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The Bull Terrier must be strongly built, muscular, symmetrical and active, with a keen
determined and intelligent expression, full of fire but of sweet disposition and
amenable to discipline.
Head
Should be long, strong and deep right to the end of the muzzle, but not coarse. Full
face it 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. In profile it
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.
Lips
Should be clean and tight.
Teeth
Should meet in either a level or in a scissors bite. In the scissors bite the upper teeth
should fit in front of and closely against the lower teeth, and they should be sound,
strong and perfectly regular.
Ears
Should be small, thin and placed close together. They should be capable of being
held stiffly erect, when they should point upwards.
Eyes
Should be well sunken and as dark as possible, with a piercing glint and they should
be small, triangular and obliquely placed; set near together and high up on the dog's
head. Blue eyes are a disqualification.
Nose
Should be black, with well-developed nostrils bent downward at the tip.
Neck
Should be very muscular, long, arched and clean, tapering from the shoulders to the
head and it should be free from loose skin.
Chest
Should be broad when viewed from in front, and there should be great depth from
withers to brisket, so that the latter is nearer the ground than the belly.
Body
Should be well rounded with marked spring of rib, the back should be short and
strong. The back ribs deep. Slightly arched over the loin. 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. Behind the shoulders there should be no slackness or dip
at the withers. The underline from the brisket to the belly should form a graceful
upward curve.
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 upon them. The
elbows must turn neither in nor out, and the pasterns should be strong and upright.
The hind legs should be parallel viewed from behind. The thighs very muscular with
hocks well let down. Hind pasterns short and upright. The stifle joint should be well
bent with a well-developed second thigh.
Feet
Round and compact with well-arched toes like a cat.
Tail
Should be short, set on low, fine, and ideally should be carried horizontally. It should
be thick where it joins the body, and should taper to a fine point.
Coat
Should be short, flat, harsh to the touch and with a fine gloss. The dog's skin should fit
tightly.
Color
Is white though markings on the head are permissible. Any markings elsewhere on the
coat are to be severely faulted. Skin pigmentation is not to be penalized.
Movement
The dog shall move smoothly, covering the ground with free, easy strides, fore and
hind legs should move parallel each to each when viewed from in front or behind. 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 but with
a typical jaunty air that suggests agility and power.
| Bull Terrier Club of America Website: www.btca.com Email: claudia370@aol.com |
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