Lacking refinement

Cut off

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

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

Building where dogs are kept.

Low, thickset, comparatively heavy.

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

Second thigh

Tan spots on the cheeks and over the eyes.

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.

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

Bone.

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.

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

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.

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.

An awkward gait.

The ridges formed above the eyes by frontal bone contours.

A female dog

A male dog used for breeding purposes.

A blaze that widens as it approaches the topskull.

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

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.

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.

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

A deformity of causal vertebrae producing a bent tail.

The failure of both testicles to descend into the scrotum.

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

A flock of birds.

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.

Group of dogs used for hunting by scent or sight.

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

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

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.

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

The back foot striking the front foot.