Standard - Page 2
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.
- TAIL: 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.
- LIMBS FOREQUARTERS: The front legs are upright.
- SHOULDER AND UPPER ARM: Oblique shoulder, muscled. Scapulo-humeral angle about 120 degrees. The length of the upper arm corresponds approximately to that of the shoulder blade.
- LOWER ARM: Humero-radial angle: about 120 degrees. Lower arms vertical and parallel, well muscled, with good bone. The length of the lower arm corresponds approximately to that of the upper arm.
- CARPUS (PASTERN JOINT): A continuation of the line of the lower arm.
- MATACARPALS (PASTERN): Strong, seen in profile, sloping very slightly.
- FOREFEET: Small, round, toes tight, arched,; pads pigmented.
- HINDQUARTERS: The hindlegs are upright. Though dewclaws are not sought, their presence is not penalized.
- UPPER THIGH: Strongly muscled; coxo-femoral angle about 80 degrees.
- LOWER THIGH: Oblique, forming with the femur an angle of about 120 degrees.
- HOCK JOINT: Dry, well-defined, angle of the hock about 160 degrees.
- METATARSALS (Rear Pasterns): Vertical
HIND FEET: Similar to forefeet.
GAIT/MOVEMENT:
Free and flowing, without covering a lot of ground; topline retained on the move. No sign of uneven movement.
SKIN:
Fine, stretched tight over all the body; although of pink colour, it can be pigmented.
COAT 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-road (mixture of white and fawn hairs) are permitted on the ears. On 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.
SIZE AND WEIGHT: HEIGHT AT WITHERS:
HEIGHT:Males: 26 - 28 cm, tolerance of 2 cm above and 1 cm
below Bitches: 23 - 25 cm, tolerance of 2 cm above and 1 cm below
WEIGHT: Males: From 4 kg to a maximum of 6 kg Bitches: From 3.5
kg to a maximum of 5 kg