GENERAL APPEARANCE
That of a medium-sized short-coated hunting dog of distinquished appearance and bearing. Robust but rather
lightly build; the coat is an attractive solid golden rust. This is a dog of power and drive in the field yet
a tractable and affectionate companion in the home. It is strongly emphasized that field conditioned coats,
as well as brawney and sinewy muscular condition and honorable scars indicating a working and hunting dog are never
to be penalized in this dog.

HEAD
Lean and muscular. Skull moderately wide between the ears with a median line down the forehead. Stop between the skull
and foreface is moderate, not deep. Foreface or muzzle is of equal length or slightly shorter than skull when viewed
in profile, should taper gradually from stop to tip of nose. Muzzle square and deep. It must not turn up as in a "dish"
face nor should it turn down. Whiskers serve a functional purpose; their removal is permitted but not preferred. Nostrils
slightly open. Nose brown. Any other color is faulty. A totally black nose is disqualification. Ears, thin, silky
and proportionately long, with rounded-leather ends, set fairly low and hanging close to cheeks. Jaws are strong with well
developed white teeth meeting in a scissors bite. Eyes medium in size and depth of setting, their surrounding tissue covering the
whites. Color of the iris should blend with the color of the coat. Yellow or any other color is faulty. Prominent pop-eyes
are faulty. Lower eyelids should neither turn in nor out since both conditions allow seeds and dust to irritate the eye.
Lips cover the jaws completely but are neither loose nor pendulous.

NECK & BODY
Neck strong, smooth and muscular, moderately long, arched and devoid of dewlap, broadening nicely into shoulders which are
moderately laid back. This is mandatory to maintain balance with the moderately angulated hindquarters. Body is strong
and well proportioned. Back short. Withers high and the topline slightly rounded over the loin to the set on of the tail.
Chest moderately broad and deep reaching down to the elbows.Ribs well-sprung; underline exhibiting a slight tuck-up
beneath the loin. Tail set just below the level of the croup, thicker at the root and docked one-third off. Ideally,
it should reach to the back of the stifle joint and be carried at or near the horizontal. An undocked tail is faulty.

FOREQUARTERS
Shoulder blades proportionately long and wide sloping moderately back and fairly close at the top. Forelegs straight
and muscular with elbows close. Feet cat-like, round and compact with toes close.Nails brown and short. Pads
thick and tough. Dewclaws, if any, to be removed on front and rear feet. Hare feet are faulty.

HINDQUARTERS
Hind legs have well developed thighs with moderately angulated stifles and hocks in balance with the moderately laid
back shoulders. They must be straight as viewed from behind. Too much angulations at the hocks is as faulty as too
little. The hocks are let down and parallel to each other.

COAT
Coatshort, smooth, dense and close-lying, without woolly undercoat. A distinctly long coat is a disqualification.

COLOR
ColorSolid golden rust in different shadings. Solid dark mahogany red and pale yellow are faulty. White on the fore chest,
preferably as small as possible, and white on the toes are permissible. Solid white extending above the toes or white
anywhere else on the dog except the fore chest is a disqualification. When viewing the dog from the front, white markings
on thefore chest must be confined to an area from the top of the sternum to a point between the elbows when the dog is
standing naturally. White extending on the shoulders or neck is a disqualification. White due to aging shall not be
faulted. Anynoticeable area of black in the coat is a serious fault.

SIZE
The ideal male is 22 to 24 inches at the highest point over the shoulder blades. The ideal female is 21 to 23 inches.
Because theVizsla is meant to be a medium-sized hunter, any dog measuring more than 1½ inches over or under these limits
must be disqualified.

TEMPERAMENT
A natural hunter endowed with a good nose and bove-average ability to take training. Lively, gentle-mannered,
demonstrably affectionate and sensitive though fearless with a well developed protective instinct. Shyness, timidity
or nervousness should be penalized.