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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 |
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