Bull Terrier Breed Standard
Terrier Group

White

The Bull Terrier must be strongly built, muscular, symmetrical and active, with a keen determined and intelligent expression, full of fire but of sweet disposition and amenable to discipline.

Head
Should be long, strong and deep right to the end of the muzzle, but not coarse. Full face it should be oval in outline and be filled completely up giving the impression of fullness with a surface devoid of hollows or indentations, i.e., egg shaped. In profile it should curve gently downwards from the top of the skull to the tip of the nose. The forehead should be flat across from ear to ear. The distance from the tip of the nose to the eyes should be perceptibly greater than that from the eyes to the top of the skull. The underjaw should be deep and well defined.

Lips

Should be clean and tight.

Teeth
Should meet in either a level or in a scissors bite. In the scissors bite the upper teeth should fit in front of and closely against the lower teeth, and they should be sound, strong and perfectly regular.

Ears
Should be small, thin and placed close together. They should be capable of being held stiffly erect, when they should point upwards.

Eyes
Should be well sunken and as dark as possible, with a piercing glint and they should be small, triangular and obliquely placed; set near together and high up on the dog's head. Blue eyes are a disqualification.

Nose
Should be black, with well-developed nostrils bent downward at the tip.

Neck
Should be very muscular, long, arched and clean, tapering from the shoulders to the head and it should be free from loose skin.

Chest
Should be broad when viewed from in front, and there should be great depth from withers to brisket, so that the latter is nearer the ground than the belly.

Body
Should be well rounded with marked spring of rib, the back should be short and strong. The back ribs deep. Slightly arched over the loin. The shoulders should be strong and muscular but without heaviness. The shoulder blades should be wide and flat and there should be a very pronounced backward slope from the bottom edge of the blade to the top edge. Behind the shoulders there should be no slackness or dip at the withers. The underline from the brisket to the belly should form a graceful upward curve.

Legs
Should be big boned but not to the point of coarseness; the forelegs should be of moderate length, perfectly straight, and the dog must stand firmly upon them. The elbows must turn neither in nor out, and the pasterns should be strong and upright. The hind legs should be parallel viewed from behind. The thighs very muscular with hocks well let down. Hind pasterns short and upright. The stifle joint should be well bent with a well-developed second thigh.

Feet
Round and compact with well-arched toes like a cat.

Tail
Should be short, set on low, fine, and ideally should be carried horizontally. It should be thick where it joins the body, and should taper to a fine point.

Coat
Should be short, flat, harsh to the touch and with a fine gloss. The dog's skin should fit tightly.

Color
Is white though markings on the head are permissible. Any markings elsewhere on the coat are to be severely faulted. Skin pigmentation is not to be penalized.

Movement
The dog shall move smoothly, covering the ground with free, easy strides, fore and hind legs should move parallel each to each when viewed from in front or behind. The forelegs reaching out well and the hind legs moving smoothly at the hip and flexing well at the stifle and hock. The dog should move compactly and in one piece but with a typical jaunty air that suggests agility and power.

Faults
Any departure from the foregoing points shall be considered a fault and the seriousness of the fault shall be in exact proportion to its degree, i.e. a very crooked front is a very bad fault; a rather crooked front is a rather bad fault; and a slightly crooked front is a slight fault.

Disqualification
Blue eyes.

Colored

The Standard for the Colored Variety is the same as for the White except for the sub head "Color" which reads: Color. Any color other than white, or any color with white markings. Other things being equal, the preferred color is brindle. A dog which is predominantly white shall be disqualified.

Disqualifications
Blue eyes.
Any dog which is predominantly white.

Approved July 9, 1974

 Bull Terrier(牛头梗) [白色牛头梗] 牛头梗的身体结构必须非常结实、肌肉发达、匀称且活力，表情中透出坚定热情和聪慧，如火焰般热情但也很甜蜜，非常服从纪律。

[头部] 头部长，至口吻末端止都结实而且深，但不粗糙。面部丰满呈卵形，整个面部轮廓都很丰满而且向上，而且没有任何凹陷或中断的地方，既呈蛋形。从侧面看，从头顶到鼻尖呈轻微向下的拱形曲线。额头在两耳间，平坦。可以看见从鼻尖到眼睛的距离大于眼睛到头顶的距离。下颚应该深而且轮廓清晰。

[嘴唇] 整洁、紧

[牙齿] 钳状咬合或剪状咬合。如果是剪状咬合，前端的上下齿紧密结合，牙齿健康、结实而且整齐。

[耳朵] 小、薄而且位置靠近。当它们向上指时，应该有足够的硬度保持竖立。

[眼睛] 应该下陷，而且颜色尽可能深，闪烁着敏锐的光芒。眼睛小，三角形，位置歪斜；在头部比较靠近的位置。兰色眼睛属于失格。

[鼻镜] 颜色为黑色，鼻孔大而且鼻尖向下。

[颈部] 应该肌肉非常发达，长，拱形而且整洁，从肩膀到头部逐渐变细，不受松弛的皮肤影响。

[胸部] 从前面看，胸应该很宽，而且非常深，比腹部更接近地面。

[身躯] 肋骨健康，背部短而结实。后边的肋骨很深。在腰部形成轻微的拱形。肩部结实、肌肉发达，但不沉重。肩宽而平，而且肩胛骨从下到上非常明显的向后倾斜。但后面的肩胛不突出或下沉。从胸后部到腹部呈优美的上收曲线。

[腿] 骨骼粗壮但不尖利或粗糙；前肢长度适中，笔直，牢固地支撑身体。肘部不向内或外翻，腕部结实而垂直。从后面看，从后面看，后腿彼此平行。大腿肌肉非常发达，飞节靠下。后脚腕短而垂直。后大腿与第二节大腿间的后膝关节角度恰当。

[足爪] 圆而紧凑，恰当地上拱，类似猫足。 [尾巴] 短，位置低，细，理想状态为平举。与身体结合部分粗，然后逐渐变细。

[被毛] 短、平、摸上去粗硬而且有光泽。皮肤紧裹身体。

[颜色] 白色，头部允许长有斑纹。其他任何地方出现斑纹都属于严重缺陷。皮肤上有颜色属于正常。

[步态] 步态平滑，轻松，步幅大，从前面或后面看，前腿和后腿彼此平行。前腿导向良好，后腿动作平滑，膝关节和飞节角度恰当。行动紧凑，而且带有典型的愉快心情，机敏而有力。

[缺陷] 不符合上面描述的情况都属于缺陷，前肢弯曲属于严重缺陷，前肢轻微弯曲属于小缺陷。

[失格] 兰色眼睛。

[彩色牛头梗] 除了颜色以外，其他标准都与白色牛头梗一致：颜色为除白色外的任何颜色，或任何颜色带白色斑纹，其他都是一样的。虎斑色比较理想。如果大部分地方是白色，属于失格。

[失格] 兰色眼睛。大部分地方都是白色。

标准通过日期：1974年7月9日

原作： 酋长

来源： 转译自AKC

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