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neither sunken nor too color, expression alert, prominent,
and in color dark but kind and and soft. The outside corner intelligent;
the eyes should be on a line with the should set square across cheeks as
viewed from the brow and the outside front. corners should be on a line
with the cheeks as viewed from the front.
12 MUZZLE: Short, square, 12 MUZZLE: Short, square, wide and
deep; free from wide and deep, without wrinkles; shorter in wrinkles.

Nose black and length than in width and wide, with a well defined
depth, and in proportion straight line between to skull; width and
nostrils. The jaws broad depth carried out well and square, with short,
to end. Nose black and regular teeth. The chops wide, with well defined
wide and deep, not line between nostrils. pendulous, completely The
jaws broad and covering the teeth when square, with short mouth is
closed. regular teeth. The chops of good depth, but not pendulous,
completely covering the teeth when mouth is closed. The muzzle
should not exceed in approximate length one-third of length of skull.
2 EARS: Small and thin, 2 EARS: Small and thin, situated as near
corners situated as near corners of skull as possible. of skull as
possible.
HEAD FAULTS: Skull "domed" or inclined; furrowed by a medial line;
skull too long for breadth, or vice versa; stop too shallow; brow and
skull too slanting. Eyes small or sunken; too prominent; light color;
showing too much white or haw. Muzzle wedge shaped or lacking
depth; down faced; too much cut out below the eyes; pinched nostrils;
protruding teeth; weak lower jaw; showing "turn up." Poorly carried
ears or out of proportion.
3 NECK: Of fair length, 5 NECK: Of fair length, slightly arched and
without throatiness and carrying the head slightly arched. gracefully;
setting neatly into shoulders.
NECK FAULTS: Ewe-necked; throatiness; short and thick.
15 BODY: Deep with good 15 BODY: Deep and broad of width of
chest; chest, well ribbed up. shoulders sloping; back Back short, not
roached. short; ribs deep and Loins and quarters strong. well sprung,
carried well back of loins; loins short and muscular; rump curving
slightly to set-on of tail. Flank slightly cut up. The body should appear
short, but not chunky.
BODY FAULTS: Flat sides; narrow chest; long or slack loins; roach
back; sway back; too much cut up in flank.

4 ELBOWS: Standing 2 ELBOWS: Standing neither neither in nor out.
in nor out.
5 FORELEGS: Set moderately 4 FORELEGS: Wide apart, wide apart
and on a line straight and well with the points of the muscled. shoulders;
straight in bone and well muscled; pasterns short and strong.
5 HINDLEGS: Set true; bent 4 HINDLEGS: Straight, at stifles; short
from quite long from stifle hocks to feet; hocks to hock (which should
turning neither in nor turn neither in nor out; thighs strong and out),
short and straight well muscled. from hock to pasterns. Thighs well
muscled. Hocks not too prominent.
5 FEET: Round, small and 2 FEET: Small, nearly compact, and turned
round, and turned neither in nor out; toes neither in nor out. Toes well
arched. compact and arched.
LEG AND FEET FAULTS: Loose shoulders or elbows; hind legs too
straight at stifles; hocks too prominent; long or weak pasterns; splay
feet.
5 TAIL: Set-on low; short, 10 TAIL: Set-on low, short, fine and
tapering; fine and tapering, straight or screw; devoid of fringe or devoid
of fringe or coarse hair, and not coarse hair, and not carried above the
carried above horizontal. horizontal.
TAIL FAULTS: A long or gaily carried tail; extremely gnarled or
curled against body.
(Note: The preferred tail should not exceed in length approximately
half the distance from set-on to hock.)
4 COLOR: Brindle with 8 COLOR: Any color, white markings. brindle,
evenly marked with white, strongly preferred.
10 IDEAL MARKINGS: White 4 MARKINGS: White muzzle, even
white blaze muzzle, blaze on face, over head, collar, collar, chest and
feet. breast, part or whole of forelegs and hindlegs below hocks.

COLOR AND MARKINGS FAULTS: All white; absence of white
markings; preponderance of white on body; without the proper
proportion of brindle and white on head; or any variations detracting
from the general appearance.
3 COAT: Short, smooth, 3 COAT: Fine in texture, bright and fine in
short, bright and not texture. too hard.
COAT FAULTS: Long or coarse; lacking lustre.
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WEIGHTS: Not exceeding WEIGHT: Lightweight class, 27 pounds,
divided as 12 and not to exceed 17 follows: pounds; middleweight
Lightweight: Under 17 class, 17 and not to pounds. exceed 22 pounds;
Middleweight: 17 and not heavyweight class, 22 and exceeding 22
pounds. not to exceed 28 pounds. Heavyweight: 22 and not exceeding
27 pounds.
DISQUALIFICATIONS: DISQUALIFICATIONS: Docked Solid
black, black and tail and any artificial tan,