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, 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. Shoulders well laid back with no looseness at the elbow.
BODY:
Close coupled with level top line, 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 - 38 lbs). Bitches 11 - 15.4 kgs (24 - 34 lbs).
