GENERAL APPEARANCE--A lady's little dog--intelligent, sprightly, robust, of compact appearance--reminding one of a cob, and captivating the attention by a quasi-human expression.

HEAD--Rounded, furnished with somewhat hard, irregular hairs, longer round the eyes, on the nose and cheeks.

EARS--Erect when cropped as in Belgium, semi-erect when uncropped.

NOSE--Always black, short, surrounded with hair converging upward to meet those which surround the eyes. Very pronounced stop.

LIPS--Edged with black, furnished with a moustache. A little black in the moustache is not a fault.

CHIN--Prominent without showing the teeth, and edged with a small beard.

CHEST--Rather wide and deep.

LEGS--As straight as possible, of medium length.

TAIL--Erect, and docked to two-thirds.

COLOUR--In the Griffons Bruxellois, red; in the Griffons Belges, preferably black and tan, but also grey or fawn; in the Petit Brabancon, red or black and tan.

TEXTURE OF COAT--Harsh and wiry, irregular, rather long and thick. In the Brabancon it is smooth and short.

FAULTS--The faults to be avoided are light eyes, silky hair on the head, brown nails, teeth showing, a hanging tongue or a brown nose.

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