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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Belgian Tervuren



The Belgian Tervuren has a squarely shaped appearance to the body. When viewed from the side the topline of the moderately pointed muzzle is parallel to the topline of the skull. The stop is moderate. The black lips are tight. The medium sized, almond-shaped eyes are dark brown. The erect ears are triangle in shape with the height equal to the width. The chest is deep reaching the elbows. The legs are straight and parallel and vertical to the ground. The topline is level sloping slightly at the withers. Dewclaws are usually removed. The feet are cat-like in shape. The teeth meet in a scissors or level bite.The tail is strong at the base with the bone reaching to the hock. The double coat is weather resistant with long, abundant, close-fitting guard hairs. The overall length of the harsh coat is medium to long with the hair on the head, legs and outer surface of the ears being shorter. The undercoat is dense and the outer coat is straight with black tips. Males have a mane of hair around the neck that is not as prominent in females. . There is longer hair fringing down the back and front legs with abundant hair on the tail. Coat colors include rich fawn to russet mahogany, or shades of gray with black tips. The chest, toes and chin may have some white. The coat usually darkens as the dog gets older.


Belgian Tervuren
Belgian Tervuren

Belgian Tervuren
Belgian Tervuren

Belgian Tervuren
Belgian Tervuren

Belgian Tervuren
Belgian Tervuren


1 comments:

Unknown said...

The last two pictures are definitely NOT Tervurens. The third picture is a Belgian Groenendael, the last picture is a mix - you can tell by the face that is NOT all black. One of the biggest features of Tervs is the all black mask. So the last two pictures are definitely NOT a good representation of the breed.

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