Faults
	Any departure from the foregoing should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the falt is regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree. This applies particularly to the following departures from the standard:
	General Appearance
	Lack of correct gender characteristics, lack of harmony. Too light, too coarse.
	Temperament
	Lack of self assurance, nervous, easily provoked.
	Head
	Upper lines of foreface and skull not parallel, apple head, wedge shaped head. Too little stop, over developed muscles in cheeks.
	Muzzle
	Pointed, lacking in flews, flews too pendulous. Bridge of nose dished, Roman nose or aquiline nose.
	Mouth/Teeth
	Any departure from a complete set of teeth (only the absence of both PM1 in the lower jaw can be tolerated); irregular position of individual incisors as long as bite remains overwhelmingly closed. Too small teeth. Pincer bite.
	Exes
	Slack lids, haw too red. Light, piercing or amber coloured eyes. Watery blue eyes or two different coloured eyes in all solid colours. Eyes too far apart or slit eyes.
	Ears
	Set on too high or too low. Standing off sideways or lying quite flat to the cheeks. Cropped ears: Shape and length ill matched with the head, not carried evenly taut and erect.
	Neck
	Short, thick neck, ewe neck, throatiness or dewlap.
	Back
	Sway back, roach back, too long in back. Backline running up towards rear.
	Croup
	Falling away steeply or completely level.
	Tail
	Too thick, too long or too short. Set on too low or too high above the back line. Hook shaped or squirrel tail as well as tail turned sideways. Tail which is damaged, thickened at the tip or has been docked.
	Thoracic Cage
	Flat or barrelshaped ribs. Lack of width or depth of chest. Strongly protruding sternum.
	Lower Line
	Belly line not sufficiently tucked up. Teats which have not retracted.
	Forequarter
	Insufficient angulation. Light bone, weak muscles. Stance not vertical.
	Shoulders
	Loose, loaded. Steep set of shoulder-blade.
	Ellbows
	Loose, turned in or out.
	Fore Arm
	Distorted. Distended above the pastern.
	Pastern Joint
	Distended, very flexible or knuckled over.
	Pastern
	Too slanted or too steep in position.
	Hindquarter
	Too much or too little angulation. Cow hocks, too narrow or bow legged stance.
Hocks
Distended, unstable.
Feet
Flat, splayed, long shaped.
Movement
Covering too little ground, restricted action. Frequent or constant pacing. Lack of co-ordination between front and hind action.
Coat
Make up, Stockhaar (double coat), dull coat.
Colours:
Fawn: Gray-fawn, blue-fawn, isabella (cream) - fawn or dirty fawn.
Brindle: Ground colour silver blue or isabella. Smudged markings.
Harlequin: Blue-Gray ticked ground colour. Largish fawn-gray or blue-gray patching.
Black: Fawn, brown or blue-black colour.
Blue: Yellowish or black-blue colour.