Thick, elastic skin. This is very useful especially for dogs with no height limit, because a dog must be in a breed type regardless of size. The fur is straight and coarse with a well developed light colored undercoat. Wide, flat forehead is bisected by slight furrow. The stop is not sharply pronounced.
Muzzle is shorted than forehead, tapered into the lips.
Nose is large, black, or brown on light colored dogs. Thick dry overhanging lips. Ears hihgset, cropped very short at early age. Teeth are large, well developed, set tightly to one another. Incisors are in line.