
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : As a type this breed has been known since the Middle Ages, when it was used for hunting (stag- hunting). Later on it was used mainly as guard dog for large farms and manors. At the end of the 18th century these dogs were pure- bred and increased in number thanks to the Count Sehested of Broholm, from whom the breed has inherited its name. After the Second World War the breed became almost extinct, but around 1975 a group of committed people – later organized as « The Society for Reconstruction of the Broholmer Breed » – supported by the Danish Kennel Club, began the work of reviving the breed.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : A Mastiff-type of dog of large size, rectangular and strongly built, with a composed and powerful movement. Its appearance is dominated by the powerful forequarters. The head is massive and wide, the neck is sturdy with some loose skin, the chest is broad and deep. At rest the head is carried rather low and stooping, and the tail is hanging down sabre- like. When moving, the tail is carried higher, but not over the topline. When the dog is attentive or aroused, the head is carried higher and the tail is raised above horizontal.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS : Skull and muzzle are of equal length.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : Calm, good tempered, friendly, yet watchful. Must show great self-confidence.
HEAD : Rather big and wide, with a heavy appearance.
CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Broad and rather flat. Topline of skull is parallel to topline of muzzle and set a little higher.
Stop : Not too pronounced.
FACIAL REGION : Nose : Full and black.
Muzzle : Massive; looking rather short due to the heavy head. Upper and lower jaw are of equal length.
Lips : Pendulous, but not excessively so.
Jaws / Teeth : Powerful jaws with well developed muscles. Scissor- or pincer bite.
Eyes : Round, not too big. Colour from light to dark amber. Expression should show great self-confidence.
Ears : Medium sized, rather high set. Carried hanging close to
cheeks.
NECK : Very powerful and muscular with some throatiness, yet not excessive.
BODY :
Topline : Straight.
Withers : Strong and clearly defined. Back : Rather long.
Croup : Medium length, slightly sloping.
Chest : Powerful and deep, with well a developed forebreast.
TAIL : Set on rather low, broad at base. It is carried drooping and has no flag or feathering.
When moving the tail is raised to a horizontal position, preferably not higher. It should never be carried over the back or in a curl.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS :
General appearance : Strong, straight and powerful forelegs with muscular upper arms. The length and angulation of the bones should
produce a free movement with good reach walking or trotting.
Upper arm : Very muscular.
Elbows : Moving close to the body. Forearm : Straight and powerufl.
Pastern : Not too long.
Front feet : Rounded and close.
HINDQUARTERS :
General appearance : Powerful and muscular hindlegs with angulation able to produce good driving power. Seen from behind
the hindlegs are straight and parallel.
Upper thigh : Powerful and muscular. Rear pastern : Not too long.
Hind feet : Tight, as the front feet.
GAIT : Composed and stooping. Natural gaits are walking and trotting.
SKIN : Well pigmented and thick; generally profuse, especially at the neck.
COAT
HAIR : Short and close lying, with a thick undercoat.
COLOUR : Yellow with black mask. Golden red. Black. White markings on chest, feet and tip of tail are optional.
SIZE AND WEIGHT :
Height at withers : Male : ca 75 cm, weight 50 – 70 kg.
Bitch : ca 70 cm, weight 40 – 60 kg.
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 and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.
Insufficient in substance, forechest and depth of chest. Too light and elegant in head and body.
Stop too marked; muzzle too light; corners of the mouth pendulous.
Ears too big or too small. Rose ears.
Tail set on too high or too low. Hook or kink tail. Long and weak in pasterns; splayed feet. Cowhocks.
Movement too elegant. Fringes/flag on buttocks and tail.
DISQUALIFYING FAULTS : Aggressive or overly shy dogs.
Any dog clearly showing physical of behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.
Nervous, sharp or aggressive.
Squarely built, definitely insufficient in substance. Nose other than black.
Overshot or undershot mouth. Eyes of different colour.
Erect ears.
Tail curled up.
Coat : Colour faulty; long-haired.
N.B.:
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
Only functionally and clinically healthy dogs, with breed typical conformation should be used for breeding.
