In recent times there has been an exponential growth in registrations of Maremma hounds recognized and selected for wild boar hunting. This increase is due not only to the dizzying increase in wild boars present on the national territory, but also to the undoubted and now tested hunting skills of this breed, which proves to be one of the most suitable for the characteristics of the territory in which in most of the cases, wild boar hunting takes place in Italy. Resistance, stubbornness, rusticity, speed, athlete's physical structure, compact and square, make the Maremma a real warrior.
Over the years, attempts have been made to combine hunting skills with a certain physical structure, functional to the performance of the work, which has led to the formation of now very established bloodlines. Without falling into rhetoric, always looking for the perfect mix: the beautiful and the good. However, the component of genetic variability which is fundamental and indeed vital for a healthy continuation of each breed should not be neglected.
Therefore, in the choice of mating, inbreeding that is too close should be avoided: the risk is to pass on and fix genetic defects that can hardly be eliminated in a few years. Let's now see the salient features of the breed standard.
| ENCI Resolution 192 of 07/07/2003 | |
| Head:
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Its total length is 4/10 of the height at the withers, brachycephalic, total cephalic index from 51 to 53 with slightly diverging upper craniofacial lines, tolerated if parallel, always of good chisel in all its parts, must not have wrinkles and always with skin well adherent to surrounding tissues. The length of the muzzle is about 1/12 shorter than the length of the skull. |
| Muso:
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Its length is slightly less than the total length of the skull, nose bridge slightly convex or rectilinear, nose on the same line as the nose bridge, with wide margin and with well opened and large nostrils, always wet and fresh black or brown, lips thin, light. |
| Ears:
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With slightly broad attachment and inserted above the line of the eyes, flat and well adherent to the cheeks, of such length that if extended it covers the eye, triangular in shape, slightly rounded at the lower margin. |
| Trunk:
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Sturdy trunk, whose length exceeds the height at the withers by 1/10, without losing harmony and balance. |
| cloak:
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The coat is presented in the colors: tawny from the load to the washed out, black-tan and brindle. In all colors there can be the presence of white. The texture of the hair comes in two varieties: the short hair and the strong hair. In the short hair the texture is vitreous, dense evenly distributed on the whole body, it can often present undercoat as well as some rough hairs placed on the muzzle and on the limbs from 1 to 1,5 cm. In the variety with strong hair, its length ranges from 3 to 4 cm, always evenly distributed and rough to the touch. |
| Size and weight: |
Height from the withers in females from 46 to 52; in males from 48 to 54 cm. 2 cm less or more are tolerated in excellent subjects. Weight from 13 to 23 kg (13 kg minimum weight in females and 23 kg maximum weight in males). |
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