General Appearance: Sturdy, medium - sized, long haired, generally square outline, resolute expression

Characteristics: Lively, good natured, loyal companion dog with many engaging ways

Temperament: Outgoing, alert, intelligent, and game; neither fierce nor pugnacious. Sparing of affection to strangers

Head and skull: Skull of medium length, neither broad nor coarse, narrowing slightly from ear to eye, neither domed nor absolutely flat between ears. Zygotic arch curved, but not overdeveloped so as to bulge. Marked stop in front of eyes but not exaggerated. Muscle strong ; well developed lower jaw. Length from eye to tip of nose equal to length from eye to base of skull. Nose black. Head well furnished with long hair, falling forward over eyes. Lower jaw carrying small, but not exaggerated amount of beard.

Eyes: Large, round, neither prominent nor sunken; set fairly wide apart; dark brown; eye rims black.

Ears: Pendent, carried not too close to the head, V-shaped, not too large, and heavily feathered.

Mouth: Scissors or reverse scissors bite. Incisors set in slight curve, evenly spaced and sety perpendicular to jaw.

Forequarters: Heavily furnished, shoulders well laid, legs straight and parallel; pasterns slightly sloping.

Body: Well-muscled, compact and powerful, length from point of shoulder to root of tail equal to height at withers. Well ribbed-up. Back level over ribs, short loin, slightly arched, croup level

Hindquarters: Heavily furnished, stifles well-bent, hocks low set

Feet: Large, round, heavily furnished with hair between toes and pads. Standing well down on pads; no arch in feet.

Tail: Medium length, set on fairly high and carried in a gay curl over back. Very well feathered. Kink near tip often occurring and permissible.

Gait/Movement: Smooth, good reach, powerful drive, when walking or trotting hind legs should track neither inside or outside the front legs.

Coat: Double coat, undercoat fine and woolly, top coat profuse, fine but not silky nor wooly, long, either straight or waved but not curled.

Colour: White, golden, cream, grey or smoke, black, parti-colour and tricolours; in fact any colour, except chocolate or liver, permissible.

Size: Height at shoulder ; dogs 36 cm till 41 cm, bitches slightly smaller.

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