Knotty overdeveloped muscles. Desired height 11 - 11.5 in. A dog of either sex measuring under 10 in. Coat smooth, hard and short, straight, and lustrous, closely adhering to and uniformly covering the body. Lustrous black with sharply defind tan, rust-red markings on cheeks, lips, lower jaw, throat, twin spots above eyes, and chest, lower half of forelegs, inside of hind legs and vent region, lower portion of hocks and feet.
Black pencil stripes on toes.
In correct proportion with the body. No indication of coarseness. Teeth in perfect alignment and apposition. Too large or too small for the body, too coarse or too refined, pinched and weak in foreface, domed in skull, too flat and lacking in chiselling, giving a vapid expression. Jaws and teeth overshot or undershot.