Standard of the Biro Dog Breed
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General Appearance: That of a long haired toy terrier whose hair hangs evenly and straight down each side of the body, and flat, the base of the skull to the end of the tail. The animal should be very compact and neat. The tail should be carried up. The outlines should give the impression of a powerful and well proportioned body.
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Behavior and Temperment: A delightful, alert, cheerful, intelligent and self confident dog.
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Head and Skull: The head should be rather small and flat, not too proportionate round in the skull, not the muzzle too long. The hair on the head is long with colors: white, chocolate and gold, symmetrically colored.
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Eyes: Medium size and sparkling with a sharp intelligent expression and placed in a way that they look straight. They shall not be prominent. The eye color is green or orange.
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Ears: Small V shaped ears, that are carried erect, and not set too far apart, covered with short hair.
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Teeth: The teeth should be all the same. Either a scissor bite or a level bite is acceptable. Premolar faults are tolerated.
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Nose: An absolute chocolate nose.
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Body: Very compact with well formed hips and level back line.
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Tail: A complete tail with lots of hair, carried slightly higher than the level of the back.
Biro Dog Breed Limbs
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Forelegs: The legs should be totally straight , well covered with hair.
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Hindlegs: Legs rather straight, well muscled and well covered with hair.
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Feet: As rounded as possible, with toenails being black or white.
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Coat: The hair on the body has a length 3/4 down the side of the dog,more long enough to reach the ground, and is absolutely straight (not wooly), shiny like silk and of fine silky texture, without an undercoat.
Biro Dog Breed Coloring
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Head: White-chocolate-gold
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Body: White and chocolate (varying color of chocolate from light to dark is acceptable) or totally chocolate with white breast without black coloring. Hair on the breast, on the belly, and the legs, to be pure white.
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Weight: Up to 3.2 kg
Biro Dog Breed Faults
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Any and all difference within this breed standard.
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N.B.: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.