The croup is slightly rounded at the tail set. The tail is long and carried low. It is bushy, covered with long coat hair. The coat is of medium length and may be either straight or slightly wavy but never curly. Coat color is shiny black with tan markings on the cheeks, chest, front part of the legs and a small spot above the inside point of each eye.
White hair is preferred on the chest, the feet below the pasterns and the tail tip.
There is also a white blaze on the forehead.