(valid from 010100-FIFe)
| General: | Size | large |
| Head: | Shape | triangular. where all sides equally long; with good height when seen in profile; forehead slightly rounded; long straight profile without break in line (no stop) |
| Chin | firm | |
| Ears: | Shape | large, with good width at the base; pointed tips; with lynx-like tufs and long hair out of the ears |
| Placement | high and open, so that the outer lines of the ears follow the line of the head down to the chin | |
| Eyes: | Shape | large and oval, well opened, set slightly oblique |
| Expression | alert expression | |
| Colour | all colours permitted, regardless of coat colour | |
| Body: | Structure | long, strongly built; solid bone structure |
| Legs: | strong, high on legs, hind legs higher than the front legs | |
| Paws | large, round, in proportion to the legs | |
| Tail: | long and bushy, should reach at least to the shoulderblades, but preferably to the nech | |
| Coat: | Structure | semi long. The woolly undercoat is covered by a smooth, water repellant uppercoat which consists of long, coarse and glossy hair covering the back and the sides. A fully coated cat has a shirtfront, a full frill and knickerbockers |
| Colour | all colours are permitted, including all colours with white; except pointed patterns and chocolade and lilac,cinnamon and fawn. Any amount of white is allowed, i.e. a white blaze, white locket, white chest, white on the belly, white on the paws, etc | |
| Faults: | General | to small and finely built cats |
| Head | round or square head; profile with a break (stop) | |
| Ears | small ears/set too widely apart/set too close together | |
| Legs | short legs/thin legs | |
| Tail | short tail | |
| Coat | dry coat; knotted with lumps/too silky | |
| Head: | general shape, nose, profile, jaw and teeth, chin | 20 |
| Ears: | shape size and placement | 10 |
| Eyes: | shape, expression | 5 |
| Body: | shape, size, bone structure, legs, shape of paws | 25 |
| Tail: | lenght and shape | 10 |
| Coat: | quality and texture, lenght | 25 |
| Condition: | 5 | |
| Total: | 100 |
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