Biewer standard
Translated from the UCI Standard of Germany
UCI Reference No. 00/490

ORIGIN: Germany

GENERAL APPEARANCE:
hat of a long-haired toy terrier whose hair hangs evenly and straight down each side of the body, and from the base of the skull to the end of the tail. The dog should be very compace and neat. The tail should be carried up. The outlines should give the impression of a powerful and well proportioned body.

HEAD AND SKULL:
The head should be rather small and flat, not too propionate round in the skull, nor the muzzle too long with an absolute black nose. The hair on the head is long with colors of White-blue-gold, symmetrically colored.

EYES:
Medium size, dark and sparkling with a sharp intelligent expression and placed in a way that they look straight. They shall not be too prominent and the eye rims should be of a dark color.

TEETH:
The teeth should be all the same. Either a scissor bite or level bite is acceptable. Premolar faults are tolerated.

FORELEGS:
The legs should be totally straight, well covered with hair.

HIND LEGS:
Legs rather straight, well muscled, and well covered with hair

BODY:
Very compact with well formed hips and a level back line.

TAIL:
A complete tail, with lots of hair, carried slightly higher than the level of the back.

FEET:
As rounded as possible with toenails being white or black.

COAT:
The hair on the body has a length ¾ down the sides of the dog or long enough to reach the ground. It should be absolutely straight, not wooly, shiny like silk and of fine silky texture, without an undercoat. Coloring of the coat of the trunk and the head piece are as follows: Trunk: Rather white or blue-white broken or closely blue absolute or black, without brown coloring. Hair: On breast pure white, also on the belly and legs. Head: White- blue-gold, symmetrical colored.

WEIGHT AND HEIGHT:
Up to 22 cm in height and a weight of about 3.1 kg.

FAULTS:
Any and all differences within this breed standard,
Light colored eyes or eye rims.
Light colored nostrils.
Any ear that is not erect.
An over or undershot bite.
Wavy or curly hair.

NOTE:This information has been contributed by, and is property of the Biewer Breed Club International and is gratefully used here with permission.

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