Height and weight

[massimo]

Hola Taro
You should be proud of your dog IN ANY CASE.
My Lunatica is below standard (58 approx) and Hd D, but I wouldn't change her or give her away for ANY MONEY AT ALL!!!
But I believe my male is more in type than her because of height and structure and bones.
I assure you that SHE is much much more wolfish than him!

65cm is 7cm less than 72cm, so it's obvious that he looks smaller.
But it doesn't mean he looks worst.
He would also look smaller than Hanka's Ali...(as many other wolfdogs would...)

As already others mentioned, other things are more important than height: character, health, proportions, these are things to be proud about!
massimo

Originally Posted by taro

Hello everyone. my name is Esther and I am the proud owner of one of Hanka's dogs, O'Taro od Uhoste. My wolfdog is a male and he is just 65 cm tall. The fact is that he looks small compared to Italian big males, but he looks much more wolfish and agile. The truth is I prefer a limited height, i.e. not more than 70-72cm. Greetings specially to hanka

[Vaiva]

Didn't want to make a new topic, so I hope my question will suit here.
Could anyone please explain me the meanings of Height Index and Format Index?.. What are the "right" numbers and how are they counted? I didn't find anything about it o CsW standart...

Thanks in advance.

[saschia]

Originally Posted by Vaiva

Could anyone please explain me the meanings of Height Index and Format Index?..

Index of height is a proportion between the length of front legs and height in withers (length of leg*100/height). As wolfdogs should be long-legged, and the standard says that the length of front legs should be 55% of heigt of the dog, this index should be between 54-55 for P1 dog.

Index of format say if the dog is of right format. The standard says it should be around 9:10 (height:length). It is counted as height in withers*100/length of the dog (measured from the front of breast to the end of pelvic bone below tail). The correct number should be between 109-111, longer dog cannot be P1, but smaller numbers do not decrease the evaluation as much as the index of height.

There is a new index, which the slovak club introduced this summer, and that is index of head. The standard says that the proportion between the muzzle and skull should be 1:1.5. We are now planning to evaluate this index in the already measured dogs to find out what numbers should be acceptable.

[Vaiva]

Thanks for your explanation. It is clear now