A list of all the dog breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club:
A
- Affenpinscher
- Afghan hound
- Airedale terrier
- Akita
- Alaskan malamute
- American English coonhound
- American eskimo dog
- American foxhound
- American hairless terrier
- American leopard hound
- American Staffordshire terrier
- American water spaniel
- Anatolian shepherd dog
- Appenzeller sennenhunde
- Australian cattle dog
- Australian shepherd
- Australian terrier
- Azawakh
B
- Barbet
- Basenji
- Basset fauve de Bretagne
- Basset hound
- Beagle
- Bearded collie
- Beauceron
- Bedlington terrier
- Belgian malinois
- Belgian shepherd
- Belgian tervuren
- Bergamasco
- Berger picard
- Bernese mountain dog
- Bichon frise
- Biewer terrier
- Black and tan coonhound
- Black Russian terrier
- Bloodhound
- Bluetick coonhound
- Boerboel
- Bolognese
- Border collie
- Border terrier
- Borzoi
- Boston terrier
- Bouvier des Flandres
- Boxer
- Boykin spaniel
- Bracco italiano
- Braque du Bourbonnais
- Braque Francais Pyrenean
- Briard
- Brittany
- Broholmer
- Brussels griffon
- Bull terrier
- Bulldog
- Bullmastiff
C
- Cairn Terrier
- Canaan dog
- Cane Corso
- Cardigan welsh corgi
- Catahoula leopard dog
- Caucasian ovcharka
- Cavalier king Charles spaniel
- Central Asian shepherd dog
- Cesky terrier
- Chesapeake bay retriever
- Chihuahua
- Chinese crested
- Chinese shar-pei
- Chinook
- Chow chow
- Cirneco dell’etna
- Clumber spaniel
- Cocker spaniel
- Collie
- Coton de Tulear
- Curly-coated retriever
- Czechoslovakian vlcak
D
- Dachshund
- Dalmatian
- Dandie dinmont terrier
- Danish-swedish farmdog
- Deutscher wachtelhund
- Doberman pinscher
- Dogo argentino
- Dogue de bordeaux
- Drentsche patrijshond
- Drever
- Dutch shepherd
E
- English cocker spaniel
- English foxhound
- English setter
- English springer spaniel
- English toy spaniel
- Entlebucher mountain dog
- Estrela mountain dog
- Eurasier
F
G
- German longhaired pointer
- German pinscher
- German shepherd
- German shorthaired pointer
- German spitz
- German wirehaired pointer
- Giant schnauzer
- Glen of imaal terrier
- Golden retriever
- Gordon setter
- Grand bassett griffon vendeen
- Great dane
- Great pyrenees
- Greater swiss mountain dog
- Greyhound
H
I
- Ibizan hound
- Icelandic sheepdog
- Irish red and white setter
- Irish setter
- Irish terrier
- Irish water spaniel
- Irish wolfhound
- Italian greyhound
J
K
L
- Labrador retriever
- Lagotto Romagnolo
- Lakeland terrier
- Lancashire heeler
- Leonberger
- Lhasa apso
- Lowchen
M
- Maltese
- Manchester terrier
- Mastiff
- Miniature American shepherd
- Miniature bull terrier
- Miniature pinscher
- Miniature schanuzer
- Mudi
N
- Neapolitan mastiff
- Nederlandse kooikerhondje
- Newfoundland
- Norfolk terrier
- Norrbottenspets
- Norwegian buhund
- Norwegian elkhound
- Norwegian lundehund
- Norwich terrier
- Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever
O
P
- Papillon
- Parson russell terrier
- Pekingese
- Pembroke Welsh corgi
- Perro de presa canario
- Peruvian Inca orchid
- Petit bassett griffon vendeen
- Pharoah hound
- Plott
- Pointer
- Polish lowland sheepdog
- Pomeranian
- Poodle
- Portuguese podengo
- Portuguese pointer
- Portuguese sheepdog
- Portuguese water dog
- Pudelpointer
- Pug
- Puli
- Pumi
- Pyrenean mastiff
- Pyrenean shepherd
R
- Rafeiro do alentejo
- Rat terrier
- Redbone coonhound
- Rhodesian ridgeback
- Rottweiler
- (Jack) Russell terrier
- Russian toy
- Russian tsvetnaya bolonka
S
- Saluki
- Samoyed
- Schapendoes
- Schipperke
- Scottish deerhound
- Scottish terrier
- Sealyham terrier
- Shetland sheepdog
- Shiba inu
- Shih tzu
- Shikoku
- Siberian husky
- Silky terrier
- Skye terrier
- Sloughi
- Slovensky cuvac
- Slovensky kopov
- Small munsterlander pointer
- Smooth fox terrier
- Soft-coated wheaten terrier
- Spanish mastiff
- Spanish water dog
- Spinone Italiano
- St. Bernard
- Stabyhoun
- Staffordshire bull terrier
- Standard schnauzer
- Sussex spaniel
- Swedish lapphund
- Swedish vallhund
T
- Teddy Roosevelt terrier
- Tibetan mastiff
- Tibetan spaniel
- Tibetan terrier
- Tornjak
- Tosa
- Toy fox terrier
- Transylvanian hound
- Treeing Tennessee brindle
- Treeing walker coonhound
V
W
- Weimaraner
- Welsh springer spaniel
- Welsh terrier
- West highland white terrier
- Whippet
- Wire fox terrier
- Wirehaired pointing griffon
- Wirehaired vizsla
- Working kelpie
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