Facial region

Nose

Muzzle

Powerful, of approximately oval section, slightly truncated cone shaped.
The length of the muzzle is slightly less than or, at the most,equal to that of the skull.

Female with an oval section muzzle, cone shaped

Male with a powerful muzzle

The muzzle has approximately an oval section, having a slight conic shape, narrowing gradually towards the nose.

DEFECTS

At molossoid type samples, the muzzle is short, thick and has a square form and the length of the muzzle being about 1/3 of the head length.

Seen from profile, the muzzle must be straight, linear.
Straight, linear muzzle

As severe defects at this level we can notice:
Concave muzzle (nose in the wind)

Convex muzzle (Down face)
Severe defect

Lips

Lips: Thick, well pigmented, tight and well closed at the corner of the mouth.

Correct lips: well pigmented, ideal shape
1-upper lip
2-closure of lips
3-lower lip

The lips must be close on to another and to close the animal’s mouth.

Severe defect: fallen upper lip
Very pulpy upper lip, hanging is typical for molossoids.

Severe defect: fallen closure
Lips with fallen closure, showing the gum, are typical for molossoids.

Another eliminatory defect: unpigmented lips, or pink lips.

Jaws/Teeth

Tipuri de mușcătură

Atentie!

Opinie personala:

Desi standardul prevede în mod ambiguu ca nu este considerat defect eliminatoriu lipsa lui P3 si lipsa lui PM1, consideram ca o rasa rustica cum este Ciobanescul Românesc Carpatin nu poate pleca din start cu defecte ca lipsa dentitie, NICI MACAR UN DINTE.

Suntem convinsi ca adevaratii crescatori nu promoveaza si nu utilizeaza în munca de selectie exemplare cu dentitie INCOMPLETA.

Nici una dintre rasele consacrate nu a pornit din start cu un asemenea handicap în cadrul standardului. Mai mult, populatia canina de Ciobanesc Romanesc Carpatin existenta in vederea muncii de selectie, cu origine recunoscuta, nu impune o asemenea derogarea de la IDEALUL rasei.

Bibliografie:Practicum de zootehnie, Morar R.,Cîmpean A., Pasca I.- Cluj Napoca 2001

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