A scissors bite is even more punishing and can be more easily bred into a dog than a level mouth, and a dog having a scissors bite, where the lower teeth slip inside and rest against the teeth of the upper jaw, should not be penalized. The occipital bone is very prominent. The head is surmounted by a topknot of long silky hair. 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. Showing of short hair on cuffs on either front or back legs is permissible. When running free, the Afghan Hound moves at a gallop, showing great elasticity and spring in his smooth, powerful stride. Moving with head and tail high, the whole appearance of the Afghan Hound is one of great style and beauty.