F
Fo
or
re
eq
qu
ua
ar
rtte
er
rs
s
The shoulders are strong, sloping, muscular and well angulated
to the upper arm and should not be too closely set at the point of
the withers. The forelegs have strong, round bone, extending to
the feet and should be straight and parallel when viewed from the
front, but the pasterns should show flexibility with a slight angle to
the forearm when viewed from the side. Although the shoulders
are muscular and the bone is strong, loaded shoulders and heavy
fronts will hamper correct movement and limit working ability.
B
Bo
od
dy
y
The length of the body from the point of the breast bone, in a
straight line to the buttocks, is greater than the height at the
withers, as 10 is to 9. The topline is level, back strong with ribs
well sprung and carried well back not barrel ribbed. The chest
is deep, muscular and moderately broad with the loins
broad, strong and muscular and the flanks deep. The dog is
strongly coupled.
H
Hiin
nd
dq
qu
ua
ar
rtte
er
rs
s
The hindquarters are broad, strong and muscular. The croup is
rather long and sloping, thighs long, broad and well developed, the
stifles well turned and the hocks strong and well let down. When
viewed from behind, the hind legs, from the hocks to the feet, are
straight and placed parallel, neither close nor too wide apart.
F
Fe
ee
ett
The feet should be round and the toes short, strong, well arched
and held close together. The pads are hard and deep, and the
nails must be short and strong.
T
Ta
aiill
The set on of tail is moderately low, following the contours of the
sloping croup and of length to reach approximately to the hock.
At rest it should hang in a very slight curve. During movement or
excitement the tail may be raised, but under no circumstances
should any part of the tail be carried past a vertical line drawn
through the root. The tail should carry a good brush.
G
Ga
aiitt/
/M
Mo
ov
ve
em
me
en
ntt
The action is true, free, supple and tireless and
the movement of the shoulders and forelegs is
in unison with the powerful thrust of the
hindquarters. The capability of quick and sudden
movement is essential. Soundness is of paramount
importance and stiltiness, loaded or slack shoulders,
straight shoulder placement, weakness at elbows, pasterns
or feet, straight stifles, cow or bow hocks, must be regarded
as serious faults. When trotting the feet tend to come closer
together at ground level as speed increases, but when the dog
comes to rest he should stand four square.
C
Co
oa
att
The coat is smooth, a double coat with a short dense undercoat.
The outer-coat is close, each hair straight, hard, and lying flat, so
that it is rain-resisting. Under the body, to behind the legs, the coat
is longer and forms near the thigh a mild form of breeching. On the
head (including the inside of the ears), to the front of the legs and
feet, the hair is short. Along the neck it is longer and thicker. A coat
either too long or too short is a fault. As an average, the hairs on the
body should be from 2.5 to 4 cms (approx. 1-1.5 ins) in length.
C
Co
ollo
or
r ((B
Bllu
ue
e))
The color should be blue, blue-mottled or blue speckled with or
without other markings. The permissible markings are black,
blue or tan markings on the head, evenly distributed for
preference. The forelegs tan midway up the legs and extending
up the front to breast and throat, with tan on jaws; the
hindquarters tan on inside of hindlegs, and inside of thighs,
showing down the front of the stifles and broadening out to the
outside of the hindlegs from hock to toes. Tan undercoat is
permissible on the body providing it does not show through the
blue outer coat. Black markings on the body are not desirable.
C
Co
ollo
or
r ((R
Re
ed
d S
Sp
pe
ec
ck
klle
e))
The color should be of good even red speckle all over, including
the undercoat, (neither white nor cream), with or without darker
red markings on the head. Even head markings are desirable.
Red markings on the body are permissible but not desirable.
S
Siiz
ze
e
Height: Dogs 46-51 cms (approx. 18-20 ins) at withers
Bitches 43-48 cms (approx. 17-19 ins) at withers
F
Fa
au
ulltts
s
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.
Approved: January 11, 1999
Effective: February 24, 1999