Kennel and Bench Magazine, August
1929, Canadian Kennel Club
Schipperkes Catching On
(no author noted)
Thanks to the pluck and perseverance of
Mrs. E. Brown of the "O' the North" Kennels, Toronto,
"the Little Black Devil of Belgium" is at last making
a bid for popularity in this country.
Mrs. Brown has recently shipped a "Schip" to a client
in Calgary and another to Richmond, Que., and she has sold several
locally, whilst enquiries are coming to hand quite regularly.
The kennel operations are quite satisfactory, and several fine
litters have been raised recently, and other litters will be coming
along. Most of these are, and will be, sired by the tri-international
winner, Ch. Roff o' the North, who had some nice wins to his credit
before leaving England, one of which was the winning outright
the Ashe Silver Cup, valued at 60 guineas. Other wins included
two wins on the "Ling" Trophy and one win on the "Lay
Cup". Roff's wins in Canada have been consistent, and "Schips"
bred by Mrs. Brown in Canada have won best of breed on various
occasions.
No doubt the splendid wins made in the United States this year
are considered by Mrs. Brown to be the most gratifying, Ch. Roff
o' the North winning best of breed at New York last February and
later at the same show fourth in the non-sporting group. For good
measure, winners bitches and reserve winners dogs were also recorded
on the day. At Buffalo winners bitches and reserve winners dogs,
non-sporting, brace and team, went to the "O' the North"
Schipperkes. And at Detroit, where the competition was noticeably
strongest, winners bitch and best of breed were the spoils won.
This year so far the Toronto Kennel Club and the Borzoi Club gave
all the breed prizes to the entries of Mrs. Brown, and it is with
pride that she recalls that since the Canadian National Exhibition
dog show of 1927 no less than two male and three female Schipperkes
from the kennel have finished their championships.
With the exhibiting, breeding and selling of Schipperkes Mrs.
Brown is out to convince the dog-loving public that the "Schipperke"
is an ideal dog for the home, whether the home is large or small,
as she is convinced that the "Schip" is the equal in
every respect to dogs of different breeds and a better dog generally
than most.
Kennel and Bench Magazine, August 1929, Canadian Kennel Club
The Schipperke Standard
From the American Kennel Gazette, pages 41 and 42, July issue,
we take the liberty of clipping the Standard of the Schipperke
Club of America, Inc., as it will appear in the book of Standards
to be published by the American Kennel Club, which, we understand,
is now in process of printing.
We also wish to give credit to Miss Isabel Ormiston, the Secretary
of the recently organized Schipperke club whoes name appears as
the contributor of the article.
The Standard of the Schipperke Club of America, Inc., as it will
soon appear in the book of Standards of the American Kennel Club,
follows:
Appearance and general characteristic: Excellent and faithful
little watch-dog, suspicious of strangers. Active, agile, indefatigable,
continuously occupied with what is going on about him, careful
of things that are given him to guard, very kind with children,
knows the way of the household, always curious to know what is
going on behind any closed door or about any object that has been
moved; betraying his impressions by his sharp bark and upstanding
ruff, seeking the company of horses, a hunter of moles and other
vermin, a good rabbit dog.
Color. Solid black.
Head. Fox-like, fairly wide,
narrowing at the eyes, seen in profile slightly rounded, tapering
muzzle, not too elongated nor too blunt, not too much stop.
Nose. Small, black.
Eyes. Dark brown, small, oval
rather than round, neither sunken nor prominent, expression sharp
and lively.
Ears. Very erect, small, triangular placed high, strong enough
not to be lowered except in line with the body, nearer together
at the tips than at the base when erect.
Teeth. Meeting evenly.
Body. Short and thick set.
Feet. Small round and tight
(not splayed), nails straight and strong and short.
Neck. Strong and full, slightly
arched, rather short.
Shoulders. Muscular and sloping.
Chest. Broad and deep in brisket,
back straight and strong and short, broad behind the shoulders,
seeming higher in front because of the ruff.
Loins. Muscular and well drawn
up from the ribsket but no to the extent as to cause weak and
leggy appearance of hindquarters.
Forelegs. Straight under the
body, with bone in proportion.
Hindquarters. Somewhat lighter
than the foreparts, but muscular, powerful, with rump well rounded,
tailess (about an inch allowed). Hocks well let down.
Coat. Abundant and slightly
harsh to the touch, short on the ears and on the front of the
legs and on the hocks, fairly short on the body, but longer around
the neck beginning back of the ears, forming a ruff and jabot
extending down between the front legs, also longer on the rear
where it forms a culotte, the points turning inward.
Weight. Small type, from 6 to
10 pounds; large, from 10 to 18 pounds. Smaller than 6 pounds
are classed as Toys.
Faults. Light eyes, large, round,
prominent eyes, ears too long or too rounded, narrow head or elongated
muzzle, too blunt muzzle, domed skull, scanty coat, curly or silky
coat, lack of ruff and culottes, too long hair, teeth slightly
over- or under-shot.
Disqualifications. Drop or semi-erect
ears. Born with white (a few white hairs are objected to but are
not disqualifying). Badly over- or undershot
There can be no objection taken to the Standard as written, and
if our judges in Canada will interpret it correctly and be governed
by its requirements, no Schipperke fancier will have any complaints
to offer. The Standard is certainly the accepted conception of
a Schipperke, and the dogs not conforming to it, must be rated
down according to the extent of their short comings.
The color question is definitely settled, and black only may be
considered. A Schipperke that is not black, no matter what his
quality amounts to, hardly seems to be true to breed characteristics.
With the advent of the Schipperke Club, we hope to see the "Skip"
become the popular little dog that he has every right to be in
this country and in the United States.
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