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General Appearance
The Miniature Bull Terrier must be
strongly built, symmetrical and active, with a keen, determined and
intelligent expression. He should be full of fire, having a courageous, even
temperament and be amenable to discipline.
Size, Proportion, Substance
Height 10 inches to 14 inches. Dogs
outside these limits should be faulted. Weight in proportion to height. In
proportion, the Miniature Bull Terrier should give the appearance of being
square.
Head
The head should be long, strong and
deep, right to the end of the muzzle, but not coarse. The full face should be
oval in outline and be filled completely up, giving the impression of fullness
with a surface devoid of hollows or indentations, i.e., egg shaped. The
profile should curve gently downwards from the top of the skull to the tip of
the nose. The forehead should be flat across from ear to ear. The distance
from the tip of the nose to the eyes should be perceptibly greater than that
from the eyes to the top of the skull. The underjaw should be deep and well
defined.
To achieve a keen, determined and
intelligent expression, the eyes should be well sunken and as dark as possible
with a piercing glint. They should be triangular and obliquely placed, set
near together and high up on the dog's head. The ears should be small thin and
placed close together; capable of being held stiffly erect when they point
upwards. The nose should he black, with well developed nostrils bent downwards
at the tip. The lips should be clean and tight. The teeth should meet in
either a level or scissor bite. In the scissor bite, the top teeth should fit
in front of and closely against the lower teeth. The teeth should be sound,
strong and perfectly regular.
Neck, Topline, Body
The neck should be very muscular,
long, and arched; tapering from the shoulders to the head, it should be free
from loose skin. The back should be short and strong with a slight arch over
the loin. Behind the shoulders there should be no slackness or dip at the
withers.
The body should be well rounded with marked
spring of rib. The back ribs deep. The chest should be broad when viewed from
in front. There should be great depth from withers to brisket, so that the
latter is nearer to the ground than the belly. The underline, from the brisket
to the belly, should form a graceful upward curve. The tail should be short,
set on low, fine, and should be carried horizontally. It should be thick where
it joins the body, and should taper to a fine point.
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Forequarters
The shoulders should be strong and
muscular, but without heaviness. The shoulder blades should be wide and flat
and there should be a very pronounced backward slope from the bottom edge of
the blade to the top edge. The legs should be big boned but not to the point
of coarseness. The forelegs should be of moderate length, perfectly straight,
and the dog must stand firmly up on them. The elbows must turn neither in nor
out, and the pasterns should be strong and upright.
Hindquarters
The hind legs should be parallel
when viewed from behind, The thighs are very muscular with hocks well let
down. The stifle joint is well bent with a well developed second thigh The
hind pasterns should be short and upright.
Feet
The feet are round and compact with
well arched toes like a cat.
Coat
The coat should be short, flat and
harsh to the touch with a fine gloss. The dog's skin should fit tightly.
Color
For white, pure white coats.
Markings on head and skin pigmentation are not to be penalized. For colored,
any color to predominate.
Gait
The dog shall move smoothly,
covering the ground with free, easy strides. Fore and hind legs should move
parallel to each other when viewed from in front or behind, with the forelegs
reaching out well and the hind legs moving smoothly at the hip and flexing
well at the stifle and hock. The dog should move compactly and in one piece
with a typical jaunty air that suggests agility and power.
Temperament
The temperament should be full of
fire and courageous, but even and amenable to discipline
Faults
Any departure from the foregoing
points shall be considered a fault, and the seriousness of the fault shall be
in exact proportion to its degree.
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