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FOX TERRIER (Smooth and Wire Coated)


APPEARANCE - FOX TERRIER
(Smooth and Wire Coated)



Brief Summary.
SMOOTH

Head: The skull should be flat and moderately narrow, gradually decreasing in width to the eyes.Not much stop should be apparent, but there should be more dip in the profile between the forehead and the top jaw than is seen in the case of a Greyhound. Ears should be V shaped and small, of moderate thickness and drooping forward close to the cheek, not hanging by the side of the head like a Foxhound. The top line of the folded ear should be well above the level of the skull.

Neck: Should be clean and muscular, without throatiness, of fair length, and gradually widening to the shoulders.

Shoulders: Should be long and sloping, well laid back, fine at the points and clearly cut at the withers.

Chest: Deep and not broad.

Back: Should be short, straight, i.e., level and strong, with no appearance of slackness. Brisket should be deep, yet not exaggerated.

Loin: Should be very powerful, muscular and very slightly arched. The foreribs should be moderately arched, the back ribs deep and well sprung and the dog should be well ribbed up.

Hinquarters: Should be strong and muscular, quite free from droop or crouch, the thighs long and powerful, stifles well curved and turned neither in nor out, hocks well bent and near the ground should be perfectly upright and parallel each with the other when viewed from the rear.

Tail: Should be set on rather high and carried gaily, but not over the back or curled. It should be of good strength.

Legs: The forelegs viewed from any direction must be straight with bone strong right down to the feet, showing little or no appearance of ankle in front, and being short and straight in pasterns.

Feet: Should be round, compact and not large; the soles hard and tough; the toes moderately arched and turned neither in nor out.

Coat:Should be smooth, flat, but hard, dense and abundant. The belly and underside of the thighs should not be bare.

Color: White should predominate.

WIRE

This variety of the breed should resemble the smooth variety in every respect except for the coat, which should be broken. The harder and more wiry the texture of the coat, the better. On no account should the dog look or feel woolly; and there should be no silky hair about the poll or elsewhere. The coat should not be too long as to give the dog a shaggy appearance, but at the same time, it should show a marked and distinct difference all over from the smooth species.

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