The dog in full unclipped coat.
The dog with clipped coat.
The heads: male and female.
Translation: N. Drovossekova
Origin: Russia
Date of publication of the official valid standard: Approved by the Board of the Russian Kynological Federation on July 03, 2019.
Utilization: Companion dog.
FCI classification: Group 9. Companion and Toy Dogs.
Not recognized by FCI.
Brief historical summary: The Russian Salon Dig is a toy breed created by the professional zootechnician Ms. Yulia А. Lakatosh in the early 2000-s in Moscow, Russia. This breed is a result of multiple and thoroughly thought out complex crossings between various toy breeds.
The first detailed description of breed group was done in 2006, the first standard was approved by Russian Kynological Federation in 2013 and published on 24.07.2013.
Initially, the breed had only one colour — red, later the list of acceptable colours was expanded.
General appearance: The Russian Salon Dog is a small, well balanced, proportionally built, medium-boned dog of a slightly elongated format, never looks too high or too low on the legs.
Looks elegant due to the abundant long straight coat that evenly covers the body and is parting and hanging down each side of the body from occiput and along the spine.
Small, carried erect, pointed ears and sparkling eyes giving the dog a lovely expression.
Important proportions:
— Length of body is 6-8% longer than height at the withers.
— Length of foreleg from elbow is about 50% of height at the withers.
— Length of muzzle is about 1\3 of length of head.
Behavior/Temperament: Sociable, playful, good-tempered and affectionate companion dog.
Head: In good balance with the body. Well-covered with a long coat. Beard and moustache are to be well developed, hair on the skull should also be long.
CRANIAL REGION:
Skull: Rounded and not too wide. Upper part of the skull is to be moderately rounded. Forehead is rather high. The superciliary arches are barely marked and furrow not extending onto the skull. The occipital ridge is to be hardly visible.
Stop: Well defined, short and of medium depth. Furrow may be visible.
Muzzle: The length of the muzzle is approximately 1/3 of the total length of the head. Of medium depth and width, well filled under the eyes, slightly tapering to the nose. Should not be either heavy or light. The nasal bridge is to be straight, wide enough, located at approximately the same level as the lower eyelids.
Nose: The nose is small, rounded and glossy. The colour of the nose is to be in accordance with the colour of the dog. A flesh-colored nose and “winter” nose are both acceptable, but not desirable.
Lips: Tight and close fitting, not too thin. Black or dark in colour. Significant lightening of pigmentation is acceptable, but not desirable. Unbroken pigmentation is not obligatory.
Jaws/Teeth: Well developed jaws. The scissor bite is preferable; level bite and tight undershot (without any gap between upper and lower incisors) are acceptable. The bite has the tendency to change to undershot with age. Distinct undershot with gap between upper and lower incisors is unwelcomed. Complete set of incisors 6/6 is desirable. Presence of all four canine teeth are obligatory. Teeth are to be white of colour and not large.
Cheeks: Rather flat.
Eyes: Medium sized, bright, not too prominent, set straight forward and rather wide apart, oval in shape. Eye rims are to be dark or to correspond to the colour of the dog. Eyelids are to be close fitting. Eye colour is preferably darker or matches the colour of the dog. Merle coloured dogs may have partially or completely blue eyes.
Ears: Pricked ears are not large, carried erect, placed high on the skull. The shape is to be close to an equilateral triangle. The tips are not to be rounded. Leather of the ear is to be of medium thickness and firm to the touch. A natural ear should be covered with long hair clipped short at the upper third part of the ear to demonstrate the form of the ear tip.
Neck: Lean, rather long, set high, gradually broadening to fit snuggly into the shoulders. Proud carriage while in motion. The nape is to be moderately arched.
BODY: Compact and of medium capacity.
Topline: Straight and slightly sloping from a moderately pronounced withers to the croup. The distance between the withers and the croup should not be too long.
Withers: Sufficiently pronounced and slightly higher than the line of the back.
Back: Straight, firm and fairly broad.
Loin: Short, slightly arched and of medium width.
Croup: Rounded, wide, slightly sloping, rather long. Sacrum slightly sloped towards the root of the tail. Buttocks are to be well marked.
Chest: Well developed, rather deep, oval-shaped; the forechest slightly protruding in front of the line of the shoulder-scapular joints; false ribs rounded and long.
Underline and belly: The belly is to be sufficiently tucked up, skin is thin and not loose.
Tail: Sickle-shaped, high or medium set, covered with long hair. Can be held above or at the same level as the topline in movement and standing, may be hooked at the end. Natural or docked. If docked, should be at least two-thirds of the total length.
LIMBS:
FOREQUARTERS:
General appearance: Seen from the front and the side, legs are to be straight, parallel, and not set too wide.
Shoulder blade: Rather well laid back and of medium length.
Upper arm: Medium length, moderate sloping.
Elbow: Turned neither in, nor out.
Forearm: Seen from the front straight and parallel.
