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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 lower
teeth and set square to the jaws.
Neck
Muscular, rather short, clean in outline gradually widening
towards shoulders.
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
Desirable height at withers 36-41 cms (14 to 16 ins), these
heights being related to the weights. Weight: dogs: 13-17 kgs (28-38 lbs);
bitches 11-15.4 kgs.
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 into the scrotum.
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