Forequarters
Shoulders - The shoulder blade is well laid back. The upper arm angles slightly backward from point of shoulder to elbow, and is never perpendicular to the ground. The muscles and ligaments holding the shoulder to the rib cage are firm and well developed.
Faults - Straight shoulders; loose shoulders.
Forelegs - When standing and viewed from the front, the legs are moderately spaced, parallel and straight, with the elbows close to the body and turned neither in nor out. Viewed from the side, pasterns are slightly slanted, with the pastern joint strong, but flexible. Bone is substantial but never heavy. Length of the leg from elbow to ground is slightly more than the distance from the elbow to the top of withers. Dewclaws on forelegs may be removed.
“Length of the leg from elbow to ground is slightly more than the distance from the elbow to the top of withers.”
Faults - Weak pasterns; too heavy bone; too narrow or too wide in the front; out at the elbows.
“The back is straight and strong, with a level topline from withers to croup.”
Feet oval in shape but not long. The paws are medium in size, compact and well furred between the toes and pads. The pads are tough and thickly cushioned. The paws neither turn in nor out when the dog is in natural stance.
Faults - Soft or splayed toes; paws too large and clumsy; paws too small and delicate; toeing in or out.
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