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 General appearance: Smooth coated, well balanced, of great
strength for his size. Muscular, active and agile.
Characteristics: Traditionally of indomitable courage and tenacity. Highly
intelligent and affectionate especially with children.
Temperament: Bold, fearless and totally reliable.
Head and skull: Short, deep though with broad skull. Very pronounced cheek
muscles, distinct stop, short foreface, nose black.
Eyes: Dark preferred but may bear some relation to coat color. Round, of
medium size, and set to look straight ahead. Eye rims dark.
Ears Rose or half pricked, not large or heavy. Full, drop or pricked ears
highly undesirable.
Mouth: Lips tight and clean. Jaws strong, teeth large, with a perfect, regular
and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth
and set square to the jaws.
Neck: Muscular, rather short, clean in outline gradually widening towards
shoulder.
Forequarters: Legs straight and well boned, set rather wide apart,
showing no weakness at the pasterns, from which point feet turn out a little.
Shoulders well laid back with no looseness at elbow.
Body: Close coupled, with
level topline, wide front, deep brisket, well sprung ribs; muscular and well
defined.
Hindquarters: Well muscled, hocks well let down with stifles well bent. Legs
parallel when viewed from behind.
Feet: Well padded, strong and of medium size. Nails black in solid colored
dogs.
Tail: Medium length, low set, tapering to a point and carried rather low. Should
not curl much and may be likened to an old fashioned pump handle.
Gait/movement: Free, powerful and agile with economy of effort. Legs moving
parallel when viewed from front or rear. Discernible drive from hind legs.
Coat: Smooth, short and close.
Color: Red, fawn, white, black or blue, or any one of these colors with white.
Any shade of brindle or any shade of brindle with white. Black and tan or liver
color highly undesirable.
Size: Weight: Dogs 12.7-17 kg (28-38 lbs) at withers Bitches 11-15.4 kg (24-34
lbs) at withers Desirable Height: 14-16 inches (these heights being related to
the weights).
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.
Note: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended
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