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GENERAL APPEARANCE - Symmetrical, balanced,
active, powerful, level mover; sound with kindly expression.
CHARACTERISTICS - Biddable, intelligent and possessing natural working ability.
TEMPERAMENT
- Kindly, friendly and confident.
HEAD AND SKULL
- Balanced and well-chiselled, skull broad without coarseness; well set on
neck, muzzle powerful, wide and deep. Length of foreface approximately
equals length from well-defined stop to occiput. Nose preferably black.
EYES
- Dark brown, set well apart, dark rims.
EARS
- Moderate size, set on approximate level with eyes.
MOUTH - Jaws strong, with a
perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. Upper teeth closely
overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws.
NECK - Good length, clean and
muscular.
FOREQUARTERS
- Forelegs straight with good bone, shoulders well laid back, long in
blade with upper arm of equal length placing legs well under body. Elbows
close fitting.
BODY
- Balanced, short coupled, deep through heart. Ribs deep, well sprung.
Level topline.
HINDQUARTERS
- Loin and legs strong and muscular, good second thighs, well bent
stifles. Hocks well let down, straight when viewed from rear, neither
turning in nor out. Cow hocks
highly undesirable.
FEET
- Round and cat-like.
TAIL
- Set on and carried level with back, reaching to hocks, without curl at
tip.
GAIT/MOVEMENT
- Powerful with good drive. Straight and true in front and rear. Stride
long and free with no sign of hackney action in front.
COAT
- Flat or wavy with good feathering, dense water-resisting undercoat.
COLOUR - Any shade of gold or
cream, neither red nor mahogany. A few white hairs on chest only,
permissible.
SIZE -
Height: Dogs 56-61 cms (22-24 ins) at withers
Bitches 51-56 cms (20-22 ins) at withers
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.
NOTE - Male animals should have
two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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