General Appearance

 The American Bully is to give the impression of great strength for its size. Compact to medium size dog with a muscular body and blocky head. Powerful in its movement and should display effortless movement at the same time. Very active and alert to its surroundings. The Pocket American Bully will be shorter in height and should carry the appearance of heavy bone structure with bully features and muscle definition.

HEAD
Medium in length, with a broad skull, very pronounced cheek muscles, distinct stop, and high set ears.
Ears- Natural or cropped
Eyes- All colors except albinism. Eye shape is oval to slightly roundish, and set far apart.
Muzzle- Short-Medium blocky upper side or squared to fall away abruptly below eyes.
Jaws- well definition.
Under jaw- required to be strong.
Lips- semi close and even preferred but slight looseness is allowed.
Upper Teeth- to meet tightly outside lower teeth in form & scissor bite accepted
Nose- all colors acceptable

NECK
Heavy, slightly arched, tapering from shoulder to back of skull. Compact size should have minimal or no loose skin. Some looseness is allowed but no over exaggerated looseness.

SHOULDERS
Strong and muscular with blade being set wide and far apart.

BACK
Fairly short to medium back length, a slight sloping from withers to rump or straight accepted with gentle short slope at butt to base of tail. The short back length is the preferred back in the pocket bully.

BODY
The body should have well-sprung ribs, deep in rear and all ribs close together. With the legs set rather wide apart to permit chest development And the chest should be deep and broad.

TAIL
Short to medium in comparison to size, low set, tapering to a fine point. Kinks and knots are serious faults.

LEGS
The front legs are to be straight, large or round bones, upright pasterns are preferred.
The feet should be straight. Feet that turn outwards is accepted, but is a fault. Feet should be of moderate size, well arched and compact
The hindquarters are to be well muscled, let down at hocks, turning neither in nor out.

COAT
Short, close to the body & soft to the touch, should have a glossy look.

COLOR
All colors and patterns are accepted except for merle.

SIZE
Height and weight should be in proportion of the body frame. Height for males and female should be 16” inches and under from withers. Weight, there is no particular weight for the breed but should be in proportion to the build of the dog, neither over weight nor underweight.

GAIT
The gait should be effortless and powerful. The action must be unrestrained, free and vigorous with powerful drive off the rear. Should maintain a straight topline while in movement, and will not converge as well as a standard bully. The pocket bully should still be able to maintain a good convergence while moving with no restraints.

 

FAULTS
Faults to be penalized for showing are: Kinked tail / Twisted tail / Knotted tail / Curled tail / Excessively short tail / Pink or Albino eyes / Undershot mouth / Overshot mouth / Severe turn to the pasterns or front feet(easty westy). / Severe turn to rear hocks. / Un-descended testicle.