Skull: Well developed, cleanly chiselled, neither too fine nor too coarse. Stop: Distinct, set midway between tip of nose and occiput. Nose: Sufficiently wide for acute scenting power. Muzzle: Square. Jaws/Teeth: Jaws strong with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Cheek: Not prominent. Eyes: Full, but not prominent. Dark brown or brown, never light, but in the case of liver, liver roan and liver and white, dark hazel to harmonize with coat; with expression of intelligence and gentleness but wide awake, bright and merry; rims tight. Ears: Lobular, set low on level with eyes. Fine leathers extending to nose tip. Well clothed with long, straight silky hair.
Neck: moderate in length, muscular. Set neatly into fine sloping shoulders. Clean throat. Body: strong, compact. Topline: Firm, level, gently sloping downwards to tail from end of loin to set on of tail. Loin: Short, wide. Chest: Well developed and brisket deep; neither too wide nor too narrow in front. Ribs well sprung.
Forequarters: General appearance: Legs well boned, straight, sufficiently short for concentrated power. Not too short to interfere with tremendous exertions expected from this grand, sporting dog. Shoulder: Sloping and fine. Forefeet: Firm, thickly padded, cat-like. Hindquarters: General appearance: Wide, well rounded, very muscular; legs well boned. Stifle (Knee): Good bend. Hock joint: Short below the hock joint, allowing for plenty of drive. Hind feet: Firm, thickly padded, cat-like.
Set on slightly lower than line of back. Must be merry in action and carried level, never cocked up. Previously customarily docked. Docked: Never too short to hide, nor too long to interfere with, the incessant merry action when working. Undocked: Slightly curved, of moderate length, proportionate to size of body giving an overall balanced appearance; ideally not reaching below the hock. Strong at the root and tapering to a fine tip; well feathered in keeping with the coat. Lively in action, carried on a plane not higher than level of back and never so low as to indicate timidity.
Hair: Flat, silky in texture, never wiry or wavy, not too profuse and never curly. Well feathered forelegs, body and hind legs above hocks. Colour: Solid colours: Black; red; golden; liver (chocolate); black and tan; liver and tan; No white allowed except a small amount on chest. Particolours: Bicolours; Black and white; orange and white; liver and white; lemon and white. All with or without ticking. Tricolours: Black, white and tan; liver, white and tan. Roans: Blue roan; orange roan; lemon roan; liver roan; blue roan and tan; liver roan and tan.
True through action with great drive covering ground well.
Height: Males — 39-41 cm. Females — 38-39 cm. Weight: 13-14, 5 kg.
