The head is proportionate to the size of the dog. When viewed from the side, the skull and muzzle are roughly parallel to one another and joined by a slight but definite stop. The skull is long and moderately rounded on top. Cheeks are clean and flat. The muzzle is fine with a slight chiseling under the eyes but with sufficient depth of underjaw to prevent snipiness.
Lips are tight with black or liver pigment appropriate to coat color.
The Standard Poodle has a complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth meeting in a scissors bite. NOSE - Nose leather is black or liver, depending on coat color. Nose pigment incomplete or of wrong color for color of coat. Eye and eye rim colors are black or liver, depending on coat color. Ears are set at or slightly below eye level and hang close to the head.