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The Staffordshire Bullterrier Standard
*height: 35,5 – 40,5 cm *weight of male: 12,5 – 17,5 kg *weight of female: 11,0 – 15,5 kg Country of origin The Great Britain GENERAL APPEARANCE: Smooth coated, built, well balanced. Muscular, active and agile. TEMPERAMENT: Bold, fearless. Very intelligent, loves kids. Brave and totally reliable. HEAD AND SKULL: Short, deep through with broad skull. Short foreface, nose black. EYES: Round, of medium size, and set to look straight ahead. Dark preferred but may bear some resemblance to coat colour. Eye rims dark. EARS: Rose or half pricked, not large or heavy. Full, drop or pricked ears highly undesirable. MOUTH: Lips tight and clean. Jaws strong, teeth large, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, ie. upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws. BODY: Closely coupled, with level topline, wide front, deep brisket, well sprung ribs muscular and well defined. FOREQUARTERS: Legs straight and well boned, set rather wide apart, showing no weakness at the pasterns, from which point the feet turn out a little. Shoulders well laid back with no looseness at elbow. HINDQUARTERS: Well muscled, hocks well let down with stifles well bent. Legs parallel when viewed from behind. FEET: Well padded, strong and of medium size. Nail black in solid coloured dogs. TAIL: Medium length, low set, tapering to a point and carried rather low. Should not curl much and may be likened to an old fashioned pump handle. COAT: Smooth, short and close. MOVEMENT: Free, powerful and agile with economy of effort. Legs parallel when viewed from front or rear. Discernable drive from hindlegs. COLOUR: Red, fawn, white, black or blue, or any one of these colours with white. Any shade of brindle or any shade of brindle with white. Black and tan or liver colour highly undesirable. |
