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slightly convergent and never parallel. The skin should be firm and smooth and void of excessive wrinkling.
The skull viewed from the front is wide and should not have a round appearance in the area between the ears. We seem to be seeing more and more of these round skulls in the ring and it is simply not correct.
The stop should NOT be a right angle, but should be pronounced and flows into the convergence of the skull.
EYES: The Eyes should be of medi- um size with a clear almond shape, never budging or big and round. The rims should be tight fitting with minimal haw visible. Placement of the eyes is also a very impor- tant part of the head piece. The eyes should set slightly above the bridge of the muzzle thus allowing for a clean line of sight with turning its head from side to side. When viewing from the front, correct eye place- ment should be set at 15 degrees for females
and 10 degrees for males as shown in the diagram above.
NOSE: The nose is another area I concen- trate on. The nose should be large with open nostrils. We are seeing too much of what I call “Boxer nose” (a nose more comonlly seen on a boxer) with closed nostrils show- ing up in the rings these days as opposed to the correct larger Molossoid nose with open nostrils. The pigment should be that of the overall pigment of the dog. Dogs that have
