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Breed
Standard
Faults
SKULL: Too narrow in skull.

MUZZLE: Too long and heavy a foreface; mouth overshot or undershot.

EYES: Too large, round at points, set too close together, set too high on the head' heavily covered with hair.

LEGS AND FEET: Too light or too heavy bone. Crooked forelegs or out at elbow. Thin, ferrety feet; feet let down on the heel or too open and spread. Too high or too low on the leg.

BODY: Too short back and compact a body, hampering quickness of movement and turning ability. Too long, weedy and snaky a body, giving an impression of weakness. Tail set on too low. Back not level.

COAT: Open coats, blousy coats, too short or dead coats, lack of sufficient undercoar, lack of head furnishings, lack of hard hair on the legs. Silkiness or curliness. A slight wave permissible.

NOSE : Flesh or light colored nose.

COLOR: White on chest, feet or other parts of body.

Approved May 10, 1938, American Kennel Club Book of Standards

 
General
Appearance
Skull and
Muzzle
 
Teeth,
Nose, Ears
and Eyes
 

Tail and
Body

 
Shoulders,
Legs and
Feet
 
Movement
 
Other
 
Grooming
 
Faults