Schipperke

	Its name "Schipperke" comes from Flemish "Scheperke" which means "small sheepdog". The first standard dates from 19 March 1888. In the same year the "Schipperkes Club" was created. I would be the first club on the Continent.
The Schipperke is an agile, active watchdog and hunter of vermin. In appearance he is a small, thickset, cobby and tailless dog. The well proportioned head, accompanied by the correct eyes and ears, will give the dog the proper Schipperke expression. The ears are small, triangular, placed high on the head, and, when alert, very erect. The ideal eyes are small, oval rather than round, dark brown, and placed forward on the head. The dog is square in profile and possesses a distinctive coat, which includes a stand-out ruff, cape and trousers. All of these create a unique silhouette, appearing to slope from shoulders to croup. Two categories of weight: 3 to 5 kg and 5 to 8 kg. The height is approximately 34 cm. He is a courageous dog, excessively vigilant and attentive, very attached to his masters and his property. He has the same good qualities of the Belgian Shepherd Dog. He is a mad hunter for rats and mice. It is often known that whoever had a schipperke as company dog once, does not want a little dog of another breed again.
	Painting of Delin (1927) (click on to enlarge)
Extract of an article wrote by George R. Krehl (England) in 1890 : " ... The dog that is now accepted as representative weighs about 10 lbs., is a glossy black, stands up well on his pins with an air of vivacious alertness, he looks stoutly built in front and smaller behind, and his back ends like the rounded hind-quarters of a guinea-pig. His head is foxy, like all the wild dog type, ears small, narrow , pricked, and carried upright in parallel lines on the top of the head, not at the sides. Eye small and dark, and showing no white. Neck and shoulders look heavy, partly owing to the thick ruff, legs straight and smooth, feet cat-like. Coat very harsh, about an inch long on the back, very dense and weatherproof, on the tighs it should be fringy. The belgians call the ruff crinière, and the fringe culottes. General appearance smart and intensively vital. Temperament restless, full of curiosity, and overflowing with jealous affection. ...
chocolate cream	The color of the coat The first standard of the breed was discussed in Brussels on Sunday 19 February 1888. The report was published in the magazine "Chasse et Pêche" of 26 February (see "Journal of History N° 1"). The adopted proposal was the following: "Colour: all black including the interior of the mouth." The proposal to admit the colours chocolate, red, mouse and white, was vigorously refused. The chocolate colour consists of uniform brown hairs. The nose of the animal is also brown. The eumelanine appears through the black colour but it can also appear brown. The brown is likely to vary because of interactions with other genes (for example Cch which affects the intensity of the pigmentation) but its recessiveness compared to the black is certain.

The Head f the Schipperke.

Dr. R. POLLET
Member of the Belgian Standards Commission

Weight, height and measurements of the Schipperke.

Dr. R. POLLET
Member of the Belgian Standards Commission

English Summary

Gewicht, Größe und Maße des Schipperkes

Dr. R. POLLET, Mitglied der belgischen Standardkommission.

Übersetzung aus dem Französischen: Arne SCHWARZ

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Book (in English) published in England by "Interpet Publishing" (2001)
by Dr. Robert Pollet (Belgian author)
(156 pages-hardback-more than 135 colour pictures-history-characteristics-the breed standard
+-your puppy-everyday care-housebreaking and training-health care-showing your dog)

Other information

The Schipperkes of F. Reusens

The Schipperke Dolette de Veeweyde by Dawn McClain

Books :
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	Schipperke
	A very watchful little sheepdog,
	unique in the world