ORIGIN: Great Britain
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID STANDARD: 24.06.1987
UTILIZATION: Terrier
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.: Group 3 Terriers, Section 3 Bull type Terriers, Without working trial
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Smooth-coated, well balanced, of great strength for his size. Muscular, active and agile.
BEHAVIOUR AND TEMPERAMENT: Traditionally of indomitable courage and tenacity. Highly intelligent and affectionate especially with children. Bold, fearless and totally reliable.
HEAD: Short
CRANIAL REGION
Skull: Deep through with broad skull
Stop: Distinct
FACIAL REGION
Nose: Black
Muzzle: Short foreface
Jaws/Teeth: 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 jaw.
Lips: Tight and clean
Cheeks: Very pronounced cheek muscles
Eyes: Dark preferred but may bear some relation to coat colour. Round, of medium size, and set to look straight ahead. Eye rims dark.
Ears: Rose or half pricked, not large or heavy. Full, drop or pricked ears highly undesirable.
NECK: Muscular, rather short, clean in outline gradually widening towards shoulders.
BODY: Close-coupled
Topline: Level
Chest: Wide front, deep brisket, well sprung ribs, muscular and well defined.
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.
LIMBS
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
Elbows: No looseness
HINDQUARTERS: Well muscled. Legs parallel when viewed from behind.
Stifles: Well bent
Hocks: Well let down
FEET: Well padded, strong and of medium size. Nails black in solid coloured dogs.
GAIT/ MOVEMENT: Free, powerfull and agile with economy of effort. Legs moving parallel when viewed from front or rear. Discernible drive from hindlegs.
COAT
HAIR: Smooth, short and close.
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.
SIZE AND WEIGHT:
Desirable height at withers: 14-16 ins. (35,5 to 40,5 cm), these heights being related to the weights.
Weight: Dogs: 28-38 lbs (12,7-17 kg), Bitches: 24-34 lbs (11-15,4 kg)
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 and its effect
upon the health and welfare of the dog.
DISQUALIFYING FAULTS:
Aggressive or overly shy dogs. Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.
N.B:
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
Only functionally and clinically healthy dogs, with breed typical conformation, should be used for breeding.
