BICHONS FRISES DES PYRAMIDES DE CHOLULA

FCI-Standard N° 215 / 11. 05. 1998

BICHON FRISE (Bichon à poil frisé)
TRANSLATION : Mrs. Peggy Davis.
ORIGIN : France and Belgium.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE VALID ORIGINAL STANDARD : 10.01.1972.
UTILIZATION : Companion.
CLASSIFICATION FCI : Group 9 Companions and toys Section 1 Bichons
Without working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE :
Lively and playful little dog, with a lively gait, medium length muzzle, long corkskrew-curled very soft hair, very like the fur of the Mongolian goat. Head carriage is proud and high, the eyes dark, lively and expressive.
HEAD :
The skull longer than the muzzle, the head in harmony with the body.
Nose : The nose is rounded, black, finely grained and glossy.

Lips : The lips are fine, rather lean, less however than in the Schipperke, falling only enough so as to cover the lower lip, but never heavy nor pendulous; they are normally black up to the corner of the lips; the lower lip must not be heavy nor visible, nor soft and does not allow the mucous membranes to be seen when the mouth is closed.
Teeth : Bite normal, i.e. the incisors of the lower jaw are placed immediately against and behind the point of the teeth in the upper jaw.
Muzzle : The muzzle must not be thick nor heavy, without however being pinched; the cheeks are flat and not very muscular. The stop not very marked, the furrow between the superciliary arches slightly visible.
Eyes : Dark eyes, as much as possible with dark eyelids, of a rather round shape and not almond shaped; not placed obliquely; lively, not too big, not showing any white. Neither large nor prominent as in the Griffon Bruxellois and the Pekingese; the socket must not bulge. The eyeball must not stand out too much.
Skull : The skull is rather flat to the touch although the coat makes it appear round.
Ears : Drooping, well furnished with fine curly long hairs, carried rather forward when the dog is attentive, but in such a way that the front edge touches the skull and does not stand away obliquely; the length of the cartilage must not, like in the Poodle, extend to the nose, but stops halfway of the length of the muzzle. They are anyway not as wide and finer than the Poodle's.
NECK :
Reach of neck is fairly long, carried high and proudly. Round and fine near the skull, broadening gradually to merge smoothly into the shoulders. Its length is very approximately a third of the length of the body (proportion of 11 cm to 33 cm for a dog of 27 cm high); the points of the shoulder against the withers taken as basis.
SHOULDER :
The shoulder is fairly slanted, not prominent, giving the appearance of being the same length as the upper arm, about 10 cm; does not stand away from the body and the elbow in particular does not turn out.
LEGS :
Seen from the front, really straight and perpendicular; fine bone; the pastern is short and straight seen from the front, very slightly oblique seen in profile. The nails are preferably black; it is however an ideal difficult to obtain.
CHEST :
Well developed; the sternum is pronounced; the false ribs rounded and do not end abruptly, the chest having horizontally a rather great depth.
FLANKS :
The flanks are well tucked up at the belly; the skin is fine and not loose, giving quite a whippety appearance.
LOIN :
Loin broad and well muscled, slightly arched. The pelvis is wide, the rump is slightly rounded and the tail is set a little more below the back line than in the Poodle.
THIGHS :
The thighs are broad and muscular; lower thighs slanting. The hock is also more angulated than in the Poodle; feet sinewy.
TAIL :
Normally the tail is carried high and gracefully curved in line with the spine, without being rolled up; it is not docked and must not be in contact with the back; however the tail furnishings may fall onto the back.
PIGMENTATION :
The pigmentation beneath the white coat is preferably dark; the genitals are then pigmented either black, bluish or beige.
COLOUR :
Pure white.
COAT (HAIR) :
Fine, silky, very loose corkscrew curls looking like the coat (fur) of the Mongolian goat, neither flat nor corded and 7 to 10 cm long.
GROOMING :
The dog may be shown with the feet and muzzle slightly tidied up.
SIZE :
The height at the withers should not exceed 30 cm, the small size being an element of success.
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.
Pigmentation extending into the coat and forming rusty (red) patches.
Coat flat, wavy, corded or too short.
Slightly overshot or undershot mouth.
ELIMINATING FAULTS :
Prognathism (undershot-overshot) so developed to the extent that the incisors do not touch.
Pink nose.
Flesh coloured lips.
Light eyes.
Rolled up tail or twisted in a spiral.
Black spots in the coat.
N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

