General Appearance
A well balanced dog, traditionally used for otter hunting. A sturdy animal, but neither plump nor clumsy, square and thick set in overall build, with close fitting skin, free from throutiness or dewlap. Lips not pendulous.

Behaviour/Temperament
Quiet dog with stubborncharacter, reserved about strangers, an ideal farm/guard-dog.

Head

Dry, size in balance to the body, strong and powerfull.                                         Cranial region: Skull: Slightly rounded, giving the impression of being wider than long, gently sloping into the cheeks. Skull and muzzle of the same length. Stop:  The skull falls gently away into the foreface, stop only slightly indicated. Facial region: Nose: Well developed, not split. Black for dogs with black ground colour and brown for dogs with brown ground colour. Nostrils well developed and open. Muzzle: Powerful, tapering slightly to the nose, not pointed, but truncated. Nasal bridge broad and straight, neither concave nor convex when viewed from the side. Lips: Tightly fitting, not overhanging. Jaws/Teeth: Teeth powerfull, scissor bite. Cheeks: Musculature moderately developed.

Leathers

Set rather low. The auricle is so little developed that ears hang flat along the head without any break. Objectionable are strongly developed auricles with the break not immediatly at the set on, but further down causing the ear lobe not to hang close to the head. The ears are moderatly long and have the form of a mason's trowel. The coating of the ear is a typical characteristic of the breed. It's curly, ratherlong at the set-on of the ear, decreasing in length to the lower 1/3 part where the ear is covered with short hair.

Eyes

Of medium size, oval,with tightly fitting lids, without showing the conjunctiva; placed slightly slanting, causing a somewhat grim expression. They are neither bulging nor deep-set. Colour dark-brown for dogs with a black ground colour and brown for dogs with a brown ground colour. Bird of prey eyes are objectionable.

Neck                                                                            Chest

Short, strong, round, merging into the topline in a very blunt angle, i.e. the head is mostly caried low. The neck slightly arched. No throatiness or dewlap.

Wide, showing more width than depth, so that the forefeet are rather wide apart, rounded, not reaching lower than the ellbow. Ribs well rounded and well developed towards the rear.

Body

The body is very powerful. Back: Short and straight. Loin: Strong. Croup: Only slightly sloping. Underline andbelly: Only moderately tucked up.

Tail

The tail is long, caried as ring/spiral tail over or alongside the croup. The tail is covered with long curls.

Forequarters                                                      Hindquarters

Shoulders: Shoulderblade, well -lade against the chest, obliquely placed and well angulated. Forearm: Powerful and straight. Paterns: Straightly, not obliquely set. Forefeet: Round, toes well developed and arched, pads thick.

Powerful, moderately angulated.              Lower thigh: Not too long.  Hock joint: Placed low. Rear paterns: Short Hindfeet: Round with well developed pads.

Coat

With the exception of the head and legs, the body is covered with tide curls consisting of firm, strong tufts of hair. Sparse curls or curlsof thin hair tufts give the dog a woolly appearance, which must be considered a serious fault. The coat itself is rather coarse in texture and has a greasy touch.

Colour and size

Solid black or brown, or black with white markings, or brown with white markings. Thicking or roan in the white are permitted, the same as white marks on the head, nose and chest.

Fokke Friso fan de Zeushounen	Zoe van de Kapelberg	Nykle Rijkman van de Kraay Heide	Oedske

Ideal size for male dogs is 59 cm, for bitches that is 55 cm.

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.

Any dog clearly showing fysical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.

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