| |
Surrounding
tissue of the eye forming an almond shape |
| Angulation: |
Angles
formed at joints, mainly between shoulder and
forearm, stifle and hock |
| Back: |
Dorsal
surface of body between hip and withers |
| Blaze: |
White
stripe on center of face, between the eyes and running
down the nose
(applies manly to parti-colour) |
| Brindle: |
Fine
even mixture of black hairs with others of lighter colour
(brindle gene applies to greys sometimes called grizzle) |
| Brisket: |
Forepart
of body below chest and between forelegs |
| Carpus: |
Wrist-joint
of forelimb |
| Castration: |
Operation
to sterilise dog by removal of testicles |
| Cat-foot: |
Short,
round compact foot |
| Challenge
Certificate: |
May
be awarded at judge’s discretion to best dog of
its sex
in a breed at a Championship show and certifies that
the dog is of sufficient merit to be worthy of the title
of champion |
| Cheek: |
Side
of head, below ear |
| Clip: |
Style
of trimming of the coat |
| Cloddy: |
Low
thickset and heavy, lacking in quality |
| Close-coupled: |
Body
short from last rib to hip; short loin |
| Cobby: |
Short
bodied and compact |
| Collar: |
Marking
around neck; usually white |
| Coupling: |
The
body between ribs and pelvis; the loin |
| Crest: |
Arched,
upper portion of neck |
| Crooked: |
Normally
of bones of the forelimbs |
| Cross-breeding: |
Mating
of two different types of breed or varieties |
| Croup: |
Hind-end
of back, just in front of tail |
| Dam: |
Female
parent |
| Dewclaw: |
Rudimentary
fifth digit, borne on inside of leg, usually forelimbs
only but some breeds produce them on hind
limbs and in breeds produce them on hind limbs and in
some breeds they are required to do so. |
| Digits: |
Toes,
fore and hind |
| Dog
Show: |
Competitive
event at which prizes are awarded to best examples of
each breed or variety; a means of recognising
and rewarding excellence |
| Domed: |
Topskull
evenly rounded; convex, e.g. shih-tzu (undesirable in
the Lhasa Apso) |
| Drop
Ear: |
Ear
with ends folded or drooping forward |
| Elbow: |
Joint
between humerus, ulna and radius |
| Feathering: |
Fringe
of longer hairs on ears, legs, tail or body |
| Flat: |
Skull
Not doomed |
| Forearm: |
Foreleg
between elbow and pastern; the ulna and radius. |
| Foreface: |
Front
of head between eyes; upper part of muzzle |
| Furnishings: |
Longer
Hair |
| Gait: |
Manner
in which dog walks or runs |
| Guard
Coat: |
Longer,
smoother, stiffer hairs forming the top coat |
| High
Set: |
As
the tail of the lhasa apso |
| Hip: |
Joint
between hind limb and pelvis |
| Hock: |
True
Heel or tarsus |
| In
Breeding: |
Mating
of dogs with several recent common ancestors |
| KC: |
Kennel
Club |
| Layback: |
The
angle of the shoulder blade relative to the vertical |
| Leather: |
flap
of the ear |
| Let
down (Hocks): |
Hocks
close to the ground |
| Level
Bite: |
When
incisors of upper of upper and lower jaw meet exactly
edge to edge |
| Line
Breeding: |
Mating
of a dog to a relative in its own family, eg a dog to
its grand-dam |
| Loin: |
Side
of body between last rib and hind quarters |
| Mask: |
Dark
shading on foreface |
| Metacarpus: |
True
foot bones of foreleg; the pastern |
| Metatarsus: |
True
foot bones of hindleg |
| Molero: |
Incomplete
or abnormal ossification of skull, found in all young
animals |
| Muzzle: |
The
head in front of the eyes; the upper and lower jaws |
| Occiput: |
Upper,
central ridge of skull |
| Parti-coloured: |
Having
patches of two or more colour's |
| Pastern: |
Foreleg
between carpus and digits |
| Pendant
Ear: |
Hanging
ears, also called pendulous |
| Plume: |
Long
fringe of hair on tail |
| Point
of rump: |
Rump
at top of hind leg |
| Point
of shoulder: |
Shoulder
at top of foreleg |
| Points: |
The
ears, face, legs and tail of a contrasting colour, usually
white, black or tan; also refers more generally to any
desirable characteristics as in breed points |
| Puppy: |
A
dog less than 12 months old |
| Purebreed: |
A
dog whose parents are known, of, like breed and themselves
of unmixed descent |
| Root
of tail: |
Base
of the tail |
| Selective
breeding: |
Successive
mating of selected animals to produce offspring having
desired characteristics |
| Self
colour: |
Of
one colour |
| Short-coupled: |
See
close-coupled |
| Shoulder: |
Top
of forelimb |
| Sire: |
Male
parent |
| Solid: |
Whole
colour |
| Spaying: |
Operation
to sterilise bitch by removal of ovaries |
| Spring
of ribs: |
Fullness
of curvature |
| Stifle: |
True
knee joint, between femur and tibia and fibula |
| Stop
Stern: |
up
in profile from muzzle to top of skull at the eyes |
| Stud: |
Male
used for breeding |
| Topline: |
Profile
of the spine |
| Type: |
Characteristic
qualities that distinguish a breed or family group |
| Undercoat: |
Fine
coat closet to the skin |
| Underjaw: |
Lower
jaw |
| Undershot: |
Where
lower incisors lie in front of upper ones when jaw closed |
| Whole
colour: |
Of
one colour only |
| Withers: |
Highest
point of shoulders |
| Wrist: |
The
carpus |
