Noteworthy for endurance, Bedlingtons, also gallop at great speed, as their body outline clearly shows. HEAD Narrow but deep and rounded. Shorter in skull and longer in jaw. Covered with a profuse topknot which is lighter than the color of the body, highest at the crown, and tapering gradually to just back off the nose. There must be no stop and the unbroken line from crown to nose end reveals a slender head without cheekiness or snipeyness.
Lips are black in the blue and tans and brown in all other solid and bi-colors.
EYES Almond shaped, small, bright and well sunk with no tendency to tear or water. Set is oblique and fairly high on the head. Eye rims are black in the blue, blue and tans, and brown in all other solid and bi-colors. EARS Triangular with rounded tips. Set low and hanging flat to the cheek in front with a slight projection at the base.