Body
Height to length ratio should be 10 to
12 (being slightly longer in leg than
body) but still appearing square and
compact. Shoulders should have
good angulations with firm elbows
held close to the rib cage.
Hindquarters should be of medium
angulations with short strong hocks. Top line should remain level
with strong loin and level croup.
Flanks should rise up from a brisket
set just below the elbows, but should not be excessively deep. Ribs
should be well sprung but not barreled. Overall, the dog should
appear square, be balanced, athletic and with good muscling.
Movement: When trotting should be purposeful, strong and
elastic, with good reach and drive, giving the appearance of
Head: Sculptured, broad, well defined eyebrows, medium stop,
eyes set well apart, nose to eye slightly longer than eye to occiput.
The head should be clean and chiseled and fully coated as on the
body, legs and tail.
Ears: Set moderately flat against the head, base should be level
with the eye. Leather should be of medium thickness and when
gently drawn forward should reach the top canine tooth. Ear leather
reaching beyond the tip of nose is considered a severe fault. Ear
canals should be free of excessive hair, and not thick and bulbous.
When inquisitive and alert the ear set should rise to the top of the
head. Thick/heavy ear leather is a fault.
Eyes: Slightly round, large and expressive, always offering eye to
eye contact when engaged in activity with a human. Protruding or
sunken eyes are a fault. Watery or tearful eyes are a fault. Wide
round or narrow almond shaped eyes are considered a fault.
Eye Color: Eye color should complement and blend with the face
color. Blue, Red, Dark Chocolate and Silver dogs must have dark
brown eyes. All shades of Cafe', Milk Chocolate, Gold/Apricot,
Cream and Chalk should have dark hazel to brown eyes if they have
black pigment. Caramel and dogs with rose pigment may have either
dark eyes or ghost eyes. Ghost is a hazel color range much the same
as it is in humans. Flecking with different shades of hazel with green
and a blue/green make this eye color quite unique. Ghost eyes must
always remain soft in appearance. Cold staring expressionless
appearance in all eye colors is a severe fault.
Teeth: Scissor bite only is acceptable, being neither undershot nor
overshot. Miniatures must not have crowding teeth.
Nose: Large square and fleshy. Pigment: Black or Rose. Pigment
should be strong. Black pigment dogs must have dark brown eyes.
Pink spots or patches on nose, lips, eye rims or pads are a fault.
Dogs with rose pigment can have dark hazel, brown or ghost eyes.
Eye rims should be rose as should nose, lips and pads. Pink spots or
patches are a severe fault. Rose should be a rich liver color.
Neck: The firm, well muscled neck should be moderately long,
slightly arched and flow into the well angled shoulders with no
appearance of abruptness. The neck should not be coarse nor
stumpy and should lend an air of elegance to the dog. A short thick
neck is a fault. White but when compared to a true white it is a
chalky white) - may have rose or black Cream and Apricot Cream (all
shades and combinations of cream shades are acceptable) - may
have rose or black pigment.
Height to length ratio should be 10 to
12 (being slightly longer in leg than
body) but still appearing square and
compact. Shoulders should have
good angulations with firm elbows
held close to the rib cage.
Hindquarters should be of medium
angulations with short strong hocks. Top line should remain level
with strong loin and level croup.
Flanks should rise up from a brisket
set just below the elbows, but should not be excessively deep. Ribs
should be well sprung but not barreled. Overall, the dog should
appear square, be balanced, athletic and with good muscling.
Movement: When trotting should be purposeful, strong and
elastic, with good reach and drive, giving the appearance of
Head: Sculptured, broad, well defined eyebrows, medium stop,
eyes set well apart, nose to eye slightly longer than eye to occiput.
The head should be clean and chiseled and fully coated as on the
body, legs and tail.
Ears: Set moderately flat against the head, base should be level
with the eye. Leather should be of medium thickness and when
gently drawn forward should reach the top canine tooth. Ear leather
reaching beyond the tip of nose is considered a severe fault. Ear
canals should be free of excessive hair, and not thick and bulbous.
When inquisitive and alert the ear set should rise to the top of the
head. Thick/heavy ear leather is a fault.
Eyes: Slightly round, large and expressive, always offering eye to
eye contact when engaged in activity with a human. Protruding or
sunken eyes are a fault. Watery or tearful eyes are a fault. Wide
round or narrow almond shaped eyes are considered a fault.
Eye Color: Eye color should complement and blend with the face
color. Blue, Red, Dark Chocolate and Silver dogs must have dark
brown eyes. All shades of Cafe', Milk Chocolate, Gold/Apricot,
Cream and Chalk should have dark hazel to brown eyes if they have
black pigment. Caramel and dogs with rose pigment may have either
dark eyes or ghost eyes. Ghost is a hazel color range much the same
as it is in humans. Flecking with different shades of hazel with green
and a blue/green make this eye color quite unique. Ghost eyes must
always remain soft in appearance. Cold staring expressionless
appearance in all eye colors is a severe fault.
Teeth: Scissor bite only is acceptable, being neither undershot nor
overshot. Miniatures must not have crowding teeth.
Nose: Large square and fleshy. Pigment: Black or Rose. Pigment
should be strong. Black pigment dogs must have dark brown eyes.
Pink spots or patches on nose, lips, eye rims or pads are a fault.
Dogs with rose pigment can have dark hazel, brown or ghost eyes.
Eye rims should be rose as should nose, lips and pads. Pink spots or
patches are a severe fault. Rose should be a rich liver color.
Neck: The firm, well muscled neck should be moderately long,
slightly arched and flow into the well angled shoulders with no
appearance of abruptness. The neck should not be coarse nor
stumpy and should lend an air of elegance to the dog. A short thick
neck is a fault. White but when compared to a true white it is a
chalky white) - may have rose or black Cream and Apricot Cream (all
shades and combinations of cream shades are acceptable) - may
have rose or black pigment.
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