Head: short, seen from above triangular. Skull: seen from the front slightly rounded; rather wide in relation to its length. Superciliary arches only slightly developed. Slight frontal groove. Occipital protuberance and crest only slightly accentuated. Well developed zygomatic arches. Stop: slight. Nose: in the extension of the nasal bridge; black; brown is tolerated; nostrils wide open. Muzzle: straight. Lips: fine, tight, of the same colour as the nose. Jaws/Teeth: teeth well aligned. Scissor bite, pincer bite or inverted bite without losing contact. The absence of the PM1 is not penalised; the M3s are not taken into consideration. Cheeks: lean. Eyes: rather rounded, dark, lively, wide apart; the rims of the eyelids are well pigmented with black or brown according to the colour of the nose. Ears: pendulous, triangular, high set on the skull, fine at the tips; carried close to the cheeks, reaching the corners of the lips. Covered with white hairs or with some traces of light grey (mixture of white and black hairs giving a light grey appearance) or red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs giving a red-roan appearance - lemon).
Neck: well muscled, slightly arched. Neck well set into shoulders. Proportion of neck to body = 1/5. Clean neck with no dewlap. Body: topline very slightly convex. Dog longer than high. Withers: only slightly pronounced. Back and loin: strong back, topline very slightly arched. Loin well muscled. Croup: oblique, short and muscled. Chest: well developed, well let down to elbow level, long. Ribs well sprung. Belly: tucked up but not excessively.
Forequarters: General appearance: the frontlegs are upright. Shoulder and upper arm: oblique shoulder, muscled. Scapulohumeral angle about 120°. The length of the upper arm corresponds approximatively to that of the shoulder blade. Lower arm: lower arms vertical and parallel, well muscled, with good bone. The length of the lower arm corresponds approximatively to that of the upper arm. Carpus (Pastern joint): a continuation of the line of the lower arm. Metacarpals (Pastern): strong, seen in profile sloping very slightly. Forefeet: small, round, toes tight, arched; pads pigmented. Hindquarters: General appearance: the hindlegs are upright. Though dewclaws are not sought after, their presence is not penalised. Upper thigh: strongly muscled; coxo-femoral angle about 80°. Lower thigh: oblique, forming with the femur an angle of about 120°. Hock joint: dry, well defined, angle of the hock about 160°. Metatarsals (Rear pasterns): vertical. Hind feet: similar to forefeet.
Low set, in the axis of the spinal column. At rest: carried below the hock, the tip being raised. On the move: carried « gaily » curved over the back, with the point towards the nape, the withers, the back or the loin. In dogs with abundant coat, the tip may rest on the dorsal-lumbar region.
Skin: fine, stretched tight over all the body; although of pink colour, it can be pigmented. Hair: this is one of the main characteristics of the breed from which its very name derives. Very soft and supple, with the texture of cotton, never hard or rough, the coat is dense, profuse and can be very slightly wavy. Colour: ground colour : White. A few slight shadings of light grey colour (mixture of white and black hairs) or of red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs), are permitted on the ears. On the other parts of the body, such shadings can be tolerated, if they do not alter the general appearance of white coat. They are however not sought after.
Free and flowing, without covering a lot of ground; topline retained on the move. No sign of uneven movement.
Height: Males — 26-28 cm. Females — 23-25 cm. Weight : Males — 4-6 kg. Females — 3.5-5 kg.
