FCI Standard N° 13 / 7.11.1994 / GB
ENGLISH TOY TERRIER (BLACK & TAN)
ORIGIN : Great Britain.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE VALID ORIGINAL STANDARD : 08.06.1988
CLASSIFICATION FCI : Group 3
Terriers Section 4 Toy Terriers
Without working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : Well balanced, elegant and compact, sleek and
cleanly built.
CHARACTERISTICS : Toy with Terrier characteristics.
TEMPERAMENT : Alert, remembering that historically he could acquit
himself satisfactorily in the rat pit.
Never unduly nervous.
HEAD & SKULL : Head long, narrow, flat skull, wedge‑shaped without
emphasis of cheek muscles, well filled up under eyes.
Top and bottom jaws held tightly together within compressed lips.
Slight "stop". Foreface tapers gently to provide wedge‑shaped
impression, in profile similar to that seen when viewed from front.
Although an illusion of being overshot can result, any suggestion
of snipey appearance is undesirable.
Nose black.
EYES : Dark to black, without light shading from iris.
Small, almond shaped, obliquely set and sparkling.
EARS : Candle‑flame shape, slightly pointed tips, placed high upon back
of skull and proportionately close together.
A guide to size can be obtained by bending ear forward ‑ it
should not reach eye. From
nine months of age ear carriage must be erect.
Entire inside of ear should face front .
Leather of ear thin.
MOUTH : Jaws strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite,
i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square
to the jaws. Teeth level
and strong.
NECK : Long, graceful, slightly arched.
Shoulders well laid back. Line of neck flowing into shoulders,
and sloping off elegantly. Throatiness undesirable.
FOREQUARTERS : Legs falling straight from shoulders with elbows close to
chest providing a straight front.
Fine bone eminently desirable.
BODY : Body compact, head and legs proportionate thus producing correct
balance. Back very slightly
curving from behind shoulders to loin, falling again to root of tail.
Chest narrow and deep with ribs well sprung.
Loins well cut up.
Buttocks gently rounded.
HINDQUARTERS : Well‑rounded loin leading to a good turn of stifle; hocks
well let down; neither turning in nor out; a "tucked under" appearance
undesirable.
FEET : Dainty, compact; split up between toes; well arched, with jet
black nails, two middle toes of front feet rather longer than others;
hind feet cat‑like. Hare
feet undesirable.
TAIL : Thick at root, tapering to point.
Set low and not reaching below hock.
'Gay' tail undesirable if displayed to excess.
GAIT/MOVEMENT : Ideal fore‑movement akin to the "extended trot"; hackney
action not desirable; equally a "shuffling gait" undesirable. Hind
action smooth with ease and precision combined with drive; there should
be flowing quality to indicate true soundness.
COAT : Thick, close and glossy.
A density of short hair required.
COLOUR : Black and tan. The
black ebony, the tan likened to a new chestnut deeply rich.
Colours not running or blending into each other, but meeting abruptly,
forming clear and well defined lines of colour division.
Forelegs tanned to knees in front.
The tan then continuing inside and at back of forelegs to point
just below elbows; thin black line up each toe (pencilling) and a
clearly defined black mark (thumb mark) on centre of each pastern, and
under chin. Hindlegs well
tanned in front and inside with black bar dividing tan at centre of
lower thigh. Heavy tan on
outside of hindquarters (breaching or culottes) undesirable.
Muzzle well tanned. Nose
black, the black continuing along top of muzzle, curving below eyes to
base of throat. A tan spot
above each eye and a small tan spot on each cheek.
Under jaw and throat tanned, lip line black.
Hair inside ears tan (tan behind ears undesirable). Each side of
chest has some tan. Vent
and under root of tail, tan. White hairs forming a patch anywhere
totally undesirable.
SIZE : Ideal weight 2.7‑3.6
kg (6‑8 lbs).
Ideal height 25‑30 cm. (10‑12 ins) at the shoulder.
FAULTS : Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a
fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should
be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and
welfare of the dog.
Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be
disqualified.
NOTE : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully
descended into the scrotum.
