Moderately broad, lower chest as long as possible and well defined. Ribs should have moderate spring. A barrel shaped chest is as much a fault as lack of spring. It has slightly longer hair on the underside and is carried hanging in a gentle curve. When animated or moving it is carried higher but not above horizontal.
Corrective surgery is forbidden.
The forelegs are straight, seen from all sides, absolutely parallel seen from the front. Shoulder-blade and upper arm are of equal length and, due to strong muscling, firmly placed against the body. The angle of the shoulder-blade and upper arm is ideally 90 degrees, but more generally 110 degrees. Elbows must turn neither in nor out, either standing or moving. Seen from all sides forearms straight and, absolutely parallel to each other, clean and firmly muscled.