Russian Toy
(Russkiy Toy - Russian pronunciation)
(FCI standard from 02/21/2006)

TRANSLATION: RKF (Russian Kennel Federation), revised by R. Triquet and J. Mulholland.
ORIGIN: Russia.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD: 21.02.2006
UTILIZATION: Companion Dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I: Group 9 - Companion and Toy dogs. Section 9 - Continental Toy Spaniels and Russian Toys. Without working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE: A small elegant dog, lively, long-legged, with fine bone and lean muscles.  Sexual dimorphism only slightly defined.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS: Square build. The height at elbows is  only slightly more than half of the height at withers; the chest is sufficiently deep.
BEHAVIOUR/TEMPERAMENT: Active, very cheerful, neither cowardly nor aggressive.  The behaviour is significantly different between males and females.
HEAD: Small compared to the body.
CRANIAL REGION:
Skull: High but not too wide (width at the level of zygomatic arches does not exceed the depth of the skull).
Stop: Clearly pronounced.
FACIAL REGION:
Nose: Small, black or matching the coat colour.
Muzzle: Lean and pointed, slightly shorter than the skull.
Lips: Thin, lean, tight- fitting and dark or matching the coat colour.
Jaws/Teeth: Small, white. Scissor bite. Absence of 2 incisors permitted in each jaw.
Cheekbones: Only slightly pronounced.
Eyes: Quite large, rounded, dark, slightly prominent, set well apart and looking straight ahead. Eyelids are dark or matching the coat colour, tightly fitting.
Ears: Big, thin, set high, erect.
NECK: Long, lean, carried high, slightly arched.
BODY:
Top line: Gradually sloping from the withers to the root of the tail.
Withers: Slightly pronounced.
Back: Strong and straight.
Loin: Short and slightly arched.
Croup: The croup is somewhat rounded and slightly sloping.
Chest: The chest is oval, sufficiently deep and not too wide.
Underline and Belly: Tucked up belly and drawn up flanks, forming a nicely curved line from the chest to the flanks.
TAIL: Docked (only two or three vertebrae are left), carried high. In countries where tail docking is prohibited by law, it is left in its natural state. Undocked: sickle tail.  It should not be carried lower than back level.
LIMBS FOREQUARTERS: Thin and lean; seen from the front, the front legs are straight and parallel.
Shoulders: The shoulder blades are moderately long and not too sloping.
Upper arm: Forming an angle of 105 degrees with the shoulder blade. The length of upper arm is approximately equal to the length of shoulder.
Elbows: In line with the body.
Forearm: Long, straight.
Carpus (Wrist): Lean.
Metacarpus (Pastern): Almost vertical.
Forefeet: Small, oval, turning neither in nor out. Toes are well-knit and arched.  Nails and resilient pads are black or match the coat colour.
HINDQUARTERS: Seen from the rear, the hind legs are straight and parallel, but standing a little bit wider than the forelegs.  Stifles and hocks are sufficiently bent.
Upper thigh: Muscles are lean and developed.
Lower thigh: The upper and lower thighs are of the same length.
Hock: Sufficiently angulated.
Metatarsus (Rear pastern): Vertical.
Hind feet: Arched, a little bit narrower than forefeet. Nails and pads are black or match the coat colour.
GAIT/MOVEMENT: Easy, straightforward, fast. No noticeable change in the top line when moving.
SKIN: Thin, dry and tight-fitting.
COAT HAIR: There exists two types for the breed: smooth-haired and longhaired.
Smooth-haired: short, close-lying, shiny hair, without undercoat or bald patches.
Longhaired: body is covered with moderately long (3-5 cm), straight or slightly wavy hair, close-lying, which does not hide the natural outline of the  body .  Hair on the head and on the front part of limbs is short and close -lying.  Distinct feathers on rear side of limbs.  The feet have long, silky hair  which completely hides the nails.  Ears are covered with thick, long hair forming a fringe.  Dogs of more than 3 years have such a fringe, which should completely hide the outer edges and tips of the ears.  Body hair should not look tousled nor be too short (less than 2 cm).
COLOUR: Black and tan, brown and tan, blue and tan. Also red of any shade with or without black or brown overlay. Richer shades are preferable for all colours.
FAULTS: Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.
- Timid behaviour.
- Level bite or incisors sloping forward.
- Semi-pricked ears.  This condition in longhaired dogs with heavy fringes is permissible but not desirable.
- Low set tail.
- Presence of bald patches in smooth-haired dogs.
- Too long or too short hair on body of longhaired dogs.
- Small white spots on chest and toes.
- Solid black, brown and blue colours. Tan marking too large or with dark shadings.
ELIMINATING FAULTS:
- Aggressive, overly shy.
- Overshot, pronounced undershot. Absence of 1 canine; absence of more than 2 incisors in either jaw.
- Hanging ears.
- Short legs.
- Many bald patches in short-haired dogs.
- Longhaired dogs: absence of fringes on ears and presence of curly hair.
- White coat, white spots on the head, abdomen and above metacarpus; large white patches on chest and throat, presence of brindle markings.
- Size over 30 cm/12 inch.

NB: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.