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GENERAL APPEARANCE:
Smooth coated, well balanced, of great strength for his
size. Muscular, active and agile |
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CHARACTERISTICS:
Traditionally of indominatable courage and tenacity.
Highly intelligent and affectionate, especially with
children |
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TEMPERAMENT: Bold,
fearless and totally reliable |
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HEAD AND SKULL:
Short, deep through with a broad skull. Very pronounced
cheek muscles, distinct stop, short foreface, nose black |
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EYES: Dark
preferred but may bear some relation to coat colour.
Round, of medium size, and set to look straight ahead.
Eye rims dark |
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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 |
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EARS: Rose or half
pricked, not large or heavy. Full drop or pricked ears
highly undesirable |
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NECK: Muscular,
rather short, clean in outline and gradually widening
towards the shoulders |
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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 |
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BODY: Close
coupled, with level topline, wide front, deep brisket,
well sprung ribs: muscular and well defined |
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HINDQUARTERS: Well
muscled, hocks well let down and stifles well bent. Legs
parallel when viewed from behind |
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FEET: Well padded,
strong and of medium size. Nails black in solid coloured
dogs |
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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 |
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GAIT/MOVEMENT:
Free, powerful and agile with economy of effort. Legs
moving parallel when viewed from front or rear.
Discernable drive from hind legs |
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COAT: Short, smooth
and close |
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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 |
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SIZE: Weight- Dogs-
12.7-17kgs (28-38 pounds). Bitches 11-15.4kgs (24-34
pounds). Desirable height (at withers) 14 - 16 inches,
these heights being related to weights |
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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 |
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NOTE: Male animals
should have two apparently normal testicles fully
descended into the scrotum |
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