Bracco Italiano

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Bracco Italiano
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Other names
  • Italian Pointer
  • Italian Pointing Dog
OriginItaly
Traits
Height Males
preferred: 58–67 cm (23–26 in) [1]
Females
preferred: 55–62 cm (22–24 in) [1]
Weight
25–40 kg (55–90 lb) [1]
Coat short, dense and glossy
Colour
  • white
  • white with orange, amber or chestnut patches
  • orange roan
  • liver roan
Kennel club standards
Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana standard
Fédération Cynologique Internationale standard
Dog ( domestic dog )

The Bracco Italiano [a] is an Italian breed of pointing dog.

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History

The first dog registered in the Libro delle Origini of the Kennel Club Italiano, established in 1882, was a Bracco Italiano. [2] Early in 1949 a breed standard was approved by the Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana – as the national kennel club had by then been renamed – and later that year a breed society was formed: the Società Amatori Bracco Italiano. [3] [4] The breed was fully accepted by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1956. [5]

In the 41 years from 1970 to 2011, a total of 24613 of the dogs were registered. [3] From 2010 to 2018 there were approximately 700 new registrations per year in Italy, of which in every year the majority were of white-and-orange colouration. [6]

Characteristics

The Bracco Italiano is roughly square in outline – the height at the withers is almost as great as the length of the body. The head is large, with long ears and long upper lips that hang below the lower jaw. [7] Height at the withers is in the range 55 to 67 kg, with a preferred range of 55 to 62 kg for bitches and 58 to 67 kg for dogs. [6]

The coat is dense and short. Under the international breed standard of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, it may be white; or white with patches of orange, dark amber or brown; or orange or liver roan. Any other colour, including black or tricolour markings, is considered disqualifying fault. [7] The Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana classes the dogs in one of two colours only, bianco-arancio ('white-and-orange') and roano-marrone ('chestnut roan'). [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Italian pronunciation: [ˈbrakkoitaˈljaːno]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bracco Italiano (in Italian). Milano: Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed July 2020.
  2. ↑ Cenni storici (in Italian). Milano: Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed July 2020.
  3. 1 2 Francesca Cecchi, Gisella Paci, Andrea Spaterna, Roberta Ciampolini (2013). Genetic Variability in Bracco Italiano Dog Breed Assessed by Pedigree Data. Italian Journal of Animal Science. 12 (3): e54. doi:10.4081/ijas.2013.e54. (subscription required).
  4. ↑ Storia (in Italian). Società Amatori Bracco Italiano. Accessed July 2020.
  5. ↑ FCI breeds nomenclature: Bracco Italiano. Thuin, Belgium: Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Accessed July 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 Bracco Italiano (in Italian). Milano: Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed July 2020.
  7. 1 2 FCI-Standard N° 202: Bracco Italiano (Italian Pointing Dog). Thuin, Belgium: Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Accessed July 2020.
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