General Appearance   

A small, active and graceful dog; medium - to fine boned, smooth hairless body, with hair on feet, head and tail only; or covered with a soft veil of hair.

Characteristics

Two distinct types of this breed; Deer type, racy and fine boned, and Cobby type, heavier in body and bone.

Temperament

Happy, never vicious.

Head and Skull

Slightly rounded an delongated skull. Cheeks cleanly chiselled, lean and flat, tapering into muzzle. Stop slightly pronounced but not extreme. Head smooth, without excess wrinkles. Distance from base of skull to stop equal to distance from stop to tip of nose. Muzzle tapering slightly but never pointed, lean without flews. Nose a prominent feature, narrow in keeping with muzzle. Any colour nose acceptable. Head presenting graceful appearnace, with alert expression. Lips tight and thin. An ideal crest begins at the stop and tapers off down neck. Long and flowing crest preferred, but sparse acceptable.

Eyes

So dark as to appear black. Little or no white showing.Medium size, almond in shape. Set wide apart.

Ears

Set low; highest point of base of ear level with outside corner of eye. Large and erect, with or without fringe, except in Powderpuffs where drop ears are acceptable.

Mouth

Jaws strong, with perfect, regular scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws.

Neck

Lean, free from throatiness, long and sloping gracefully into strong shoulders. When moving, carrie dhigh and slightly arched.

Forequarters

Shoulders clean, narrow and well laid back. Legs long and slender, set well under body. Elbows held close to body. Pasterns fine, strong, nearly vertical. Toes turned neither in nor out.

Body

Medium to long. Supple. Chest rather broad and deep,  not barrel-ribbed. Breastbone not prominent. Brisket extending to elbows, moderate tuck up.

Hindquarters

Rump well rounded and muscular, loin taut, stifles firm and long, sweeping smoothly into well let down hocks. Angulation of the rear limbs must be such as to roduce a level back. Hind legs are set wide apart.

Feet

Extreme harefoot, narrow and very long with unique elongation of small bones between joints, especially in forefeet, which almost appear to posess an extra joint. Nails any colour, moderately long. Socks ideally confirned to toes, but not extending above top of pastern. Feet turning neither in nor out.

Tail

Set high, carried up or out when in motion. Long and tapering, fairly straight, not curle dor twisted to either side, falling naturally when at rest. Plume long and flowing, confined to lower two-thirds of tail. Sparse plume acceptable.

Gait/Movement

Long, flowing and elegant with good reach and plenty of drive.

Coat

No large patches of hair anywhere on body. Skin fine-grained, smooth, warm to the touch. In Powderpuffs coat consists of an undercoat with soft veil of long hair, veil coat a feature.

Colour

Any colour or combination of colour.

Size

Ideal height in dogs; 28-33 cm (11 - 13 in) at withers; bitches; 23-30 cm (9-12 in) at withers. Weight varies considerably, but should not be over 5.4 kg (12 lb).

Faults

Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered afault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.

Note: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

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