Metacarpus (carpal joint): Well developed.
Pasterns: Firm, moderately sloping. Parallel standing of pasterns is to be sought after.
HINDQUARTERS:
General appearance: In balance with forequarters. Parallel when viewed from behind. Moderately angulated.
Upper thigh: Slightly inclined. Hip joints are to be strong and well developed.
Stifle (knee joint): Of moderate angulation.
Lower thigh: Medium length, approximately equal to the length of the upper thigh.
Hock joint: Lean, well defined, and the ligaments are to be strong.
Metatarsus (rear pasterns): Of moderate length, upright, parallel to each other when viewed from behind.
Fore and hind feet: Oval in shape, not large. The toes are rather tight. The pigmentation of nails and pads corresponds to the colour of coat or can be flesh-coloured.
GAIT/MOVEMENT: Еffortless, free, with good reach at the trot; legs parallel in action.
SKIN: Elastic, taut, without any folds. Any colour of pigmentation is allowed.
COAT:
Hair: In the natural condition the coat is to be as long as possible, straight or almost straight, evenly covering the whole body, head and legs. The coat is to part along the spine and hang down each side of the body. Rather soft, glossy, of moderate volume, with a small amount of undercoat, hiding the natural outlines of the dog. For shows grooming or clipping is needed, but must not interfere, however, to see the structure of the coat.
Colour:
Red: various shades from rich red, sable, red to light fawn and cream. Most desirable is clear, intense and uniform colour throughout the dog. All shades of red colour may have a dark mask on the muzzle. Dogs with or without a mask have no difference when being evaluated. Sable is a colour when red hairs have black tips.
Young dogs under 1.5 years may have more dark hairs in the coat than adults. Darker hairs may be present on the tail. The presence of some darker or lighter hairs on the uniform background colour on the body is allowed, but not desirable. The hairs may be lighter at the root.
According to genetic rules, a cream coat cannot have any black hairs.
Red dogs (including red-white and white-red) are shown and bred separately from other colours.
Other colours allowed: Black, blue, brown, isabella (any intensity). In these colours light markings on the tan locations are acceptable: around lips, above the eyebrows (without spreading to the head), on the limbs, chest and under the tail. Allowed to be present are single white hairs on the body (grey hairs).
Any solid colour may have no more that 10% of white markings.
Merle and brindle colours. Any locations of merle markings on any background colours are acceptable. Dogs with partially or completely blue eyes are considered as merle regardless of the presence or absence of markings on body. Brindle color can be various with or without a mask and can have any combination of dark and light hairs. Breeding of two merle dogs (sire and dam) is prohibited and cannot be registered in the Studbook.
Spotted colour. All the above-mentioned colours may have white markings of any shape and size, covering more than 10% of the body area. Sometimes almost the whole body area is white. In all cases coloured areas around ears and eyes are desirable.
SIZE AND WEIGHT:
Height at withers: 18-28 cm.
Weight: 1,8-4,0 kg. The weight should correspond to the overall size. Tolerated deviation is up to 0,5 kg.
FAULTS: Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered as a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.
— Rounded, protruding or close set eyes.
— Not hard enough ear cartilage.
— Excessive length of legs (legginess).
— Steep croup.
— Over- or under- weight.
SEVERE FAULTS:
— Undershot bite with the gap between incisors of lower and upper jaws.
— The absence of even one canine.
— Low-set ears.
— Crooked or too short forearms.
DISQUALIFYING FAULTS:
— Aggressive or overly shy, hysterical dogs.
— Lack of hairs on the muzzle, harsh or coarse coat.
— Hanging ears.
— The mantle colour with lightening similar to the colour of a Yorkshire Terrier.
— Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.
N.B:
— Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
— Only functionally and clinically healthy dogs, with breed typical conformation and aspects, should be used for breeding.
The variants of show clips:
1. General grooming: the coat is evenly clipped on the head and over the body, including feet and the base of the tail. The furnishing coat, which forms so called skirt, is shortened in such a way that the skirt does not impede the movement but at same time the maximum possible length should be left. The upper third part of the ear is clipped short. The foretop hair is fixed with a bow.
2. “Carre”. Сoat over the body is shortened at the level of or slightly below the chest. The foretop hair is fixed with a bow. The beard and moustache are clipped along the horizontal line at the level of the neck or following the line of head. The coat on legs, neck and tail is slightly and neatly cut as well.
3. The “sporting” clip. The body, neck, hips and shoulders are clipped short. The foretop hair is fixed with a bow. The coat on the head is cut in the “Carre” style or in a form of a ball. The column-like shape is given to the coat on legs. The toes may be trimmed short. The short coat over the body is blended smoothly to the longer coat on the limbs. The shape of “feathers” should be given to the coat on the tail.
4. Example of the head clip – a scheme. Hairs on the muzzle are cut in a form of an oval or a ball. Long hairs are left on the ears. The foretop hair is fixed with a bow.
