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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 through with broad skull. Very pronounced cheek muscles,
distinct stop, short foreface, 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, showing no weakness
at the pasterns from which point the 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 coloured
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 hindlegs.
Coat:
Smooth, short and close.
Colour:
Red, fawn, white, black or blue, 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 - 15.4 kgs (24-34lbs).
Desirable height at withers 14 - 16 inches, these heights being relative
to 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.
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