Bichon Frisé was born under the Italian Renaissance ( 1400-1560 ) of the crossing enter the Maltese bichon with the other small dogs of which mainly the poodle and the water spaniel. Known for the XIV-th century, in the Mediterranean pond, it was during this century introduced in the Canarian Islands. One named it then " Teneriffe ", of the name of the capital of this archipelago.
The race is introduced in France in the XVI e century under François Ier's administration, which makes it his favourite companion. But it is under Henri III's ( 1574-1589 ) administration that it finds the highlight, being himself a lover admirer of this race. It is during this century, during the occupation of Flanders by Spanish, that the bichon frisé became established in Belgium. During the XVII e and XVIII e centuries, it is adulated by the nobility and one sees it together with the ladies and the Lords of the kingdom. Mrs de Pompadour, notably, possesses some of it. The fame is such as the painter Fragonard ( 1732-1806 ) represents it in one of his pictures, as well as Goya, who appears it in some of his works.
At the beginning of XIX-th century, while it knows less success in France, it enjoys a deep success in Spain. One finds it in all courts accompanying most of considerable iberian. In France, it becomes again fashionable in second half of XIX-th century, under Napoleon III. Till the beginning of XX-th century, it remains the companion of the aristocracy before becoming more democratic and very appreciated by the quite complete population.
And so, one begins to see the bichon frisé in streets. It was not rare to meet it together with the players of barrel organ or with the handicapped persons. Until first world war, it was very appreciated by all the populations. Regrettably, as for many of the other races, after the first world conflict , breedings disappear practically .
In front of such a disaster, a Belgian breeder decides in the 1920's to put all his energy and all his talent to save the race. Held bet and the bichon frisé will be recognized by France in 1933. After a second bad period with the second world conflict, it is reborn again and knows from the middle of the XX e century a revival. In 1960, the Fédération Cynologique Internationale ( FCI) confers it as previous history Belgium and France. The bichon frisé knows a real renewal of popularity since the 1970's.

The Bichon Frisé is a small dog roguish, always happy to live and cheerfully, very intelligent.
Very observer, he very fast understands what you expect from it, feels at once your day humor, and will know how to adapt itself to all the situations.
It is never aggressive, more with its congeners than with the human beings. So it has all the qualities to be a magnificent companion.
However it has a real behavior, but its liveliness does not go to excitement. How for the most part of dogs, its education asks for rigour and for firmness. It is easy to educate because it fast understands orders and has a big power of adaptation. So one will understand easily that it will be able to take advantage of all the faults in the education!
Complete hours of cocooning will satisfy it particularly, nevertheless it needs also to exert itself regularly, in the garden or in stroll.

If the bichon frisé does not ask for an extremely binding work, care of bringing to its coat are nevertheless essential.
There are the partisans of the quarterly cutting practised by a professional and those that are wildly set against it. You will not so wonder, if you frequent showdogs, to see considerable differences between dogs presented in France and those that you will be able to admire abroad.

Anyway, the care which you will bring to your bichon are important. Provide with a brush and with a comb, you have to disentangle the coat every three days on average. Once a month, the bichon will need a bath during which you will use a special shampoo for white hairs. Daily, you will clean the outline of the eyes with a physiological serum. And finally, you will control regularly the state of its ears.

When you buy a puppy in our kennel, we offer you a puppy kit including a kilo of food, that one which the puppy knows since its weaning.
This food is particularly adapted to the necessities of a puppy during all the period of its growth. We selected it among several others for the benefactions on our puppies.
Easy of use, because it is constituted with dry food, it will be the best guarantee of the health of your dog.
It is never advised to change abruptly the food of a puppy, already put under stress by its arrival in a new home; intestinal disorders should often be been afraid.

Deworming: from 15 days and every 15 days until two months old.
This protocol should be pursued until the puppy is six months old, once a month.

Vaccines: when the puppy begins its weaning, immunity acquired by way of the maternal milk does not act any more; period going from this age (about five weeks and a half old) and the age of the firstly vaccination (around eight weeks old) can be critical. To strengthen the immunization, the puppy will receive a vaccine against parvovirus and the other one against the coughs.
Has eight weeks, the veterinarian will practise firstly vaccination against distemper, parvovirus, hepatitis, parainfluenza.
One month later, a reminder of vaccinations will be necessary to which one will add an vaccination against leptospirosis and possibly against rabies.

There is pedigree dog and dog of appearance of race, the greenhorn can confuse. The only guarantee that the puppy which you go to buy is a dog of pure race, it is its registration in the "Livre des Origines Français" ( L.O.F) administered by the only body approved in France: the "Société Centrale Canine ( S.C.C )
At first, the breeder, owner of the bitch, has to declare to the S.C.C. the mating realized between two parents registered in the L.O.F. (or possibly a foreign Book if the stud dog is not in France). A file is opened and the breeder will receive a form first part of which will be of use to the notification of birth (he will indicate to it the date of the birth of puppies, their number and the distribution of sexes). Second part should be sent to the S.C.C. after the identification (by tattoo or microchip) puppies with the list of names. The S.C.C. will register then puppies on the L.O.F. in a temporary way and will establish for each of them a Birth Certificate that the breeder should have to hand you. This document guarantees that your animal is a dog of pure race, it will contain its number of registration on the Book and its genealogy. It is this document which will be replaced after the confirmation of your dog by the definitive Pedigree.
If you live abroad, it will be necessary to ask for a export pedigree which will replace the Birth Certificate.

Puppies can leave kennel at least one week after firstly vaccination and identification, but it can be postponed in interest of the puppy.

On average, at this age, our puppies are sold 850 Euros with all the legal guarantees, deworming and vaccinations. They are then tattooed, declared to the L.O.F.

Bookings are always confirmed by mail, accompanied with a deposit of 350 Euros.

In case of supplementary services, all the expenses relating to it are chargeable to the buyer.