The Exotic Bully Standards

The Exotic Bully is a newer designer dog breed that began to distance itself from the American Bully as early as 2008. It has established itself as separate from it’s cousin the American Bully and is still a controversial topic with much needed breed standards.

One of the few descriptions or characteristics of the Exotic Bully that everyone involved with the breed seemed to agree upon was “exaggerated style of features on a smaller, more compact dog,” described as carrying more “bulldog features.”

GENERAL IMPRESSION: The Exotic Bully is a compact, medium sized dog with a smooth, short coat. Its tight skin is stretched over a substantially dense muscular body on a heavy boned frame. Distinguishing features are its wide chest, clearly defined, muscular shoulders and rear, blocky head, pronounced cheeks and deep intentions under eyes. It's intense expression and bulky, muscular build give the Exotic Bully a very powerful and strong appearance. This breed is docile in temperament, gentle with children, other dogs and small animals. It bonds strongly with its leader, making the Exotic Bully an excellent family companion. Aggression, viciousness or shyness is highly undesirable and very uncharacteristic for this breed.

SIZE:
MICRO EXOTIC BULLY
    - 13" and under at the withers. MALE & FEMALE
STANDARD EXOTIC BULLY
    - 14" - 16" at the withers. MALE & FEMALE

WEIGHT: In proportion to height.

HEAD: Large, broad head in proportion to body. Top skulls is prominent with stop being nearly a 90 degree angle to muzzle which is short, broad and squarely formed, coming directly out of the face with the front of the muzzle being square to ever so slightly turned up when viewed from the side but must be more straight than curved with only minimal layback of nose. Muzzle is one fourth or shorter than length of skull from mastoid process to nose. Jaws are well defined and cheeks pronounced when viewed from front and side, leaving v-shaped indentations below each eye.

EARS: Rose ears set high on head either natural or cropped.

EYES: Oval shaped set low down in skull and far apart. Round eyes are undesirable. Any color with the exception of pink or red eyes or any form of albinism. Blue eyes are acceptable but undesirable. Eyes that buldge or protrude from the skull or eyes of differing color are a fault.

BITE: Can be undershot or scissor but not more than 1/4"

NECK: Heavy, muscular, short and arched.

FOREQUARTERS: Muscular and defined with visibly defined muscle group in shoulders. Forelegs short and sturdy with slight curve or bow to forelegs when viewed from front. Pasterns are upright with feet pointing directly forward. Feet should be tight, knuckled up and pointing forward and in proportion to body.

BODY: Bulky and muscular with a well rounded rib cage, wide chest that is let down to at least the elbow. The topline is level or sloping slightly downward from withers to rump. The ideal Exotic Bully should appear short and square but when measured back will be slightly longer than measurement from withers to ground.

HINDQUARTERS: Well muscled, let down at hicks, turning neither in nor out. Rear is balanced with shoulders in width. Croup slopes slightly down to tail. Angulation of stifle is moderate.

TAIL: Low set tail free of kinks, knots or curves, extending to the hock and tapering to a fine point.

COAT: Short, tight and glossy. All hair less than 1/2" in length.

COLOR AND PATTERN: All colors and patterns are permissible.

GAIT: Given its bulky body style, the movement of the ideal Exotic Bully is somewhat restricted, limited in its action whereas it moves with short quick steps and rear feet skim the ground. This is not an endurance breed but a breed with short, powerful bursts of activity.

FAULTS:
    - Minor: Lack of pigment around eyes, lips or nose. Pendulant flees. Excessive wrinkle. Screwed, short, or docked tail. Wry Jaw
    - Major: Excessive amount of haw showing. Long or snipey muzzle. Weak underjaw. Long neck. Severely turned out front feet. Severely bowed out front legs. Down pasterns. Splayed feet. Severe cow hocks. Straight stifles. Sway back. Excessively high rear. Eyes not of same color.

DISQUALIFICATIONS: Albino dogs. Curly, fuzzy, long or wavy hair, Cryptorchidism (one testicle).

NOTE: THE EXOTIC BULLY SHOULD NOT RESEMBLE AN AMERICAN BULLY AND IS NOT A FAULTED AMERICAN BULLY!