In view of his island oirgin, he is likely to have been a pure breed for many years.One of the sweetest of the toy breeds, he needs a lot of attention to keep his long, soft, silky coat in immaculate condition. Much of his beauty comes from the stark contrast of his dark eyes with their black rims, and blacl nose against his pure white coat, To achievethe correct expression the head must be equally balanced from stop to occiput, and stop to tip of nose. His temperament is merry ans friendly, and hi is very bright and olso intelligent. A lively little dog, full of fun, who belies his chocolate-box appearance.

General Appearance**   Smart, very white-coated dog, with proud head carriage.

Characteristics**  Lively intelligent, alert.

Temperament** Lovely and very sweet temperament.

Head and skull**  From the stop to occiput and stop to tip of nose eqaully balanced. Stop well defined. Nose black. Muzzle broad, well filled under eye. Not snipey.

Eyes** Oval, not bulging, dark brown, black eye rims, with dark haloes.

Mouth** Jaws strong, with perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the  jaws. Teeth even.

Neck ** Medium length.

ForeQuarters** Legs short and straight. Shoulders well sloped.

Body** Well balanced, essentially short and cobby. Good spring of rib, back level from withers to tail.

Feet**  Round, pads black.

Tail ** Feathered, carried well arched over back. 

Gait Movement ** Free, without extended weaving. 

Colour** Pure white, but slight lemon markings permissible.

Size** Height not exceeding  25.5 cms { 10 ins } from ground to withers. 

Faults** Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.

Note**  Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

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