HEAD
Shaped like a long, blunt, not too broad wedge, the plane of the forehead forming a distinctive angle with the bridge of the nose.
CRANIAL REGION :
Skull
: Not too broad between the ears and tapering moderately towards the supraorbital ridges. Occipital protuberance easy to palpate; cheek bones moderately prominent. Frontal furrow only slightly marked.
Stop
: Not accentuated but apparent.
FACIAL REGION :
Nose
: Dark and well developed. It should be black on Terriers with a grey-blue coat and liver-coloured on milk-coffee brown Terriers.
Nasal bridge
: Straight.
Jaws/teeth
: Strong jaws. Scissors or level bite; complete dentition (the absence of the 2 M3 in the lower jaw not being penalized). Teeth strong, regularly aligned and set square to the jaw.
Lips
: Relatively thick, fitting neatly.
Cheeks
: Cheek bones not very prominent.
Eyes
: Of medium size, slightly deep set, with a friendly expression; well covered by the overhanging eye brows. Brown to dark brown in grey-blue coated dogs, light brown in milk-coffee-brown dogs. Eyelids black in grey-blue dogs, liver-colour in light-coffee-brown dogs.
Ears
: Of medium size, dropping in such a way as to well cover the orifice. Set on rather high and falling flat along the cheeks. Shaped like a triangle, with the shorter side of the triangle at the fold of the ear.