The tail at the root has longer and denser hair which gradually becomes shorter toward the tip. The tail appears bushy, not forming a flag. The colors red and brown-yellow are of entirely equal value. Never of one color or without white. One distinguishes between mantle dogs and splash-coated dogs.
Female animals are of finer and more delicate build.
Usually, on the back, especially from the region of the haunches to the rump, the hair is more wavy, a condition, by the way, that is slightly indicated in the shorthaired dogs. The tail is bushy with dense hair of moderate length. Rolled or curly hair, or a flag tail, is faulty.