SIZE: Height at shoulders - dogs, 23-27 in. (58-69 cm): bitches, 22-25 1/2 in (55-65 cm). Young dogs may be below the minimum.
COAT AND COLOUR: Coat long, slightly wavy, stiff and strong. All solid colours are allowed except white. Dark colours are preferable. Usual colours: black, and black with some white hairs, dark and light grey, tawny, and combinations of two of these colours, provided there are no marked spots and the transition from one to the other takes place gradually and symmetrically.
HEAD: Large and rather long. Stop well marked and placed at equal distance from top of head and tip of nose. Forehead very slightly rounded. Line from stop to tip of nose straight. Muzzle neither narrow not pointed. Hair heavy and long on top of head, the ears, and around the muzzle, forming eyebrows standing out and not veiling the eyes too much. Nose rather square than rounded, always black. Teeth strong, white, and meet exactly evenly. Eyes horizontal, well opened, dark in colour and rather large, intelligent and gentle in expression. Ears placed high, not too large and not carried too flat. In France the tips of the ears are generally cropped, causing the ear to be semi-erect.
NECK: Muscular and distinct from the shoulders.
FOREQUARTERS: Legs muscular with heavy bones. Feet strong, round, with toes close together and hard pads, nails black.
BODY: Back straight. Rump slightly sloped. Chest broad and deep.
HINDQUARTERS: Hock not too near the ground, making a well-marked angle, the leg below the hock being not quite vertical. Two dewclaws on each hind leg are required. A dog with only one cannot be given a prize.
TAIL: Well feathered, carried low and twisted neither to the right nor to the left, curled at the end, tip when straightened reaching to point of hock.
FAULTS: Muzzle pointed. Eyes small, almond shaped, or light in colour. Rump straight or too sloped. White spot on the breast (a large white spot is very bad). Tail too short or carried over the back. White nails.
DISQUALIFICATIONS: Size below the limit. Absence of dewclaws. Short hair on the head, face, or feet. Tail lacking or cut. Nose light in colour or spotted. Eyes spotted. Hair curled. White hair on feet. Spotted colours of the coat.