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Breed Standard

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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 & Skull
- Short deep though with broad skull.  Very pronounced cheek muscles, distinct stop, short foreface, nose black.

Eyes
- Dark preffered but may bare 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 jaw.

Neck
- Muscular, rather short, clean in outline gradually widening towards the shoulder.

Forequarters
- Legs straight and weel 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.

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 colour 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 fashion 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 one of these colours with white.  Any shade of brindle or any shade of brindle with white.  Black and tan or liver highly undesirable.

Size
- Weight: Dogs 12.7 - 17 kg (28-38 lbs) Bitches 11-15.4 kg (24-34 lbs).

Desirable height
-14-16 inches at withers (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.
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