BREED STANDARD

GENERAL APPEARANCE:

A DOG OF MEDIUM BUILD, ATHLETIC BUT NEVER RACEY.SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN TALL(AS 10-9), WITH LEG LENGTH SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN OVERALL HEIGHT. OVAL BONE IS NEITHER TOO HEAVY OR TOO LIGHT.

HEAD:

NOT TOO BROAD, SKULL SLIGHTLY DOMED. MUZZLE SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN SKULL, STRONG AND GENTLY
TAPERING. LIPS CLOSE FITTING AND ALWAYS BLACK. CHEEKS FLAT. NOSE BLACK (WINTER NOSES ACCEPTABLE) AND NOSTRILS LARGE. SLIGHT STOP. PERFECT SCISSOR BITE.

EYES:

OVAL, FORWARD FACING AND SET AT A SLIGHTLY OBLIQUE ANGLE. YELLOW TO BROWN TO BE PREFERRED, BUT ANY COLOUR  PERMITTED.

EARS:

SET FAIRLY HIGH, NOT TOO LARGE AND CARRIED ERECT.

NECK:

STRONG AND MUSCULAR WITH A WELL DEFINED NAPE.

SHOULDERS:

MODERATELY SLOPING AND FLAT. ELBOWS FITTING CLOSE TO CHEST, WHICH MUST NOT BE TOO  BROAD.

BODY:

TOPLINE LEVEL, RIBS WELL BACK. LOIN SHORT AND DEEP WITH NO EXAGGERATED TUCK UP. CROUP BROAD AND FAIRLY SHORT BUT NOT TOO STEEP. TAIL SET FAIRLY HIGH AND  REACHING TO THE HOCK, CARRIED LOW WHEN STANDING, MAY BE LIFTED WHEN EXCITED BUT MUST NOT BE CARRIED OVER THE BACK. GOOD REAR 
ANGULATION. SHORT HOCKS.

HIND FEET:

OVAL, MAY HAVE FIVE TOES BUT DEW CLAWS REMOVED IS PREFERED BUT NOT ESSENTIAL.

FORE FEET:

ROUND, PASTERNS UPRIGHT BUT FLEXIBLE. PADS BLACK AND WELL CUSHIONED WITH HAIR.

COAT:

DENSE DOUBLE COAT, SLIGHTLY HARSH IN TEXTURE. BODY COAT 3-5CM, LONGER ON RUFF AND BREACHES. TAIL BUSHY.

GAIT:

EASY AND FAR REACHING, COVERS THE GROUND.

SIZE:

BITCHES 22 INCHES MIN, DOGS 24 INCHES MIN. DOGS CAN BE UPTO 32 INCHES BUT OVERALL BALANCE MORE IMPORTANT THAN SIZE.

COLOUR:

PURE WHITE OR ANY COLOUR SABLE FROM TIMBER WOLF GREY,  APRICOT THROUGH TO PURE BLACK. WHITE FACES ARE  PERMITTED ON ANY COLOUR BUT WHERE WHITE APPEARS ON THE LEGS AND FEET IT MUST BE GRADUAL.

TEMPERMENT:

FRIENDLY AND PLACID. NEVER AGGRESSIVE OR SHOWING ANY GUARDING TENDENCIES. WILL
SUBMIT WHEN  CHALLENGED.

FAULTS:

GAY TAILS, LONG COATS AND PATCHY/PINTO COLOURS