Jazzy, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Staffordshire Bull Terrier Standard

General Appearance

Smooth-coated well balanced, of great strenght for its size. Muscular, active and agile dog.

Characteristics

Traditionally of indominable courage and tenacity. Highly intelligent and affectionate with humans, children in particular. Quiet and trustworthy all-purpose dog.

Temperament

Bold, fearless and totally reliable.

Color

Red, fawn, black or blue or any of these colors with white. Brindle or brindle with white.

Coat

Smooth, short and close to the skin.

Gait

Free, powerful and agile with economy of effort. The dog should have a "parallel" movement combined with a rolling motion.


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Size

WEIGHT

Dogs 28 lbs to 38 lbs.
Bitches 24 lbs to 34 lbs.

HEIGHT

14 to 16 inches (at withers), these heights being related to the weights.

Faults

Any departure from the roregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be ragarded be in exact proportion to its degree.

Note

Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully discended into the scrotum.

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EYES: Dark preferred but may bear some relation to coat color. Round of medium size and set to look straight ahead. Eye rims dark

EARS: Rose or half pricked, not large or heavy. Full drop or prick ears are highly undesirable

MOUTH: Lips tight and clean. Jaws strong teeth large with perfect, regular and complete scissor bite: upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws

FOREQUARTERS: Legs straight and well boned, set rather wide apart, showing no weakness at the pasterns, from which point feet turn out a little. Shoulders well laid back with no looseness at elbow

HEAD: Short, deep through with broad skull. Very pronounced cheek muscles, distinct stop, short foreface, nose black

NECK: Muscular, rather short, clean in outline gradually widening towards shoulders

BODY: Close coupled with level topline, well sprung ribs, muscular and well defined

HINDQUARTERS: Well muscled, hocks well let down with stifles well bent. Legs parallel when viewed from behind

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

FEET: Well padded, strong and of medium size. Nails black in solid colored dogs

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