast Korgen should be well developed and long with small revbein. Withers should be pronounced. His back should be straight.
The tail should be fairly long and with a lot of fur. It is to be sitting high and carried over the back towards the neck. The movements should be normal for the type.
The hair should be long, thick and protruding. The color should be solid white, but one can seldom time to occur in red color.
Males: 27-30 cm. Females: 25-28 cm.

General discussion Kleinspitz:
GENERAL APPEARANCE: The breed seems attractive with its beautiful fur, which, because of the abundant during the wool stands out from the body.
Particularly striking is the sharp manlignende collar around the neck and the bushy tail that is carried over the back nice.
It reveaktige head with the quick eyes and the sharp, small and closely placed ears give breeds their distinctive handsome look.

BEHAVIOR / TEMPERAMENT: Always attentive, lively and exceptionally devoted to his owner. Very willing to learn, easy to raise.
Breed Standard / History:
Spitz dogs belong to the oldest dog types, and can be traced back to the first dogs, humans associated with them for approx. 5000 years ago.
Eventually they developed as a hunting and guard dogs. Klein Spitz `one occurred in Germany, and is the second smallest of the group Germanwings Spitz, which preferably has been used as guard dogs.
As interest in dog breeds grew in late 1800 and early 1900's, was made a division of the German Spitz, and the different types were gradually stabilized.
German Spitz divided into 5 groups:
Zwergspitz (Pomeranian): 20 cm + / - 2 cm,
Klein Spitz: 26 cm + / - 3 cm,
Mittelspitz: 34 cm + / - 4 cm,
Grosspitz: 46 cm + / - 4 cm
Wolf Spitz (Keeshond): 49 cm + / - 6 cm

The head is broad across the skull, diminishing the wedge shape towards the tip, which is normally black, but brown on brown dogs.
Øyekant and lips are black on white dog. On the other colors is in harmony with coat color. They pointed triangular ears are small and straight flue.
Eyes are dark, medium, tilted, and slightly oval. Scissor bite, but level bite acceptable.
The neck is of medium length. The back is short and the highest in front. The chest is deep with moderately tucked buklinje.
The tail is medium long, high and rolled over the back. The legs are powerful and similar to cat, let angled hind legs.
Color: black, white, brown, orange, orange-Zobel, ulvegrå.
The hair is soft and bulging with thick undercoat. The amount and ratio of and undercoat vary from dog to dog.
On the head, feet, outside and inside of the front and hind legs, the hair is short and tight, the rest of the body are the long and tet. Especially rigelig around the neck, where it formed a collar.
Size: 26cm + - 3 cm