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The hair on the under part is lighter in colour and softer than on the top. 

 The skin on the belly accords with the colour of the dog. 



Colour. — Pepper or mustard. The pepper colour ranges from a dark 

 bluish-black to a light silveiy grey, the intermediate colours being preferred. 

 The body colour coming well down the shoulder and hips, gradually merging 

 into the leg colour. The mustards vary from a reddish brown to a pale 

 fawn, the head being creamy white. The legs and feet of a shade darker 

 than the head. The claws are dark, as in the other colours. Nearly all 

 Dandie Dinmont terriers have some white on the chest, and some have 

 also white claws. 



Height at shoulder. — From eight to eleven inches. 



Weight. — From fourteen to twenty-four pounds; the best weight is as 

 near eighteen pounds as possible. These weights are for dogs in good 

 working order. 



General appearance. — ^A game and intelligent dog, free from vice and 

 not more quarrelsome than other varieties of terriers. 



Scale of Points 



General appearance 5 Legs and feet 10 



Head 10 Tail 5 



Eyes 10 Coat 15 



Ears 10 Colour 5 



Neck 5 Size and weight 5 



Body 20 



Total 



100 



