Convergence of planes of the skull and muzzle or a dish-faced muzzle is to be faulted so severely as to eliminate from further competition. Large, well opened, set well apart, the eye is almost round, the lids closely fitting the eye, to protect the eye from gathering debris while the dog is hunting, loose eyes lids must be faulted. Eye is neither protruding nor deep set. Eye rim clearly visible, color will vary with coat color from flesh colored to brown. Bulbous and spongy in appearance with upper edge rounded.
Nostrils are large and well opened.
In profile, the nose protrudes past the forward line of the lips. Any pigment other than described or incomplete pigment of the nose to be disqualified. Teeth are positioned in a scissors or level bite. Set on a level just below the eye, carried low, with little erectile power. The leather is fine, covered with short, thick hair mixed with a longer and sparser hair, which becomes thicker along edges.