Dewclaws may be removed. Thighs are strong and well muscled, stifles show good function angulation, lower thigh to be well developed and muscled with good breadth. Dewclaws may be removed. The skin must be very thick, closely fitting the body. The skin is thinner on the head, throat, groin, under the legs and in the folds of the elbows is soft to the touch.
Pigmentation is dependent upon the color or markings of the coat.
A Spinone must have a correct coat to be of correct type. Head, ears, muzzle and front sides of legs and feet are covered by shorter hair. The hair on the backsides of the legs forms a rough brush, but there are never any fringes. The eyes and lips are framed by stiff hair forming eyebrows, mustache and tufted beard, which combine to save fore face from laceration by briar and bush. The coat is dense, stiff and flat or slightly crimped, but not curly, with an absence of undercoat.