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Breed Standard

Head & Skull
Head carried high, long & reasonably lean, with well-defined stop
Skull oval from ear to ear, showing plenty of brain room
A well-defined occipital protuberance
Muzzle moderately deep & fairly square
From stop to point of nose = length of skull from occiput to eyes
Nostrils wide and jaws of nearly equal length
Flews not too pendulous
Colours of nose black or liver, according to colour of coat

CORRECT
CORRECT
CORRECT
CORRECT

INCORRECT
"Snipy" Head
Small Eyes

INCORRECT
"Snipy" Head
High Ears

INCORRECT
Short Muzzle
Not Clean in Throat
"Throaty"
INCORRECT
Coarse, Lumpy Head
Short, "Dish" Muzzle, Pendulous Flews
Round in Eye

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