Italian Greyhound Breed Standard
Toy Group

Description
The Italian Greyhound is very similar to the Greyhound, but much smaller and more slender in all proportions and of ideal elegance and grace.

Head
Narrow and long, tapering to nose, with a slight suggestion of stop. Skull Rather long, almost flat. Muzzle Long and fine. Nose Dark. It may be black or brown or in keeping with the color of the dog. A light or partly pigmented nose is a fault. Teeth Scissors bite. A badly undershot or overshot mouth is a fault. Eyes Dark, bright, intelligent, medium in size. Very light eyes are a fault. Ears Small, fine in texture; thrown back and folded except when alerted, then carried folded at right angles to the head. Erect or button ears severely penalized.

Neck

Long, slender and gracefully arched.

Body
Of medium length, short coupled; high at withers, back curved and drooping at hindquarters, the highest point of curve at start of loin, creating a definite tuck-up at flanks.

Shoulders
Long and sloping.

Chest
Deep and narrow.

Forelegs
Long, straight, set well under shoulder; strong pasterns, fine bone.

Hindquarters
Long, well-muscled thigh; hind legs parallel when viewed from behind, hocks well let down, well-bent stifle.

Feet
Harefoot with well-arched toes. Removal of dewclaws optional.

Tail
Slender and tapering to a curved end, long enough to reach the hock; set low, carried low. Ring tail a serious fault, gay tail a fault.

Coat
Skin fine and supple, hair short, glossy like satin and soft to the touch.

Color
Any color and markings are acceptable except that a dog with brindle markings and a dog with the tan markings normally found on black-and-tan dogs of other breeds must be disqualified.

Action
High stepping and free, front and hind legs to move forward in a straight line.

Size
Height at withers, ideally 13 inches to 15 inches.

Disqualifications
A dog with brindle markings. A dog with the tan markings normally found on black-and-tan dogs of other breeds.

Approved December 14, 1976

 Italian Greyhound(意大利灵缇犬)

[简介] 意大利灵缇与灵缇非常相似，但意大利灵缇要小很多，而且比灵缇更优雅、更高贵。

[体型] 肩高13~15英寸

[头部] 头窄而长，鼻子很尖，止部不明显。脑袋相当长，几乎是平的。口吻长而纤细、秀气。鼻镜颜色暗，颜色可能是黑色、褐色或其他与体色相配的颜色。浅色或局部着色的鼻镜属于有缺陷。剪状咬合，严重的下颌突出或上颌突出都属于有缺陷。眼睛颜色暗，明亮，聪明，中等大小。浅色眼睛属于有缺陷。耳朵小，轻巧；非警戒状态时，耳朵都向后面摺，以适当的角度摺向脑袋。立耳或纽扣耳都属于严重缺陷。

[颈部、背线、身躯] 颈：长，细且形成优美的拱形。 身躯：长度适中，连接紧凑；从侧面看，马肩隆、背部曲线和向下的后躯，形成向上拱的弓形，弓形的最高点在腰的起点处。胸：深而窄。尾巴：细长，末端尖，呈曲线状。长度正好到飞节。尾根位置低，尾巴放的也很低。卷尾属于严重缺陷，甩尾也属于有缺陷。

[前躯] 肩:长而倾斜。前肢：长而直，位于肩膀下合适的位置；腕部结实强壮，骨骼纤细。足爪：足爪呈适合的拱形（兔形足）。可以 切除狼爪。

[后躯] 后肢长，大腿肌肉发达；从后面看，两条后退平行，飞节向下，后膝角度适合。足爪同前肢。

[被毛] 被毛精细而柔软，毛发短，摸上去，象缎子一样光滑和柔软。 [颜色] 除了斑点和带黄褐色斑纹（通常是其他品种才有黑底带褐斑的颜色）属于失格，其他任何颜色和斑纹都可以接受。

[步态] 步伐大，不受拘束，前腿和后腿在同一直线上移动。

标准通过日期：1976年12月14日

原作： 酋长

来源： 转译自AKC

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