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IDEAL HEAD
The head is broad, slightly domed, wedge-shaped and proportionate to the size of the body.
Skull
Skull is broad and slightly domed. It tapers slightly toward the muzzle. Jaws are powerfull with well-muscled cheeks.
Serious fault: Apple head
Ears
Ears are V-shaped, set at the outside edges of the skull.
IDEAL HEAD
Muzzle
The muzzle is well filled-out under the eyes, well-chiseled, and tapers slightly from the stop to the nose. Jaws are powerful and hinged well back allowing the dog to open his mouth wide enough to catch rats and other rodents. Lips are dry and tight with no flews. Lip pigment matches nose pigment.
Fault: Snipey (snippy) muzzle.
Nose
The nose is black or self-colored.
Faults: Dudley or butterfly nose.
IDEAL HEAD - SIDE VIEW
The head is proportionate to the size of the body.
When viewed from the side, the skull and muzzle are of equal length and joined by a moderate stop.
Faults: Abrupt stop.
Height and Weight
The American Hairless Terrier ranges in height from 10 to 18 inches tall.
Faults: height under or over allowed range.
HOCKS
Frequently a clever handler can conceal cow hocks or bow hocks by deft manipulation when stacking a dog. These structural faults are revealed however, when the dog is being gaited.
IDEAL MEASUREMENTS FOR THE AHT
The American Hairless Terrier is a smoothly muscled, active, small-to-medium terrier. The preffered ratio of the length of body (prosternum to point of buttocks) to height (withers to ground) to is 10:9.
Viewed from the side, the fore chest extends in a shallow oval shape in front of the forelegs.
Disqualification: A short-legged dog whose proportions vary significantly from the 10:9 ratio lacks breed type and must be disqualified.
Front Movement Faults
Crabbing or Side winding is faulty forward movement in which the spinal column is not pointed in the direction of travel, rather, it deviates at an angle so that one rear leg passes on the inside of the front foot, while the other does so on the outside of its partner, instead of traveling in a straight line with them.
Padding is incorrect and energy wasting movements of the forequarters in which the pasterns and feet perform circular, exaggerated motion, turning or flicking outwards at the end of each step.
Crossing over is an abnormality of gait in which the feet when extended cross over in front of one another as well as over an imaginary center line drawn under the body.
Overreaching in Puppies
Overreaching is a common fault in puppies as they develop through "leggy" stages when the height at withers may exceed length from buttocks to shoulder joint by a fractional difference.
As the puppy develops and the body proportions come into balance, the overreaching ceases.
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