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GENERAL APPEARANCE: The type is of a small-sized
molossian. A powerful dog for its small size, short, stocky, compact
in all its proportions, smooth-coated, with a snub nose, erect ears and
a naturally short tail. Must have the appearance of an active,
intelligent, very muscular dog, of a compact build with a solid bone
structure. No point is exaggerated compared to the others, which
could spoil the dog’s general harmony, in appearance and in
movement.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS: The length of the body –
between the point of the shoulder and the point of the buttocks –
slightly surpasses the height at the withers.
The length of muzzle is about 1/6 of the total length of the head.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT: Sociable, lively, playful,
possessive and keen companion dog.
HEAD: Must be strong, broad and square, covered by the skin of the
head which forms symmetrical folds and wrinkles, without excess.
CRANIAL REGION:
Skull: Broad, almost flat from ear to ear, domed forehead.
Proeminent superciliary arches, separated by a particularly
developed furrow between the eyes. The furrow must not extend
onto the skull. External occipital protuberance is barely developed.
Stop: Pronounced.
FACIAL REGION: The head of the Bulldog is characterized by a
shortening of the maxillary-nasal part as well as a slight to
moderate slope of the nose backwards. The nose is slightly
upturned (“snub nose”).
Nose: Black, broad, snubbed, with symmetrical and well opened
nostrils, slanting towards the rear. The slope of the nostrils as well as
the upturned nose must, however, allow normal nasal breathing.
Muzzle: Very short, broad, with concentric symmetrical folds.
Lips: Thick, a little loose and black. The upper lip meets the lower
lip at its middle, completely covering the teeth.
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The profile of the upper lip is descending and rounded. The tongue
must never show when the dog is not excited.
Jaws/Teeth: Broad and powerful. The lower jaw projects in front of
the upper jaw and turns up. The arch of the lower incisors is
rounded. The jaw must not show lateral deviation, or torsion.
The gap between the incisors of the upper and the lower jaw
should not be strictly delimited, the essential condition being
that the upper and the lower lips meet to completely cover the
teeth. The lower incisors surpass the upper incisors. Sufficiently
developed incisives and canines. Complete bite is desirable.
Cheeks: Well developed.
EYES: Clearly visible eyes, striking with lively expression, set low,
quite far from the nose and the ears, dark coloured, rather large,
rounded, showing no trace of white (sclera) when the dog is looking
straight forward. Rims of eyelids must be black.
EARS: Medium size, wide at the base and rounded at the top. Set
high on the head, but not too close together, carried erect. The ear is
open towards the front. The skin must be fine and soft to the touch.
NECK: Short, powerful, slightly arched, without dewlap, broadens
towards the shoulder.
BODY:
Topline: Rising progressively, but not excessively, from the
withers towards the loin. That conformation – also called roachback – is typical for the breed.
Back: Broad and muscular, firm without slackness.
Loin: Short, broad and arched.
Croup: Well sloping.
Chest: Cylindrical and well let down (slightly under the elbows);
very well sprung ribs, so-called “barrel shaped”. Fore chest, broad
and square-shaped, seen from the front.
Underline and belly: Tucked up but not whippety.
TAIL: Naturally short, ideally long enough to cover the a**s, set
low, rather straight, thick at the base and tapering at the tip.
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A kinked, knotted, broken or relatively long tail that does not
reach beyond the point of the hocks, is admitted. It is carried
low. Even in action, the tail must not rise above the horizontal.
LIMBS:
FOREQUARTERS:
General appearance: Forelegs upright (and straight) seen in profile
and from the front.
Shoulder: Must be well laid back.
Upper arm: Short, thick, muscular, slightly curved.
Elbows: Close and tight to the body.
Forearm: Short, straight and muscular.
Carpus (Wrist): Solid and short.
Metacarpus (Pastern): Short and slightly oblique seen in profile.
Forefeet: Round, compact, of small dimension, i.e. «cat feet»,
turning slightly outward. The toes are tight, nails short, thick
and black.
HINDQUARTERS:
General appearance: The hindlegs are strong and muscular, a
little longer than the forelegs, thus raising the hindquarters. The
legs are upright as seen both in profile and from behind.
Thigh: Well muscled, firm.
Hock joint: Quite well let down, neither too angulated nor too
straight. Tarsus: solid.
Metatarsus (Rear pastern): Short.
Hind feet: Round, compact, turning neither inward nor outward.
GAIT/MOVEMENT: The legs moving parallel to the median
plane of the body, whether seen in front or in profile. Free,
powerful and smooth movement.
SKIN: Firm.
COLOR OF THE COAT
Brindle: Fawn coat moderately characterized by transversal
dark brindling creating a ‘tiger-marked’ effect, strongly
brindled coats must not cover out the fawn ground colour. A
black mask may be present. Limited white spotting is admissible.
Fawn: Solid coat, from light fawn to dark fawn, sometimes
presenting a paler colouring of the inclined parts, with or
without a black mask, although masked subjects are preferred.
Sometimes accompanied by limited white spotting.
Coat with white spotting:
Brindled with moderate or important white spotting: So-called
‘pied’, the spotting being ideally distributed over the entire
subject. Some blotches on the skin are admissible.
Fawn with moderate or important white spotting: So-called
‘fawn and white’, the spotting being ideally distributed over the
entire dog. Some blotches of the skin are tolerated. The nose is
always black, in all coat colours, never brown or blue. The allwhite subjects provided the edge of eyelids and nose are black –
are admitted but not bred for, because of a risk of deafness.
ATTENTION !!!
BLUE , BLUE PIED , BLACK AND TAN , MERLE OR ANY OTHER OF THESE " RARE COLOURS " ARE NOT ACTUALLY IN STANDARD OF THE BREED AT ALL !
