ORIGIN :
Great Britain.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 24.06.1987.
UTILIZATION :
Terrier.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 3 Terriers.
Section
1 Large and medium-sized Terriers.
Without
working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE :
Smart, workmanlike, well balanced and compact.
BEHAVIOUR AND TEMPERAMENT : Gay, fearless demeanour, keen of expression, quick of movement, on
the tip-toe of expectation. Bold,
friendly and self-confident.
HEAD : Well balanced. Length of head from stop to tip of nose not
exceeding that from occiput to stop.
CRANIAL
REGION :
Skull
: Flat and refined.
FACIAL
REGION :
Nose
: Black, except in liver-coated dogs when the nose
will be liver.
Muzzle : Broad, but not too long.
Jaws/Teeth : Jaws powerful. Teeth even with
perfect, regular scissor bite, i. e. upper teeth closely overlapping the lower
teeth and set square to the jaws.
Eyes : Dark or hazel. Slanting eyes
undesirable.
Ears
: Moderately small, V-shaped and carried alertly. Set neither too high nor too low on head.
NECK : Reachy, slightly
arched, free from throatiness.
BODY :
Back : Strong, moderately short
Loins : Well coupled.
Chest : Reasonably narrow.
TAIL : Well set
on, carried gaily but not over back or curled.
Customarily docked.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS : Forelegs straight, well boned.
Shoulders : Well laid back.
HINDQUARTERS : Strong and muscular.
Thighs : long and powerful.
Stifles : Well turned.
Hocks : Low to ground.
Metatarsus
: Straight.
FEET : Small, compact, round and well padded.
GAIT / MOVEMENT :
Fore-and hindlegs carried straight forward and parallel. Elbows move perpendicular to body, working
free of sides, stifles turning neither in nor out. Good drive coming from well flexing
hindquarters.
COAT
HAIR : Dense, harsh and weather resisting with good undercoat.
COLOUR : Black and tan, blue and tan, red, wheaten, red grizzle, liver, blue
or black. Small tips of white on feet
and chest undesirable but permissible.
Mahogany or deep tan not typical.
SIZE AND WEIGHT :
Height
: Not exceeding
37 cm ( 14 ½ ins) at shoulder.
Weight : Dogs 17 lbs (7,7 kg) ; bitches 15 lbs (6,8 kg).
FAULTS : Any departure from the
foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which
the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.
N.B. : Male animals
should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.