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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