General Appearance
A small, active and graceful dog; medium to fine boned,
smooth hairless body, with hair on feet, head and tail
only or covered with soft veil of hair.
Characteristics
Two distinct types of this breed; Deer type, racy and
fine boned, and Cobby type, heavier in body and bone.
Temperament
Happy, never vicious.
Head and Skull
Slightly rounded and elongated skull. Cheeks cleanly
chiselled, lean and flat, tapering into muzzle. Stop
slightly pronounced but not extreme. Head smooth,
without excess wrinkles. Distance from base of skull to
stop equal to distance from stop to tip of nose. Muzzle
tapering slightly but never pointed, lean without flews.
Nose a prominent feature, narrow in keeping with the
muzzle. Any colour nose acceptable. Head presenting
graceful appearance, with alert expression. Lips tight
and thin; ideally, crest beginning at stop tapering off
down neck. Crest itself may flow to any length, a long
and flowing crest preferred, but spars acceptable.
Eyes
So dark as to appear black. Little or no white showing.
Medium size. Set wide apart.
Ears
Set low; highest point of base of ear level with outside
corner of eye. Large and erect, with or without fringe,
except in Powder Puffs where drop ears are permissible.
Mouth
Jaws strong, with perfect, regular scissor bite, i.e.
the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and
set square to the jaws.
Neck
Lean, free from throatiness, long and sloping gracefully
into strong shoulders. When moving, carried high and
slightly arched.
Forequarters
Shoulders clean, narrow and well laid back. Legs long
and slender, set well under body. Elbows held close to
body. Pasterns fine, strong, nearly vertical. Toes
turned in nor out.
Body
Medium to long. Supple. Chest rather broad and deep, not
barrelribbed. Breast bone not prominent. Brisket
extending to elbows; moderate tuckup.
Hindquarters
Rump well-rounded and muscular, loins taut, stifles firm
and long, sweeping smoothly into the well let-down hock.
Angulation of the rear limb must be such as to produce a
level back. Hind-legs set wide apart.
Feet
Extreme hare foot, narrow and very long, with unique
elongation of small bones between joints, especially in
forefeet, which almost appear to possess an extra joint.
Nails any colour, moderately long. Socks ideally
confined to toes, but not extending above top of
pastern. Feet turning neither in nor out.
Tail
Set high, carried up or out when in motion. Long and
tapering, fairly straight, not curled or twisted to
either side, falling naturally when at rest. Plume long
and flowing, confined to lower thirds of tail. Sparse
plume acceptable.
Gait/Movement
Long, flowing and elegant with good reach and plenty of
drive.
Coat
No large patches of hair anywhere on body. Skin fine
grained. Smooth warm to the touch. In Powder Puffs coat
consists of an undercoat with soft veil of long hair,
well coated feature.
Colour
Any colour or combination of colours.
Size
Ideal height in dogs: 28-33cm (11-13 ins) at withers.
Bitches: 23-30cm (9-12 ins) at withers. Weight varies
considerably, but should not be over 5 1/2 kgs (12 lbs).
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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