NECK Muscular, with a pronounced dewlap. The shoulders are well laid back and sloping, and muscular. The elbows are set close against the sides of the chest. The distance from the deepest point of the chest to the ground is not more than one-third of the distance of the total height at the withers. The knees at least slightly crook inwards, but not so great as to prevent free action or result in the legs touching each other when standing or in action.
Wrinkled ankles end in a massive paw.
Dewclaws may be removed. Out at the elbows. Down in the pasterns. The body is long and low. The breast bone is slightly prominent, but the chest is not unduly deep.