Forequarters Coat
The shoulders are strong, sloping, muscular and well angulated The coat is smooth, a double coat with a short dense undercoat.
to the upper arm and should not be too closely set at the point of The outer-coat is close, each hair straight, hard, and lying flat, so
the withers. The forelegs have strong, round bone, extending to that it is rain-resisting. Under the body, to behind the legs, the coat
the feet and should be straight and parallel when viewed from the is longer and forms near the thigh a mild form of breeching. On the
front, but the pasterns should show flexibility with a slight angle to head (including the inside of the ears), to the front of the legs and
the forearm when viewed from the side. Although the shoulders feet, the hair is short. Along the neck it is longer and thicker. A coat
are muscular and the bone is strong, loaded shoulders and heavy either too long or too short is a fault. As an average, the hairs on the
fronts will hamper correct movement and limit working ability. body should be from 2.5 to 4 cms (approx. 1-1.5 ins) in length.
Body Color (Blue)
The length of the body from the point of the breast bone, in a The color should be blue, blue-mottled or blue speckled with or
straight line to the buttocks, is greater than the height at the without other markings. The permissible markings are black,
withers, as 10 is to 9. The topline is level, back strong with ribs blue or tan markings on the head, evenly distributed for
well sprung and carried well back not barrel ribbed. The chest preference. The forelegs tan midway up the legs and extending
is deep, muscular and moderately broad with the loins up the front to breast and throat, with tan on jaws; the
broad, strong and muscular and the flanks deep. The dog is hindquarters tan on inside of hindlegs, and inside of thighs,
strongly coupled. showing down the front of the stifles and broadening out to the
outside of the hindlegs from hock to toes. Tan undercoat is
Hindquarters
permissible on the body providing it does not show through the
The hindquarters are broad, strong and muscular. The croup is
blue outer coat. Black markings on the body are not desirable.
rather long and sloping, thighs long, broad and well developed, the
stifles well turned and the hocks strong and well let down. When
Color (Red Speckle)
viewed from behind, the hind legs, from the hocks to the feet, are The color should be of good even red speckle all over, including
straight and placed parallel, neither close nor too wide apart. the undercoat, (neither white nor cream), with or without darker
red markings on the head. Even head markings are desirable.
Feet
Red markings on the body are permissible but not desirable.
The feet should be round and the toes short, strong, well arched
and held close together. The pads are hard and deep, and the
Size
nails must be short and strong. Height: Dogs 46-51 cms (approx. 18-20 ins) at withers
Bitches 43-48 cms (approx. 17-19 ins) at withers
Tail
The set on of tail is moderately low, following the contours of the
Faults
sloping croup and of length to reach approximately to the hock. Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a
At rest it should hang in a very slight curve. During movement or fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded
excitement the tail may be raised, but under no circumstances should be in exact proportion to its degree.
should any part of the tail be carried past a vertical line drawn
through the root. The tail should carry a good brush.
Approved: January 11, 1999
Effective: February 24, 1999
Gait/Movement
The action is true, free, supple and tireless and
the movement of the shoulders and forelegs is
in unison with the powerful thrust of the
hindquarters. The capability of quick and sudden
movement is essential. Soundness is of paramount
importance and stiltiness, loaded or slack shoulders,
straight shoulder placement, weakness at elbows, pasterns
or feet, straight stifles, cow or bow hocks, must be regarded
as serious faults. When trotting the feet tend to come closer
together at ground level as speed increases, but when the dog
comes to rest he should stand four square.
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