strong and neatly determination, strength turned; tail short and and activity.  Style of a no feature being so high order, and carriage prominent that the dog easy and graceful. appears badly proportioned.  The dog should convey an impression of determination, strength and activity, with style of a high order; carriage easy and graceful.  A proportionate combination of “Color” and “Ideal Markings” is a particularly distinctive feature of a representative specimen, and dogs with a preponderance of white on body, or without the proper proportion of brindle and white on head, should possess sufficient merit otherwise to counteract their deficiencies in these respects.

The ideal “Boston Terrier Expression” as indicating “a high degree of intelligence,” is also an important characteristic of the breed.

“Color and Markings” and “Expression” should be given particular consideration in determining the relative value of “General Appearance” to other points.

12  Skull:  Square, flat on      12  skull:  Broad and flat,
top, free from wrinkles;        without prominent cheeks,
cheeks flat; brow abrupt,       and forehead free from
stop well defined.              wrinkles.

2 Stop:  Well defined, but
indenture not too deep.

5 Eyes:  Wide apart, large 5 eyes:  Wide apart, large and
and round, dark in round, neither sunken nor too
color, expression alert, prominent, and in color dark
but kind and and soft.  The outside corner
intelligent; the eyes should be on a line with the
should set square across cheeks as viewed from the
brow and the outside front.
corners should be on a
line with the cheeks as
viewed from the front.

12  Muzzle:  Short, square,      12  muzzle:  Short, square,
wide and deep; free from        wide and deep, without
wrinkles; shorter in            wrinkles.  Nose black and
length than in width and        wide, with a well defined
depth, and in proportion        straight line between
to skull; width and             nostrils.  The jaws broad
depth carried out well          and square, with short,
to end.  Nose black and          regular teeth.  The chops
wide, with well defined         wide and deep, not
line between nostrils.          pendulous, completely
The jaws broad and              covering the teeth when
square, with short              mouth is closed.
regular teeth.  The chops
of good depth, but not
pendulous, completely
covering the teeth when
mouth is closed.  The
muzzle should not exceed
in approximate length
one-third of length of
skull.

2  Ears:  Small and thin,        2  ears:  Small and thin,
situated as near corners        situated as near corners
of skull as possible.           of skull as possible.