beauty
is only skin deep, boy do I have a lot of skin
Shar, Anthony, Nathan And Jaynalee Tetley
R.M.B. 1117c
Hawkers Rd
Waaia
Phone (03) 58683358
Dont iron me, just love me
GENERAL APPEARANCE
- Alert, active, compact, short coupled, squarely built. Dogs
larger and more powerful than bitches.
CHARACTERISTICS
- Loose skin, frowning expression, harsh bristly coat
TEMPERAMENT
- Calm, independent, very affectionate, and devoted to people.
HEAD AND SKULL
- Rather large in proportion to body, skull flat, broad, moderate stop. Length from nose to stop approximately equal to length from stop to
occiput. Fine wrinkles on forehead and cheeks continuing to form
dewlaps. Muzzle distinctive feature of breed. Broad and full
with no suggestion of tapering. The lips and top of muzzle padded,
causing a slight bulge at the base of nose. When viewed from front, bottom jaw
appears wider than top due to padding of lips. Nose large, wide, preferably
black but any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible.
EYES
- Dark, medium size, almond shaped with frowning expression. Amber
and lighter colour permissible in paler shades. Function
of eyeball or lid in no way disturbed by surrounding skin, folds or hair.
Any sign of irritation of eyeball, conjunctiva or eyelids highly undesirable.
Free from entropion.
EARS
- Very small, rather thick, equilaterally triangular in shape, slightly rounded
at tip and set high on the skull, with tips pointing towards eyes, set well
forward over eyes, wide apart and close to skull. Pricked
ears highly undesirable.
MOUTH
Tongue, roof of mouth, gums and flews: solid bluish-black is preferred. Solid pink tongue undesirable. Dogs with self-coloured
pigment and amber to light brown eyes would be expected to have a lavender
tongue. Teeth strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e.
the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws.
Padding of lower lip should not be so excessive so as to interfere with the
bite.
NECK Medium in length, strong, full;
set well on shoulders, with loose skin under neck.
FOREQUARTERS - Shoulders muscular, well laid and sloping. Elbows close to the body. Forelegs
straight, moderate length, good bone; pasterns slightly sloping, strong and
flexible.
BODY Height at withers approximately equal to the length from point of
shoulders to point of buttock.
Depth of brisket approximately half of height at withers. Chest
broad and deep, underline rising slightly under loin. Back short,
strong. Topline dips slightly behind withers then
rises over short, broad loin. Adult dogs should display moderate wrinkling over
shoulders and base of tail. Excessive skin on body when
mature highly undesirable.
HINDQUARTERS
- Muscular, strong; moderately angulated; hocks well let down without excessive
wrinkling or thickening.
FEET
- Moderate size, compact, toes well knuckled. Fore and hind dewclaws may be
removed.
TAIL
- Rounded, narrowing to fine point, base set very high. May be carried high and
curved; carried in tight curl; or curved over. Lack of, or
incomplete, tail highly undesirable.
GAIT/MOVEMENT
- Free, vigorous and balanced, rear single tracking is normal at a fast trot.
Stilted gait undesirable.
COAT Extremely harsh coat, straight and off-standing on the body but
flatter on the limbs. No undercoat.
Length varies from short and bristly, under 1.25 cm ( half
an inch) or longer and thicker, between 1.25 cm ( half an inch) and 2.5 cm (one
inch), but still off-standing and harsh to the touch.
N.B. No particular coat length within the accepted length should be
preferred above the other. Never trimmed.
COLOUR
All solid colours except white are acceptable. Frequently
shaded on tail and back of thighs with lighter colour.
SIZE
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Height: 46-51 cms (18-20 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.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder my
owner thinks I am beautiful a reflection of herself.