General Appearance: A strong smart upstanding dog, showing activity, endurance and intelligence.

Head: Long and well proporltioned, skull not too flat, jaws long and strong but not inclined to snipiness, nose black, in the black coated variety, with wide nostrils. Teeth strong and level.

Eyes: Black or brown, but not yellow, rather large but not too prominent.

Ears: Rather small, set on low, lying close to the head, and covered with short curls.

Coat: Should be one mass of crisp curls all over. A slightly more open coat not to be severely penalized, but a saddle back or patch of uncurled hair behind the shoulder is undesirable as is a prominent white patch on breast.

Colour: Liver or black.

Shoulders, Chest, Body and Loins: Shoulders should be very deep, muscular and obliquely placed. Chest not too wide but decidedly deep. Body, rather short, muscular and well ribbed up. Loin, powerful, deep and firm to the grasp.

Legs and feet: Legs should be of moderate length, forelegs straight and set well under the body. Quarters strong and muscular, hocks low to the ground with moderate bend to stifle and hock. Feet round and compact with well arched toes.

Tail: Should be moderately short, carried fairly straight and covered with curls, slightly tapering towards the point.