FEET - The feet should be moderate in size, compact and firmly set. Toes
compact, well split up, with high knuckles and short stubby nails. The hind feet should be
pointed well outward.
COAT - The coat should be straight,
short, flat, close, of fine texture, smooth and glossy (no fringe, feather or curl).
SKIN - The skin should be soft and loose, especially at the head, neck and shoulders.
WRINKLES & DEWLAP - The head and face should be covered with heavy wrinkles, and at
the throat, from jaw to chest, there should be two loose pendulous folds, forming the
dewlap.
| Fore head wrinkle should
not obscure furrow in skull. Wrlnkle(s) over the nose to be of moderate size, neither
extending beyond the tip of nose, obscuring the vision in any way nor being too large and
out of proportion. |
The color of coat should be uniform,
pure of its kind and brilliant. The various colors found in the breed are to be preferred
in the following order: (I) red brindle, (2) all other brindles, (3) solid white, (4)
solid red, fawn or fallow, (5) piebald, (6) inferior qualities of all the foregoing. Note:
A perfect piebald is preferable to a muddy brindle or defective solid color. Solid black
is very undesirable, but not so objectionable if occurring to a moderate degree in piebald
patches. The brindles to be perfect should have a fine, even and equal distribution of the
composite colors. In brindles and solid colors a small white patch on the chest is not
considered detrimental. In piebalds the color patches should be well defined, of pure
color and symmetrically distributed.
The style and carriage are peculiar,
his gait being a loosejointed, shuffling, sidewise motion, giving the characteristic
"roll". The action must, however, be unrestrained, free and vigorous.
| The proper Bulldog, with short wide set front legs and
longer narrow set rear legs, has a peculiar gait that results in a side to side motion or
"'roll'". The roll can be observed by following the "sidewise" motion
of the skin over the loin and the "sidewise" movement at the base of the tail. |
°A Bulldog gait video, showing the peculiarities of gait, is available
from the BCA Education Committee. |
