The Newberyton is a fierce, powerful, and beautiful-looking dog with a serious expression. Its muscular body is almost right-angled. It has a huge head and a face full of wrinkles. The wrinkles on the face extend to the chin and then hang down to the neck to form a very obvious crop. The skull is broad and flat, with a large nose. The teeth are scissors or level bite. The ears are usually cut off according to fighting traditions, and 1/3 of the tail is cut off, but sometimes there is no need to cut off the ears. The short, thick body hair is dense and smooth. Most coat colors are blue, with black being the second most common color. The color of chocolate is very rare. The coat color is generally full color or striped.