The Breed Standard Kennel Club, London 1994 F.C.I Standard no.76 Coutesy ANKC GENERAL APPEARANCE - Smooth coated, well balanced, of great strength for size. Muscular active and agile. CHARACTERISTICS - Traditionally of indominable courage and tenacity. Highly intelligent and affectionate especially with children. TEMPERAMENT - Bold fearless and totally reliable. HEAD AND SKULL - Short, deep through with broad skull. Very pronounced cheek muscles, distinct stop, short forface, nose black. 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 undesireable. MOUTH - Lips tight and clean. 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 jaws. NECK - Muscular, rather short, clean in outline gradually widening towards shoulder. 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 with no looseness at elbow. BODY - Close coupled with level topline. Wide front, deep brisket, well sprung ribs; muscular and well defined. HINDQUARTERS - Well muscled, hocks well let down with stifles well bent. Legs parellel when viewed from behind. FEET - Well padded, strong and of medium size. Nails black in solid coloured dogs. TAIL - Medium legth, low set, tappering to a point and carried rather low. Shoul not curl much and may be likened to an old fashioned pump handle. GATE/MOVEMENT - Free, powerful and agile with economy of effort. Legs moving parellel when viewed from front or rear. Discernable drive from hindlegs. COAT - Smooth, short and close. COLOUR - Red, fawn, white, black or blue, or any of these colours with white. SIZE - Weight: Dogs 12.7-17 kgs. (28-38 lbs). Bitches 11-15.4 kgs. (24-34 lbs). Desirable Height: 14-16 inches at withers. (These heights being related to the weights). FAULTS - Any departure from the foregoing the points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree. Terrier Group A.N.K.C January 1998.