264 THE SCHIPPEKKE 



took pains to ascertain the type most favoured on 

 the Continent. This mane he described as being 

 composed of long, harsh hairs, growing through an 

 undercoat so profuse as to support them from the 

 thick neck. The mane should commence behind the 

 ears, and it should finish a little below the shoulder 

 points. The coat should be harsh without having 

 the wiriness of that of our broken -haired terriers. 

 There must be a medium between the long coat 

 of the Pomeranian and the wiry coat of the Welsh 

 Terrier. The head is of a distinctly foxy type with 

 a skull wide and flat. There is nothing terrier -like 

 about the head. The body is made to appear still 

 more cobby than it really is by the extremely short 

 dock to which the puppies are subjected, practically 

 the whole of the tail being removed. The bone is 

 light. In Belgium two weights are admissible, one 

 under 20 lb., the other under 12 Ib. We aim at 

 getting round about the latter. 



It should be borne in mind that the Schipperke 

 is not a toy, and that lie may be treated as a hardy 

 animal. The tendency of recent years to breed him 

 too small is one to be combated if we would not 

 sacrifice the correct type. None of the airs and 

 graces of a pampered lapdog are wanted in him. 

 He should be smart, alert, vivacious, not sulky and 

 snarling. The undercoat, too, is often deficient, 

 and light eyes are by no means uncommon, 

 although there is an improvement in this respect. 

 Different coloured dogs have also recently appeared, 

 such as chocolate, white, and sable, but they are not 

 regarded with favour by the older breeders. 



The standard adopted by the Schipperke Club is : 

 HEAD. Foxy in type, skull should not be round, 



