General:MANCHESTER TERRIER
Country of origin: Great Britain
Short history of the race.
Race description:Appearance: The Manchester Terrier is compact, elegant and sound with substance.
Head : Long, flat and narrow, level and wedge-shaped, without showing cheek muscles.
Nose : Jet black.
Muzzle : Well filled up under eyes, tapering.
Teeth : Jaws level, with perfect and regular scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws.
Lips : Tight.
Eyes : Small, dark and sparkling. Almond-shaped, not prominent.
Ears : Small and V-shaped, carried well above top line of head and hanging close to head above eyes.
Neck : Fairly long and tapering from shoulder to head and slightly arched at crest ; free from throatiness.
Body : Short, slightly arched over the loin.
Tail : Short and set on where arch of back ends, thick where it joins body, tapering to a point, carried not higher than level of back.
Hair : Close, smooth, short and glossy, of firm texture.
Colour : jet black and rich mahogany tan distributed as follows : on head, muzzle tanned to nose, nose and nasal bone jet black. Small tan spot on each cheek and above each eye, under-jaw and throat tanned with distinct tan V. Legs from knee downward tanned with exception of toes which shall be pencilled with black, a distinct black mark ( thumbmark) immediately above feet. Inside hindlegs tanned but divided with black at stifle joint. Under tail tanned, vent tanned by markings as narrow as possible so that it is covered by tail. A slight tan mark on each side of chest. Tan outside hindlegs, commonly called breeching, is undesirable.
In all cases black should not run into tan or vice versa, but division between colours clearly defined.
Size : Ideal height at shoulders : dogs 16 ins, bitches 15 ins.
Temperament:Keen, alert, gay and sporting ; discerning and devoted.
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