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GENERAL APPEARANCE : Medium sized with medium length
coat, great strength with the impression of maximum substance for
the size of the dog.
	
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS : Body longer than high.
	
BEHAVIOUR - TEMPERAMENT : Active, agile and silent when working. 
Game and spirited with great courage when called upon, otherwise
gentle and docile.
	
HEAD/CRANIAL REGION:
Skull Of good width and of fair length. Stop : Pronounced, tapering to 
the nose. 
	
FACIAL REGION : Foreface of power.
	
Nose Black.
	
Mouth : Jaws strong, teeth sound, regular, strong, of good size. 
Scissor bite. Level mouth accepted. 
	
Eyes Brown, medium size, round and set well apart. Light eyes should
be penalized.
	
Ears Small rose or half pricked when alert, thrown back when in repose. 
Full drop or prick undesirable.
	
NECK : Very muscular and of moderate length.
	
BODY : Deep and long, and longer than high.
	
Topline Straight.
	
Loin: Strong.
	
Chest: Wide and strong, ribs well sprung.
	
Tail: Docked. Strong at root, well set on and carried gaily. Pups tails
docked to half length.


FOREQUARTERS
	 
Shoulders : Broad, muscular and well laid back. Forelegs
Short, bowed and well
boned. 
	
HINDQUARTERS 
	 
Strong and well muscled.
	
Thighs : Good
	 
Stifle Good bent.
	
Hocks: Turned neither in nor out.
	 
Feet Compact and strong with rounded pads. Front feet to turn out 
slightly form pasterns. 
	 
GAIT/MOVEMENT : Free, not hackneyed. Covers ground effortlessly 
with good drive behind.
	
COAT
	
Hair : Medium length, of harsh texture with soft undercoat. Coat may 
be tided to present a neat outline.
	
Color : Blue brindle but not toning to black. Wheaten, from a light 
wheaten color to a golden reddish shade. Puppies usually born true 
to type, In color blue, wheaten, reddish. Masks are usually an inky
blue, there may be a streak of blue down back, on tails and ears. 
The darker markings will clear with maturity.
	
SIZE AND WEIGHT
	
Height at the withers Dogs 14 inches (35,5 cm) is the maximum 
Bitches accordingly less. 
	
Weight Dogs 35 lbs (16kg) Bitches accordingly less.
	
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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