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| Kennel Club, London 1994 F.C.I. Standard No. 76 Courtesy ANKC |
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| GENERAL APPEARANCE - Smooth coated, well balanced, of great strength for his size. Muscular, active and agile. |
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| CHARACTERISTICS - Traditionally of indomitable courage and tenacity. Highly intelligent and affectionate especially with children. |
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| TEMPERAMENT - Bold, fearless and totally reliable. |
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| HEAD AND SKULL - Short, deep though with broad skull. Very pronounced cheek muscles, distinct stop, short foreface, nose black. |
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| EYES - Dark preferred but may bear some relation to coat colour. Round, of medium size, and set to look straight ahead. Eye rims dark. |
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| EARS - Rose or half pricked, not large or heavy. Full, drop or pricked ears highly undesirable. |
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| MOUTH - Lips tight and clean. Jaws strong, teeth large, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws. |
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| NECK - Muscular, rather short, clean in outline gradually widening towards shoulder. |
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| FOREQUARTERS - Legs straight and well boned, set rather wide apart, showing no weakness at the pasterns, from which point feet turn out a little. Shoulders well laid back with no looseness at elbow. |
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| BODY - Close coupled, with level topline, wide front, deep brisket, well sprung ribs; muscular and well defined. |
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| HINDQUARTERS - Well muscled, hocks well let down with stifles well bent. Legs parallel when viewed from behind. |
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| FEET - Well padded, strong and of medium size. Nails black in solid coloured dogs. |
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| TAIL - Medium length, low set, tapering to a point and carried rather low. Should not curl much and may be likened to an old fashioned pump handle. |
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| GAIT/MOVEMENT - Free, powerful and agile with economy of effort. Legs moving parallel when viewed from front or rear. Discernible drive from hindlegs. |
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| COAT - Smooth, short and close. |
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| COLOUR - Red, fawn, white, black or blue, or any one of these colours with white. Any shade of brindle or any shade of brindle with white. Black and tan or liver colour highly undesirable. |
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| SIZE - Weight: Dogs 12.7-17 kg (28-38 lbs) at withers. Bitches 11-15.4 kg (24-34 lbs) at withers. Desirable Height: 14 -16 inches (these heights being related to the weights) |
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| 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. |
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| NOTE - Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum. |
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| Terrier Group A.N.K.C. © January 1998 |
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