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TO THE MEMBERS:

You received a copy of the Proposed Revised Standard and a ballot to vote and return to the Secretary.  This is a DRAFT-DRAFT-DRAFT.  This to get more ideas and input from the membership before we submit it to the AKC staff for their input.  Once they review, offer suggestions if any, a Final Revised Standard will be sent to you and will require a 2/3 approval for passage.

You must understand what you have received at this time  is not official and the standard that is in effect presently, will remain until you have a chance to submit a final ballot, which will be sent to you again for your final approval or disapproval,  before it will be changed.

Remember also. This next ballot you will receive will make you aware of the five year moratorium which means if approved and changed, it cannot be changed again for 5 years.

When this was retyped, some information such as in the section Head were not complete.  See below for the proposed.

Head: The head is elegant, balanced and expressive with no indication of coarseness. Expression is intelligent, alert, eager and full of interest. Eyes: clear, bright and dark, including eye-rims, with the exception of chocolates whose eye-rims should be self-colored. The eyes are full, round and somewhat prominent, yet never bulging, with a soft intelligent expression. They are set well apart, not slanted, and fit well together into the sockets. Ears: The ears are erect, pointed, inverted V-shaped, set high  but never touching. The size is in proportion to the head and body.   Skull: is moderate in width, slightly rounded and softly wedge shaped. Medium stop, . When viewed from the front, the head widens gradually from the nose to the base of the ears.  The occiput to stop, stop to nose and width of skull should be in equal proportion. The cheeks are flat and muscular, with the area below the eyes well filled in. Faults: Apple head. Muzzle: Strong rather than fine, in proportion to the head as a whole and parallel to the top of the skull.  Nose: Black only with the exception of self-colored in chocolate dogs.   Lips: are small and tight fitting. Bite: Strong white teeth meeting in a scissors bite, loss of teeth should not  be faulted as long as the scissor bite can be determined as correct. Disqualification: Undershot, wry mouth or overshot, ears not erect.

President ATFTC