THE BOSTON TERRIER 



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3 NECK: Of fair length, slightly 

 arched and carrying the head 

 gracefully; setting neatly into 

 shoulders. 



NECK FAULTS: Ewe-necked; 

 throatiness; short and thick. 

 15 BODY: Deep with good width 

 of chest; shoulders sloping; back 

 short; ribs deep and well sprung, 

 carried well back of loins; loins 

 short and muscular; rump curv- 

 ing slightly to set-on of tail. 

 Flank slightly cut up. The body 

 should appear short, but not 

 chunky. 



BODY FAULTS: Flat sides; 

 narrow chest; long or slack loins; 

 roach back; sway back; too much 

 cut up in flank. 



4 ELBOWS: Standing neither in 

 nor out. 



5 FORELEGS: Set moderately wide 

 apart and on a line with the points 

 of the shoulders; straight in bone 

 and well muscled; pasterns short 

 and strong. 



5 HINDLEGS: Set true; bent at 

 stifles; short from hocks to feet; 

 hocks turning neither in nor out; 

 thighs strong and well muscled. 



5 FEET: Round, small and com- 

 pact, and turned neither in nor 

 out; toes well arched. 

 LEG AND FEET FAULTS: Loose 

 shoulders or elbows; hind legs 

 too straight at stifles ; hocks too 

 prominent; long or weak pasterns; 

 splay feet. 



5 NECK: Of fair length, without 

 throatiness and slightly arched. 



15 BODY: Deep and broad of chest, 

 well ribbed up. Back short, not 

 roached. Loins and quarters 

 strong. 



2 ELBOWS: Standing neither in 



nor out. 

 4 FORELEGS: Wide apart, 



straight and well muscled. 



4 HINDLEGS: Straight, quite long 

 from stifle to hock (which should 

 turn neither in nor out), short 

 and straight from hock to pas- 

 terns. Thighs well muscled. 

 Hocks not too prominent 



2 FEET: Small, nearly round, and 

 turned neither in nor out. Toes 

 compact and arched. 



