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Character:
Gay and assertive, but chary of strangers.
Size:
Variable, but about 10 inches or 11 inches at shoulder for dogs, bitches slightly smaller.
Color:
All colors equally acceptable with or without dark tips to ears and beard.
Body Shape:
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.
Coat:
Heavy, straight, hard, not woolly nor silky, of good length, and very dense.
Mouth and Muzzle:
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.
Legs:
Forelegs straight; both forelegs and hind legs heavily furnished with hair.
Feet:
Well feathered, should be round and catlike, with good pads.
Tail and Carriage:
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.
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