Boston Terrier

Utility

Coat

Solid: or with or without overlay
Brindle: with medium to thick striping. Brindle is preferred over other colours, but only if the competing dogs are of equal quality in every other aspect, and the other colours are not faulted in any way.
White Markings: All dogz are required to have a chest patch, white muzzle, and a blaze which reaches at least up to the eyes. Irish Spotting is also allowed, with Irish Spotting (strict) + required face markings being the preferred pattern.
Ticking/Roaning: Light ticking allowed.

Eyes

Nose

Faults

White eyelids are faulted.
More white on the face than listed. The heaviness on the fault depends on how much the colouring derivates from the preferred pattern. A dog with a 50 % white face is heavily faulted and one with 60 % white is DQed.
Wrong claw colour.

Disqualifications

Dogs with more white on the body than listed above. Dogs with more than 60 % white on the face. A dog that is a mixture of two colours, eg. both seal and black.

Varieties

None

Notes

The boston terrier is believed to originate from british fighting dogs that came to Boston via british ships. Around the 1860-70's, a breeding project was started in an attempt to create a smaller and faster dog, which lead to the breed that was recognized by the American Kennel Club in 1893 as 'boston terrier'.

The overall impression of the breed should be a compact and proportionate dog, with a short muzzle and tail. The head should be square-shaed with a marked stop. The muzzle short be short and square, with deep lips. The eyes should have an alert expression, the ears are erect and set as close as possible to the outer corners of the head. The neck is quite long, slightly arched and very elegant. The body is compact without being clumsy, with a deep chest and rounded topline. The tail is set low, straight or curled. The coat is short, thick and fine in texture.

Breed Files

Filename: Boston Terrier
Offset: 0010
Base: Chihuahua
SCP: Chihuahua
Accepted: October 8, 2008
Notes: Addball ears and liplines. Ears can be natural or cropped (two lengths).

Filename:
Offset:
Base:
SCP:
Accepted: January 4, 2006
Notes:

Filename: BostonT VPZ
Offset: 2E05
Base: Scottie
SCP: Scottie
Accepted: November 16, 2004
Notes: Includes cropped and natural ears, as well as three different tailtypes and heavier or lighter body build (lighter shown). Comes with or without claws. Includes furfiles for brindle and seal. Angled legs - movements are good but sit is a bit off. Note that some face colourings are faulted.