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MY DOG AND I. 



muzzle long and powerful ; lips clean cut, fitting jaws closely. Eyes 

 moderately wide apart, medium size, round, bright. In black- 

 spotted dogs eyes are dark ; in livers, light or light brown (yellow). 

 Rims around eyes black in black-spotted varieties, and brown in 

 the liver-spotted ones, never flesh-colored. Ears set on high, rather 

 wide at base, tapering, carried close, thin, fine, always spotted. 

 Nose black, in blacks, brown in livers. 



Neck and Shoulders. — Neck fairly long, arched, light, taper- 

 ing, not throaty ; shoulders sloping and muscular. 



BoDV, Back, Chest, and Loins. — Chest very deep, not too 

 wide; ribs well sprung, //<f7'e'r rounded ; powerful back ; loins strong 

 and arched. 



Legs and Feet. — Fore legs perfectly straight, strong in bone; 

 elbows close to body ; cat-footed, tough pads ; hocks well let down. 

 Nails in black-spotted ones are black and white ; in liver-spotted, 

 browni and white. 



Tail. — Not too long, tapering well to end, carried with slight 

 curl upward, never curled ; the more profusely spotted, the better. 



Coat. — Short, dense, hard, fine, sleek, and glossy, never woolly 

 nor silky. 



Color and Markings. — Ground color \^ pure unmixed white. 

 The spots of the black-spotted variety are black, in liver-spotted 

 varietv are brown ; should not intermingle, but be distinct, and 

 about size of ten-cent silver piece on body ; on head, face, ears, 

 legs, and tail, much smaller. 



Weight. — Dogs, 55 pounds; bitches, 50 pounds. 



