Feet Large, round, and compact with well arched toes. Black nails preferred. Hindquarters Hindquarters Broad, wide and muscular. Second thighs well developed, leading to a strong hock joint. Stifle joint is moderately angulated matching the front.
Rear legs are wide apart and parallel when viewed from the rear.
This rules out straight hocks, and since stifle angulation varies with hock angulation, it also rules out insufficiently angulated stifles. Coat Outer coat straight, coarse, and of moderately short length. Undercoat dense, short, and close lying. Color Fawn, apricot, or brindle. Brindle should have fawn or apricot as a background color which should be completely covered with very dark stripes.