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Neck, Topline, Body – The neck is strong and muscular,
clean-cut and relatively long, proportionate in size to the head, and
without loose folds of skin. When the dog is at attention or excited, the
head is raised and the neck carried high; otherwise, typical carriage of the
head is forward rather than up, but a little higher than the top of the
shoulders, particularly in motion.
Topline: The withers are higher than and
sloping into the level back. The back is straight, very strongly
developed without sag or roach, and relatively short.
The whole structure of the body gives an impression of
depth and solidity without bulkiness. |
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Chest: Commencing at the posternum, it is well filled
and carried well down between the legs. It is deep and capacious, never
shallow, with ample room for lungs and heart, carried well forward, with the
posternum showing ahead of the shoulder in profile.
Ribs: Well sprung and long, neither barrel-shaped nor too flat, and
carried down to a sternum which reaches to the elbows. Correct ribbing
allows the elbows to move back freely when the dog is at a trot. Too round
causes interference and throws the elbows out; too flat or short causes
pinched elbows. Ribbing is carried well back so that the loin is relatively
short.
Abdomen: Firmly held and not paunchy. The bottom
line is only moderately tucked up in the loin.
Loin: Viewed from the top, broad and strong. Undue
length between the last rib and the thigh, when viewed from the side, is
undesirable.
Croup long and gradually sloping.
Tail bushy, with the last vertebra extended at
least to the hock joint. It is set smoothly into the croup and low rather
than high. At rest, the tail hangs in a slight curve like a saber. A slight
hook–sometimes carried to one side is faulty only to the extent that it mars
general appearance. |
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Forequarters – The shoulder blades are long and obliquely angled, laid
on flat and not placed forward. The upper arm joins the shoulder blade at
about a right angle. Both the upper arm ad the shoulder blade are well
muscled. The forelegs, viewed from all sides, are straight and the bone oval
rather than round. The pasterns are strong and springy and angulated at
approximately a 24-degree angle from the vertical. Dewclaws on the forelegs
may be removed, but are normally left on.
The feet
are short, compact, with toes well arched, pads thick and firm, nails short
and dark.
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