GENERAL APPEARENCE:
Smooth coat, well balanced, of great strength for his/her size. Muscular active and agile.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Traditionally of indomicable courage and tenacity. Highly intelligent and affectionate, especially with children.
TEMPERAMENT:
Bold, fearless and totally reliable.
HEAD AND SKULL:
Short, deep through with broad skull. Very pronouced cheek muscles, distinct stop, short foreface and nose black.
EYES:
Dark preferred but may bear some relation to coat colour. 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 shoulders.
FOREQUARTERS:
Legs straight and well boned, set rather wide apart, and showing no weakness at the pasterns, from which point the feet turn out a little, shoulder well laid back with no looseness at the 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 coloured dogs.
TAIL:
Medium length, low set, taperin 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 effect. Legs moving parallel when viewed from front or rear. Discernible drive from hindlegs.
COAT:
Smooth, short and close.
COLOUR:
Red, fawn, white, black or any of these colours with white. Any shade of brindle or any shade of brindle with white. Black and tan or liver colour highly undesirable.
SIZE:
Weight; Dogs 12.7-17 kgs (28-38lbs). Bitches 11-15.4kgs (24-34lbs). desired height (at withers) 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 into the scrotum.
Smooth coat, well balanced, of great strength for his/her size. Muscular active and agile.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Traditionally of indomicable courage and tenacity. Highly intelligent and affectionate, especially with children.
TEMPERAMENT:
Bold, fearless and totally reliable.
HEAD AND SKULL:
Short, deep through with broad skull. Very pronouced cheek muscles, distinct stop, short foreface and nose black.
EYES:
Dark preferred but may bear some relation to coat colour. 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 shoulders.
FOREQUARTERS:
Legs straight and well boned, set rather wide apart, and showing no weakness at the pasterns, from which point the feet turn out a little, shoulder well laid back with no looseness at the 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 coloured dogs.
TAIL:
Medium length, low set, taperin 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 effect. Legs moving parallel when viewed from front or rear. Discernible drive from hindlegs.
COAT:
Smooth, short and close.
COLOUR:
Red, fawn, white, black or any of these colours with white. Any shade of brindle or any shade of brindle with white. Black and tan or liver colour highly undesirable.
SIZE:
Weight; Dogs 12.7-17 kgs (28-38lbs). Bitches 11-15.4kgs (24-34lbs). desired height (at withers) 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 into the scrotum.
