The head is surmounted by a topknot of long silky hair. The ears are long, set approximately on level with outer corners of the eyes. Nose Nose is of good size, black in color. The neck Is of good length, strong and arched, running in a curve to the shoulders which are long and sloping and well laid back. The back line appearing practically level from the shoulders to the loin.
Shoulders have plenty of angulation so that the legs are well set underneath the dog.
Too much straightness of shoulder causes the dog to break down in the pasterns, and this is a serious fault. All four feet of the Afghan Hound are in line with the body, turning neither in nor out. Coat-Hindquarters, flanks, ribs, forequarters, and legs well covered with thick. Showing of short hair on cuffs on either front or back legs is permissible. Fault Lack of shorthaired saddle in mature dogs.