A flock of birds.

The failure of both testicles to descend into the scrotum.

The back foot striking the front foot.

Low, thickset, comparatively heavy.

Official approved by the AKC to evaluate dogs in specific AKC events.

Building where dogs are kept.

balanced gaiting in which angle of inclination begins at the shoulder, or hip joint, and limbs remain relatively straight from these points to the pads of the feet, even as legs flex or extend in reaching or thrusting.

Pinching in at the elbows and shoulder joints causes the front legs to swing forward on a stiff outward arc. Also called tied at the elbows.

Tough, shock-absorbing projections on the underside of the feet. Soles.

A flat foot with thin pads

A sporting dog bred and trained to hunt game birds.

A female dog

Comparatively short from last rib to the commencement of the hindquarters; occasionally used to characterized a comparative shortness from withers to hipbones.

Lacking refinement

The side of the body between the last rib and the hip.

A blaze that widens as it approaches the topskull.

A deformity of causal vertebrae producing a bent tail.

Competition governed by the rules of a club or society, such as AKC, organized to promote the interests of purebred dogs.

Thick at the root, round, and tapering, with the hair parted or dived on the underside.

Tan spots on the cheeks and over the eyes.

A gaiting fault indicted by a quick outward snatching of the hock as it passes the supporting leg and twists the rear pastern far in beneath the body. The action causes noticeable rocking in the rear quarters.

A pointed, weak muzzle, lacking breadth and depth.

A rhythmic two-beat diagonal gait in which the feet at diagonally opposite ends of the body strike the ground together; i.e., right hind with left front and left hind with right front.

The slight depression or hollow on either side of the skull just behind the orbit or eye socket, the region comparable with the temple in man.

An eye with a whitish iris; a blue eye, fisheye, pearl eye.

The collection of bones of the hind leg forming the joint between the second thigh and the metatarsus; the dog's true heel.

Group of dogs used for hunting by scent or sight.

1)Coat or color. 2) A dog that has coat coloration or markings not conforming to that which is acceptable for the breed.

The posterior teeth of the dental arcade, with two on each side in the upper jaw and three on each side in the lower jaw in an adult with correct dentition.

Second thigh

An awkward gait.

The national organization designated by the AKC to represent a specific breed.

Two or more definite, well-broken colors, one of which must be white. Example, Black Parti-color would be black and white.

The state of mental and physical health when all organs and faculties are complete and functioning normally, each in its rightful relation to the other.

To remove a bitch's ovaries to prevent conception.

A male dog used for breeding purposes.

Bone.

Cut off

Characterized by markedly shallower body depth at the loin. Small-waisted.

The ridges formed above the eyes by frontal bone contours.