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COAT - Hairless Variety
Hairless Variety:
-Puppies are born with a soft, vestigial down that generally covers the body.
-This "down" gradually diminishes until age 6 to 8 weeks, by which time the pup should be completely hairless.
-A mature American Hairless Terrier, Hairless variety, is free from hair except for whiskers and guard hairs on the muzzle and eyebrows.
-Short, very fine (vellus) hair may be present on the body of a mature dog.
-The skin is smooth and warm to be touch.
-The hairless variety may sweat when overheated or stressed, but this is not to be faulted in the ring.
-Serious faults (Hairless variety): Vellus hair longer than 1 mm on a dog over six month of age.
COAT - Coated Variety
-Coated Variety
-The coat is short, dense, and smooth, with a sheen. Whiskers are not removed.
-Disqualifications ( both varieties): Wire or broken coat; long coat.
Color - hairless Variety
Any skin color is acceptable
The skin is usually parti-colored with an underlying skin color and freckles or spots of contrasting color.
Freckles enlarge with age, and skin color will darken when exposed to the sun.
Disqualification: Albinism.
Color - Coated Variety.
The coated American Hairless Terrier may be solid white, bi-color, tri-color, sable or brindle, but must always have some white, which may be of any size and located anywhere on the dog.
The white area may be ticked as long as white predominates.
The remaining accepted colors are: black, tan (ranging from dark tan to very light tan and from intense dark mahogany red to light red with black nose and eye rims), chocolate (ranging from dark liver to light chocolate with self-colored nose and eye rims), blue and blue fawn (with self-colored nose and eye rims), apricot (ranging from orange to faded yellow with black nose and eye rims), and lemon (ranging from orange to faded yellow with self-colored nose and eye rims).
Faults (Coated Variety): Fawn (pale yellowish tan with self-colored nose), cream (pale yellow to off-white), fallow with black mask (very light yellowish tan with black mask), and silver (the extreme dilution of blue).
Disqualification (Coated variety): merle; absence of white; any solid color other than white, albinism.
Credits
All drawings and content are copyrighted to the AHTA, Inc. and may not be reprinted/copied or altered in any manner without written permission.
Illustrator: Jeanne Argostar (www.argostar.com)
Credits: UKC Breed Standard, Elliot, Rachel Page, The New Dogsteps, Second Edition, Howell Book House, New York, 1983. Nicholas, Anna Katherine, The Nicholas Guide to Dog Judging, Howell Book House, New York, 1989. Spira, Harold R., Canine Terminology, First Edition, Howell Book House, New York, 1982.
Disqualifications
Unilateral or bilateral cryptorchid
Viciousness or extreme shyness
Unilateral or bilateral deafness
A short-legged dog whose proportion vary significantly from the 10:9 ratio
Hanging ears
Natural bobtail
Wire or broken coat
Long coat
Albinism
Merle
Acceptable Ear Carriages
-Ears are V-shaped, set at the outside edges of the skull. Erect ears are preferred but tipped or button ears are acceptable. Matching ears are strongly preferred. Non-matching ear carriage should be penalized to the degree of variation.
-Note: Ear carriage may not stabilize until a dog is mature. Dogs under one year of age should not be penalized for variation in ear carriage.
EAR FAULTS
See pictures
Mismatched ears Rose ears Rose ears - Side view
High ear set Wide ear set Hanging ears
EYES
-Eyes are set obliquely and are round, moderate in size, and somewhat prominent. Eye rims match nose pigment.
-Hairless Variety: Eyes may be any color found in the coated variety.
-Coated Variety: Eye color ranges from dark brown to amber and corresponds with coat color. Hazel eyes are acceptable in dogs with lighter coat color. Blue or amber eyes are permitted in blue-colored dogs only, but a dark gray eye with gray eye rims is preferred.
-Faults: Bulgy eyes; deep-set eyes; light-colored eyes in a dog with black coat color or black pigment; both eyes not of matching colors; eye with iris containing more than one color; wall or china eye.
FEET
Correct Feet (left side) & Foot Faults (right side)
The feet are compact and slightly oval in shape. The two middle toes are slightly longer than the other toes. Toes may be well split up but not flat or splayed. Front dewclaws may be removed. Rear dewclaws must be removed.
Correct Foot - Side View Flat Feet Cat foot
Correct Foot - Front View Splayed Foot Faults: Flat feet; splayed feet; rear dewclaws present.
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