Tornjak — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)

Tornjak — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)

Claims

• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The breed's country of origin is Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Its FCI use is herding and guarding livestock and acting as a farmyard watch dog.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* FCI places it in Group 2 (Pinschers and Schnauzers, Molossoid and Swiss Mountain/Cattle Dogs), Section 2.2 (Mountain type), without working trial.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Height at the withers is 65–70 cm for males and 60–65 cm for females, with a tolerance of ±2 cm; the body is almost square.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is long and thick, with short hair on the face and legs, a coarse straight topcoat, a neck mane, breeches and feathering, plus a dense woolly winter undercoat.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Colour is parti-coloured with clear markings; the dominant ground is usually white, often with a black mantle and white markings, though nearly white dogs with small markings also occur.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Temperament is steady, friendly, courageous, obedient, intelligent, dignified and self-confident; the dog guards fiercely, is wary of strangers yet devoted and calm at home, and is easy to train.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Any departure from the standard is a fault, graded by severity; listed faults include too fine or heavy bone, faulty ears, a pincer bite, missing teeth, a long or roached back, faulty angulation and weak feet.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifications: aggressive or overly shy dogs and any dog with clear physical or behavioural abnormality; also lack of type, wrong sexual type, eye anomalies (wall eyes, mismatched colour), entropion or ectropion, overshot/undershot mouth, missing teeth beyond those noted as faults, hair too short or no undercoat, kinked or absent tail, solid-coloured dogs, albinism, untypical colour distribution, straying outside the height limits (tolerance included), and evidence of cosmetic or surgical treatment.