āļāļĨāļļāđāļĄāļŠāļļāļāļąāļāļāļĩāđāđāļĄāđāđāļāđāđāļāđāļāļĄāļāļĩāļŽāļē (Non sporting Group)
āļĄāļēāļāļĢāļāļēāļāļāļāļāļāļąāļāļāļļāđ (Breed Standard)
āļĨāļąāļāļĐāļāļ°āđāļāļĒāļāļąāđāļ§āđāļ (General Appearance)
Gay and assertive, but chary of strangers
āļāļāļēāļ āļŠāļąāļāļŠāđāļ§āļ āļĨāļąāļāļĐāļāļ°āļāļĩāđāļŠāļģāļāļąāļ (Size, Proportion, Substance)
Variable, but about 10 inches or 11 inches at shoulder for dogs, bitches slightly smaller.
āļŦāļąāļ§ (Head)
The preferred bite is either level or slightly undershot. Muzzle of medium length; a square muzzle is objectionable. Head: Heavy head furnishings with good fall over eyes, good whiskers and beard; skull narrow, falling away behind the eyes in a marked degree, not quite flat, but not domed or apple-shaped; straight foreface of fair length. Nose black, the length from tip of nose to eye to be roughly about one-third of the total length from nose to back of skull. Eyes: Dark brown, neither very large and full, nor very small and sunk. Ears: Pendant, heavily feathered.
āļāļ āđāļŠāđāļāļāđāļēāļāļāļāđāļĨāļ°āļĨāļģāļāļąāļ§ (Neck, Topline, Body)
The length from point of shoulders to point of buttocks longer than height at withers, well ribbed up, strong loin, well-developed quarters and thighs. Well feathered, should be carried well over back in a screw; there may be a kink at the end. A low carriage of stern is a serious fault.
āļŠāđāļ§āļāļŦāļāđāļē (Forequarters)
Forelegs straight; both forelegs and hind legs heavily furnished with hair. Well feathered, should be round and catlike, with good pads.
āļāļ (Coat)
Heavy, straight, hard, not woolly nor silky, of good length, and very dense.
āļŠāļĩ (Color)
All colors equally acceptable with or without dark tips to ears and beard.
