BREED STANDARD
FCI Breed Standard NO 76, 20/01/98/ GB
General Appearance: Smooth coated, Well balanced, of great strenght for it`s size, Muscular, Active and Agile.
Behavior and Temperament: Tradationally of indomitable courage and tenacity. highly intelligent and affectionate especially with children. Bold, Fearless and totally reliable.
Head: Short.
Skull: Deep through with broad skull.
Stop: Distinct.
Facial Region:
Nose: Black.
Muzzle: Short foreface.
Jaws/ Teeth: Jaws strong, teeth large, with perfect regular and complete sciccor bite.
Lips: Tight and clean.
Eyes: Dark prefferred 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 and heavy. Full drop or pricked ears highly undesirable.
Neck: Muscular, rather short, clean in outline gradually widening towards shoulders.
Body: Close-coupled.
Chest: Wide front, deep brisket, well sprung ribs, muscular and well defined.
Tail: Medium lenght, low set, tapering to a point and carried rather low, Should not curl much and may be likened to an old fashioned pump handle.
Limbs:
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.
Elbows: No looseness.
Hindquarters: Well muscled, legs parallel when viewed from behind.
Stifles: Well bent.
Hocks: Well let down.
Feet: Well padded, strong and of medium size, nails black in solid coloured dogs.
Gait/Movement: Free powerfull and agile with economy of effort. Legs moving parallel when viewed from front or rear.
Coat: Hair, smooth and closed.
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 coloured highly undesirable.
Size/Weight: Desirable height at withers :14-16 ins (35.5 to 40.5 cm) these heights being related to the weights
Weight:
Dogs: 28-38 lbs (12.7 to 17 kg)
Bitches: 24 to 34 lbs (11 to 15.4 kg).
Faults: Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with wich the foault should be regarded in exact proportion to its degree.
Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.
N.B. Male animals should have 2 apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
