Head: strong, dry and finely chiselled, in good proportion to the body. Seen from above and from the side wedge-shaped. Axes of skull and foreface parallel. Skull: only slightly rounded: indicated central furrow. Stop: slightly marked, but clearly perceptible. Nose: medium-sized; black pigmentation desired; snow nose and lighter nose are accepted. Muzzle: powerful and moderately long in relation to the skull; nasal bridge and lower line of muzzle straight, slightly convergent to the nose. Lips: dry, closing tightly, as black as possible. Jaws/Teeth: powerful and complete, scissor bite. The teeth should be set square to the jaw. Eyes: medium sized, almond shaped, placed a little obliquely; colour brown to dark-brown; eye lids well fitting with black eye rims desirable. Ears: erect ears, set high, carreid upright, parallel and directed forward; in the shape of an oblong, at the tip slightly rounded triangle.
Neck: medium-long and well muscled, with harmonious set on at the body, without dewlap; the elegantly arched neckline runs without disruption from the moderately high carried head to the withers. Body: strong, muscular, medium-long. Withers: pronounced. Back: level, firm. Loins: strongly muscled. Croup: long and of medium breadth; from the set on gently sloping to root of tail. Chest not too broad; deep (about 50 % of the height at the withers); reaching to the elbows; ribcage oval; well extending to the rear. Prominent forechest. Belly and Flanks: flanks slender, firm; underline moderately tucked up.
Limbs: strong, sinewy, medium bone. Forequarters: straight, seen from the front; only moderately broad stance; seen in profile, well angulated. Shoulders: shoulder blade long and well laid back; well angulated; whole shoulder strongly muscled. Upper Arm: adequately long, strong muscles. Elbows: close fitting. Forearm: long, straight, sinewy Pastern: firm and only slightly oblique. Hindquarters: straight, seen from the front; only moderately broad stance; seen in profile, well angulated. Upper Thigh: medium-long, strongly muscled. Lower Thigh: medium-long, oblique, with solid bone and well muscled. Hock Joint: powerful, well angulated. Hock: medium-long, straight, sinewy; dewclaws should be removed, except in countries where their removal is forbidden by law. Feet: oval, hind feet a little longer than forefeet; toes tight and well arched; firm black pads; dark nails desired.
Bushy sabre tail, tapering to the tip; set on rather deep; reaching at least to the hock joint; at rest, it hangs either straight down or with a slight saber-like curve in its last third part; in movement carried higher, but never above the topline.
Skin: without folds and wrinkles; dark pigmentation.
Hair: medium length, dense, close-lying double coat or long double coat; abundant undercoat covered with hard, straight protection hair; face, ears and front of legs are covered with shorter hair; at the neck and the back of the legs the coat is slightly longer. Slightly wavy, hard hair is permitted..
Colour: white.
Rhythmical sequence of steps with even drive and enduring; front legs reaching out far, with strong thrust; trot ground covering and easy.
Height at the withers: Dogs — 60-66 cm. Bitches — 55-61cm. Weight: Dogs — 30-40 kg. Bitches — 25-35 kg.
