Miniature Bull Terrier Breed Standard
Terrier Group

General Appearance
The Miniature Bull Terrier must be strongly built, symmetrical and active, with a keen, determined and intelligent expression. He should be full of fire, having a courageous, even temperament and be amenable to discipline.

Size, Proportion, Substance
Height 10 inches to 14 inches. Dogs outside these limits should be faulted. Weight in proportion to height. In proportion, the Miniature Bull Terrier should give the appearance of being square.

Head

The head should be long, strong and deep, right to the end of the muzzle, but not coarse. The full face 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. The profile 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.

To achieve a keen, determined and intelligent expression, the eyes should be well sunken and as dark as possible with a piercing glint. They should be small, triangular and obliquely placed, set near together and high up on the dog's head. The ears should be small, thin and placed close together, capable of being held stiffly erect when they point upwards. The nose should be black, with well developed nostrils bent downwards at the tip. The lips should be clean and tight. The teeth should meet in either a level or scissor bite. In the scissor bite, the top teeth should fit in front of and closely against the lower teeth. The teeth should be sound, strong and perfectly regular.

Neck, Topline, Body
The neck should be very muscular, long, and arched; tapering from the shoulders to the head, it should be free from loose skin. The back should be short and strong with a slight arch over the loin. Behind the shoulders there should be no slackness or dip at the withers. The body should be well rounded with marked spring of rib. The back ribs deep. The chest should be broad when viewed from in front. There should be great depth from withers to brisket, so that the latter is nearer to the ground than the belly. The underline, from the brisket to the belly, should form a graceful upward curve. The tail should be short, set on low, fine, and should be carried horizontally. It should be thick where it joins the body, and should taper to a fine point.

Forequarters
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. The 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 up on them. The elbows must turn neither in nor out, and the pasterns should be strong and upright.

Hindquarters
The hind legs should be parallel when viewed from behind. The thighs are very muscular with hocks well let down. The stifle joint is well bent with a well developed second thigh. The hind pasterns should be short and upright.

Feet - The feet are round and compact with well arched toes like a cat.

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

Color - For white, pure white coat. Markings on head and skin pigmentation are not to be penalized. For colored, any color to predominate.

Gait - The dog shall move smoothly, covering the ground with free, easy strides. Fore and hind legs should move parallel to each other when viewed from in front or behind, with 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.

Temperament
The temperament should be full of fire and courageous, but even and amenable to discipline.

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.

Approved May 14, 1991
Effective January 1, 1992

Miniature Bull Terrier(迷你牛头梗)

[简介] 迷你牛头梗的身体结构必须结实，匀称，而且充满活力。具有热烈、坚定和聪明的表情。他应该是充满热情、勇敢、性格平和、驯服。

[体型] 身高在10~14英寸间，超出这一范围的狗都属于失格。体重与身高成比例。迷你牛头梗的身体呈正方形。

[头部] 头部长、结实且深，一直延伸到口吻末端，但不粗糙。整个面部轮廓呈卵形，饱满；呈光滑的平面，没有任何凹陷或突起的地方，即所谓的蛋形。从头顶到鼻尖形成轻微向下的弧线。前额位于两耳间，平坦。从鼻尖到眼睛的距离远远大于从眼睛到头顶的距离。下颌深，完美。眼睛适当下陷、颜色尽可能深、眼睛中射出明亮的光芒，表现出热情、坚定且聪明的表情。眼睛很小，呈三角形，位置有点斜。耳朵小，薄，距离很近，耳尖向上时，耳朵保持竖立。鼻镜为黑色，鼻孔适当张开，鼻尖略向下弯。嘴唇紧且整洁。牙齿为钳状咬合或剪状咬合。剪状咬合时，上端的门牙与下端的牙齿紧密贴合。牙齿应该结实、坚实且非常整齐。

[颈部、背线和身躯] 颈部肌肉非常发达，长且呈拱形；从肩部到头部逐渐变细，皮肤松弛。背部短而结实，腰部以上略拱。马肩隆后部不能松弛，马肩隆不应该下陷。肋骨扩张良好。后肋骨深。从前方观察，胸部宽。从马肩隆到肋骨底的深度非常深，所以，肋骨底比腹部更接近地面。从肋骨底部到腹部形成优雅的曲线。尾巴短，尾根位置低，尾巴平举。与身体结合的部分粗壮，向末端逐渐变细。

[前躯] 肩部应该结实、肌肉发达，但不显得笨重。肩胛宽阔、平坦，从底边到顶边部分向后倾斜地非常厉害。腿部骨量充足，但不粗糙。前肢长度适中，非常直，稳固地支撑着身体。肘部既不能内翻也不能外翻。脚腕应该结实，笔直。

[后躯] 从后面看，两条后腿相互平行。大腿肌肉非常发达，飞节适当靠下。后膝关节在与第二节大腿结合处形成合适的角度。后脚腕应该短且直。足爪：足爪圆且紧凑，足趾适当上拱，类似猫足。

[被毛] 被毛短，平且摸上去感觉粗糙，有光泽。狗的皮肤松紧适中。

[颜色] 白色，纯白色，头部和皮肤上长有斑纹是允许的。彩色，允许是任何颜色。

[步态] 这种狗的步态流畅，能适应各种地形，步幅大。从前面或后面观察，前腿或后腿都应该彼此平行。前躯导向良好，后躯驱动有力，臀步动作流畅，后膝关节和飞节适度弯曲。具有典型的自信、活泼及有力的特点。

[气质] 气质应该是充满热情和勇敢，但性格平和，驯服。

标准通过日期：1991年5月14日

标准执行日期：1992年1月1日

原作： 酋长

来源： 转译自AKC

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