Medium-size, short-haired, yellow gundog of elegant appearance. It is rather lightly than heavily built, reflecting a har mony of beauty and strength. Balanced, intelligent, with vivid temperament. History writers consider the Pannion hound as one of the ancestors of the Vizsla. The yellow gundog of the Turks also played a significant role in the development of the breed. Some writers, however, date back it's first appereance to several years earlier. Latest researches indicate that the 'Sloughi' was among the common ancestors. The first present-form specimens of the breed appeared in the early18th century. In conformity with the modernisation of hunting habits in the 19th century, other gundogs had been
used in their improvement and finally there emerged a separate yellow national dog. The breed recovered after the war to develop into it's present form, characterised by the following:
It's trained easily and quickly. It's character does not tolerate rough treatment. Inherited qualities, excellent memory and good reasoning power, make it the gundog of modern timers. In spite of it's great passion for hunting, it likes house keeping as well. Because of this, and also because of it's distinguished manner, many people keep it as a companion dog. It's widely known for it's excellent ability for acclimatisation and is an untiring worker, even in immense heat. Out of it's inherited traits, the following are deemed necessary: excellent scenting powers; staunch, figurative pointing; distinct trailling and retrieving qualities, love of water-work and excellent response to handling.

HEAD:

Dry, noble, proportioned. The skull moderately wide, slightly domed. A slight median line, extending from the moderately developed occipital bone towards the forehead, divides the top of the head. The bridge of the nose is always straight. The foreface is well arched, neither pointed nor wide, ending in a well developed nose with nostrils well open.
Measuring the straight line linking the tip of the nose and the inner corners of the eyes, the foreface is always less than 50 percent of the total length. of the head. The fang is proportionately long, the jaw is well-developed, well-muscled. The teeth are powerful, the incisors close like scissors. The expressions is vivid, intelligent, the eyes are slightly oval. The eyelids are tight. The colour of the eyes harmonice with the colour of the coat: the darker the eyes, the more desirable. The ears are of medium lenght, set slightly back at medium-height, and are flat against the cheek, cover the ear-holes well and end in a V-shape rounding off towards the tip.

NECK:

Medium length, well-muscled, slightly arched, free from disturbing dewlaps. Set on the trunk at medium height.

TRUNK:

Powerful, proportioned, slightly longer than with the quadratic breeds. The withers, pronounced, well-muscled. The back is short, straight; the line tight with the upper line, slightly rounding off towards the base of the rump. The chest is moderately wide and deep, reaching down to the elbows. The ribs are moderately arched. The shoulders are well-muscled, the shoulder blades slant, the movement is free.

LIMPS:

The forelegs are straight, strong-boned, the elbows close to the body. The hind legs are well-muscled, moderately angulated; hocks slightly low set. The toes are strong, well-rounded, compact. The paws are slightly oval, the nails are strong, the pads tough.

TAIL:

Slightly low set, medium thick, narrowing towards the tip. It forms aesthetic entity with the body when only three-quarters of the original length is left. Usually, one quarter is docked.

SKIN:

The skin is tight, free from wrinkles or folds. The skin is pigmented, the nose is flesh-coloured, the lips, the eyelids and the nails are brown. The pads are slate-grey.

COAT:

The hair lies flat, close to the body; it's short, and rough feeling. The belly is slightly haired. At the ears, the hair is shorter and more silky. The tail is covered with longer hair.

COLOUR:

Various shades of sandy or dark sandy. Smaller white spots on the chest and on the feet are not faulted.

GAIT:

Far-reaching, vigorous, smooth. While hunting, the gait is a balanced, steady canter.

HEIGHT:

The ideal height for males: 56-61 cm, (22-24 innches).
For females: 52-57 cm (20½-22½ innches).
4 cm deviation from the above is permitted in either way, if it does not disturb harmony. Static and dynamic balance, as well as summetry, are considered much more important than proportions measured in centimetres.

TYPE FAULTS:

All those structural faults or significant defects that disadvantageously influence the harmony of movement and continuous work. Major faults are: extremely light or rough structure, significant deviation from the standard, disproportioned build, short, but high structure, over-size individuals. Faults of the head are considered of major forehead; pointed, hollow, or cone-shaped head, hound head, over-expressed stop, short poined muzzle, ram's nose. Important faults are: pendulous lips, loose skin on loose lids expressionless, ill-intentioned look. Too low or too high set, narrow, twisted ears. Irregularly closing teeth, undershot or overshot by 2mm; wry mouth, bucktooth, scale, yellow teeth, bigger dewlaps on the neck.
Trunk: Slack muscles, loose back and narrow pelvis; short, sway-back or steep hinquarters; sagging or sunken withers; chest either not pro perly deep or schest too wide; flat ribs. With females, sagging belly after whelping.
Limps: Set of the legs deviating from the standard; angulations; loose, not slosed, long paws.
Coat: Thin, silky, extremely short, fine or thin, like mouse-hair; and any deciation from short hair.
Colour: Dark brown, rusty and pale yellow shades are not desirable. The darker stripe on the back (the king stripe), which is usually due to nourishment conditions, is not considered a significant fault. White spots around the throat, or marks, are faulted only if larger than 5 cm in diameter.

DISQUALIFICATIONS:

Considerable deviations from the breed characteristics. Deviation from the standard height of more than 4 cm in either way. Parti-colour, spottiness, bigger spots on the chest, white feet. Pointed foreface, narrow greyhound-like or rough, hound-like skull. Light-coloured eyes, grey or contrasting coloured eyes. Ectrophy, entrophy, strong ram's nose; pink, slate-grey, black or spotted nose and black pigmented lips, or eyelids. Undershot; overshot more than 2 mm; wry mouth, pendulous lips, salivation, strong dewlaps. Colours lighter tan wax-yellow or brown colour. Shy, weak-nerved, albino, cryptorchid or monorchid dogs. Seriously constrained faulty gait. Dysplasia of the hipjoint.