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be very deep. From this ' stop ' there should be a 

 deep, broad furrow, extending upwards between the 

 brows, gradually disappearing when the occiput is 

 reached. 



11 The expression ' well broken up ' is used where 

 this ' stop ' and furrow are well marked, which, if 

 accompanied with a quantity of loose and well- 

 wrinkled skin about the head, give the animal's 

 expression style and finish. The term ' lay back ' 

 is often confused with what is meant by ' stop.' 

 ' Lay back ' is the facial angle, and can only be 

 properly ascertained by viewing the dog side face, 

 whereas ' stop ' can only be appreciated looking a 

 dog full in the face, or, better still, by feeling the 

 skull with one's two thumbs. The brows should be 

 prominent, square, broad, and high. The occiput 

 should be flat from ear to ear ; the forehead large 

 but flat, not overhanging the face, and of great 

 breadth when compared with the height from the 

 nasal bone to the occiput. The cheeks rounded, 

 extending laterally beyond the eyes, and the cheek 

 tumps well defined points which probably are not 

 fully developed until the third year. 



' There is only one style of ear admitted by 

 judges as being correct nowadays, and that is the 

 shape known as ' rose/ which, by the way it is 

 folded, laps in an outward direction, exposing some 



