General Appearance Flashcards
General appearance
Small, dainty, compact
Chihuahua
General appearance
Active graceful and well balanced with gentle expression
GENTLE EXPRESSION
ON LIST
Cavalier King Charles
General appearance
Toy dog standing less than 30cm tall. The head Carraige is proud and high, the coat falling in soft, corkscrew curls
Bichon frise
General appearance
This dog is compact, moderately low set, off medium length with refined structure but of sufficient substance to suggest the ability to hunt and kill domestic rodents. The parted straight silky hair presents a well groomed appearance
HUNT AND KILL
Australian silky terrier
General appearance
Rough coated sturdy in build with mischievous monkey like expression. Although small, not delicate in any way
NOT DELICATE
Affenpinscher
General appearance
Small size stocky and compact covered with pure white coat, long and fluffy
Important proportion square Built length of body being equal to height at withers. Length of head reaching 1/3 of the height at withers depth of chest almost half of the height at withers.
Bolognese
General appearance
A small, active and graceful dog, medium to fine bone, smooth hairless body with hair on feet head and tail only, or covered with soft veil of hair
SMALL ACTIVE GRACEFUL
Chinese crested
General appearance
Well balanced, elegant and compact, sleek and cleanly built
SLEEK CLEANLY BUILT
English toy terrier
General appearance
This dainty, balanced little toy dog should have an attractive head and alert bearing and intelligent and lovely expression
ALERT BEARING
Papillon
General appearance
Decidedly square and cobby it multum in parvo, shown in compactness of form well knit proportions and hardness of muscle, but never to appear low on legs
ON LIST
Pug
General appearance
Long coated coat hanging quite straight and evenly down each side, a parting extending from nose to end of tail. Very compact and neat, carraige very upright conveying an important air. General outline conveying impression of vigorous and well proportioned body
Yorkshire terrier
General Appearance:
Compact, short coupled dog, well knit in frame. Exhibiting great intelligence in expression; activity and buoyancy in deportment.
WELL KNIT/BOUANCY
Pomeranian
General appearance
A small elegant long legged dog with fine bone and lean muscle very harmonic dog of good proportions. Sexual dimorphism only slightly defined. Important proportions length of body equal to height at withers
Height at elbows only slightly more than half of the height at withers
Chest reaches the elbows
Length of muzzle is shorter than the length of skull
Russian toy smooth
General Appearance
Elegant and aristocratic, smart, compact with profuse coat.
ARISTOCRATIC
ON LIST
Japanese Chin
General Appearance
A cobby well balanced, square little dog, giving appearance of measuring the same from withers to tail root as from withers to ground.
MEASURING SAME FROM WITHERS TO TAIL ROOT
ON LIST
Griffon Bruxellois
General Appearance
sturdy little dog, low on his legs, with long abundant hair, soft and preferably wavy. His movement is lively and elastic.
ELASTIC
Important proportions: The length of the muzzle (tip of nose to stop) is equal to the distance between the stop and the occipital protuberance. The relation between the length of the body (measured from the point of the shoulder to the point of the buttock) and the height at the withers is of 4:3.
Havanese
General Appearance
A greyhound in miniature, more slender in all proportions.
Italian Greyhound
General Appearance
Well balanced, sturdy, compact, elegant, short coupled, smooth-coated toy dog. Naturally well groomed, proud, vigorous and alert.
ON LIST
Miniature Pinscher
General Appearance
Small, well-balanced, moderately thick set with great dignity and quality. Any signs of respiratory distress for any reason or inability to move soundly are unacceptable and should be heavily penalised. Not excessively coated.
DIGNITY AND QUALITY RESPIRATORY
Pekengese
General Appearance:
Refined, compact and cobby.
REFINED
King Charles Cavalier
General Appearance:
Should be smart, lively and alert. The action must be free, without extended weaving.
WEAVING
Maltese
General Appearance:
Should be small, active and alert. The outline should give a well balanced appearance, slightly longer in body than height at withers.
Tibetan Spaniel
General Appearance:
The Biewer Terrier is an elegant, longhaired, uniquely colored toy terrier with a breed signature ponytail. The coat parts down the middle, hanging straight and evenly on both sides of the body as though a comb has been used to part it. The back is level, with height at shoulders being equal to height at the croup. Although the outline of the dog gives the appearance of a square, the body length is slightly longer than the overall height. The tail is set high and carried well arched over the body, covered with a long luxurious plume. The foregoing description is of the ideal Biewer Terrier. Any deviation from the above described dog must be penalized to the extent of the deviation.
Biewer Terrier
