Cesky Terrier

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Czech Republic or Slovakia.

MOST SUITED AS Hunting dog and family pet.

SIZE
The shoulder-height is 27 -35cm (101/2 -13 1/2in) and the weight is 6 - 9kg (13 1/2 - 201b).

COAT
The coat consists of thick shiny hair. The most usual colour is blue-grey in different shade variations; light coffee brown is rarer. Both colours are permitted, with and without white markings. The Cesky does not moult.

CARE REQUIRED
The Cesky should be trimmed regularly, leaving the hair long on the stomach, and legs, and also around the face (moustache, beard, and eye­brows). If the dog is a pet, it will need to be trimmed about four times a year; dogs for shows require more frequent grooming. The longer hair needs to be brushed or combed twice a week or more, depending on the condition of the coat, to pre­vent tangles. Clip the excess hair between the pads of the feet and remove loose hairs in the ear passages.

CHARACTER
The Cesky is a good-humoured dog which is affectionate, very adaptable, stalwart and hardy, sportive but also calm, and it is intelligent and sociable.

TRAINING
The training of this breed is not very demanding. It is important to let the puppy meet with various people and different animals in positive circumstances and to experience a variety of situations to enable it to grow up to be an equable adult.

SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
This sociable dog gets on well with its own kind and with other household animals. They are loving with children.They can be somewhat cautious with strangers.

EXERCISE
The Cesky Terrier has an average demand for exercise. This dog likes to frolic and play but it also enjoys walks through a wood or across open countryside.

SPECIAL REMARKS
Cesky Terriers are always born black. The coat lightens in colour later - in some cases not until the dog is older than two years.