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COAT
Harsh, off standing, straight. Dense ruff, well feathered on forelegs and profuse trousers, not feathered below hock. Soft, thick, light coloured (not tawny) undercoat. Never silky, wavy or woolly, nor forming a parting down the back. Any shortening of the coat which alters the natural outline should be penalised, with the exception of feet and pasterns which may be lightly trimmed.
Harsh, off standing, straight;
The body should be covered by a profuse double coat, consisting of a thick, soft, downy undercoat through which grows an outercoat of long, straight, harsh hair, varying in length on the ruff, trousers and tail to between ten to thirteen inches long.
Dense ruff, well feathered on forelegs and profuse trousers, not feathered below hock;
The body coat should develop into a luxuriant ruff around the neck, sweeping from under the jaw and covering the whole of the shoulders, as well as the front part of the chest.
The legs should be covered in short, smooth hair, except for feathering on the back of the front legs and the profuse trousers on the rear legs, reaching down to, but not past, the hock joints.
Soft, thick, light coloured (not tawny) undercoat;
An important characteristic of the breed is its double coat. The abundant undercoat should be either a very pale grey or the colour of fresh cream. Both being acceptable as long as they remain pale in colour and the cream tones do not verge on the undesirable tawny (brownish-yellow or tan coloured).
Never silky, wavy or woolly, nor forming a parting on the back;
As previously stated, the outercoat should consist of long, straight, harsh hair which grows out through the undercoat and stands away from the body. A coat which is either soft, silky or woolly in texture is incorrect.
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A Keeshond bitch in full coat
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Likewise if it has a wave or a curl to it, then it is also wrong. A coat which forms a parting down the back of the dog can be caused by a number of factors, such as the dog being out of coat and lacking the depth of undercoat to support the outercoat hairs, or the outercoat being either too long or too soft in texture.
Any shortening of the coat which alters the natural outline should be penalised, with the exception of feet and pasterns which may be lightly trimmed;
This amendment to the Breed Standard, in 2007, emphasised that any trimming of the coat other than the aforementioned feet and pasterns should be considered as a fault by a judge and penalised accordingly.
Finally, the subject of coat presentation. Please remember that, at the time of publication of this work, The Kennel Club does not allow the application to the coat of any substance which might in any way alter either the colour or the texture of it.
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FAULTS
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Outercoat, a silky, wavy or woolly textured coat.
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Undercoat, dark grey, dark cream or tawny coloured.
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Lack of undercoat.
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A parting in the coat, down the centre of the back.
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Trimming of the coat to alter the natural outline of the exhibit.
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The Breed Standard
Copyright © The Kennel Club
Reproduced with their permission
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The Illustrated Breed Standard
Copyright © The Keeshond Club
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Page Last Updated: February 2010
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