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Committee
Life time Member - Mark Bootle
President - Steven De Pater
Vice President - Gavin Hill
Treasurer - Karen De Pater
Secretary - Julie Beresford
Marketing & Events - Robert Baker
Committee Members - Felicity Day
The Standard
GENERAL APPEARANCE: The first thing that should come to the eye, is a dog that can function for its original purpose. No clodiness or exaggeration should be found on the dog. It should be a medium-sized, muscular dog with long flat and resilient muscle under its tight short coat. It should not have short bunched-up muscle.
TEMPERAMENT: Highly spirited.
CHARACTERISTICS: An easy going attitude until challenged. Based on its past heritage.
HEAD AND SKULL: Should be in balance with the dog. Skull to muzzle length should be in a ratio of 1:1 to 3:1. It should never be shorter than 3:1 ratio. Muzzle should be deep through without too much taper. Height of skull and breadth of skull should be close in measurement. Moderate stop preferred.
EYES: Oval to round shape.
EARS: Rose to half-pricked preferred. Full drop and prick acceptable. (The animal is to be judged as a whole. The dog with drop or prick ears, with sound structure is a better example than a dog with rose ears and not such good structure.) The functional structure and overall soundness of the dog is far more important than any cosmetic trait.
MOUTH: The bottom jaw should be strong, wide and deep with the bottom canines interlocking with the top canines. The jaw should be long enough to accommodate all the teeth. There should be no crowding of the teeth, which should be large and strong. Scissor bite and undershot mouth acceptable. Never overshot. Lips are to be in proportion to the head type.
NECK: Powerful, of good length, tapering to the shoulder.
FOREQUARTERS: Legs set wide apart, as such that the outside of the dog's leg is set to the outside of the dog's shoulder. The upper arm and the scapula should be close to the same length. The length and density of bone should be in accordance with the dog's type. The pasterns should be at a slight angle to the perpendicular.
BODY: Should be slightly longer than high, being shortly coupled with a long, well-sprung rib-cage, with a level topline with a slight arch over the loins. The brisket dropping no more than an inch below point of elbow. The fore-chest should be visible from the side-on view.
HIND: Most important is correct angulation. The tibia and femur being set at the preferred length and angle to give a good turn of stifle when the dog's hock is perpendicular to the ground. The front of the back feet should fall close to or just behind the schism (the furtherest back point of the hip) of the dog. The rear legs should be parallel or close to with well-defined musculation.
FEET: Strong and steady.
TAIL: Low set,tapering to a point, carried low when not alert. It can be likened to an old fashioned pump handle.
MOVEMENT: The front and rear legs should take a maximum length of stride in accordance with the dog's angulation. It should be a smooth forward movement, driven strongly from the hindquarters, showing little light under the dog's feet. The legs should show some degree of parallelism when on the move.
COAT: Short and tight. Smooth to pat one way, coarse to pat the other way.
COLOUR: Brindle, red and all degrees and shades of, with any amount of white acceptable. Dilutes and point patterns acceptable. (No dilute to dilute matings, one parent must be of dominant colour, red or brindle.)
SIZE: Medium sized dog usually between 16-20 inches of varying weight. The main point being balance. The balance of power and agility is of paramount importance.
FAULTS: Overweight and over shot mouths, shy and nervous animals highly undesirable.
MALES: Two normal testicles in scrotum.
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