664 The Dog Book 



DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS 



General Appearance. Dwarfed, short-legged, elongated, but stiff 

 figure, muscular. Notwithstanding the short limbs and long body, neither 

 appearing stunted, awkward, incapable of movement, nor yet lean and 

 weasel-like; with pert, saucy pose of the head and intelligent expression. 



Head. Elongated, and, as seen from above and from the side, tapering 

 toward the point of the nose, sharply outlined and finely modelled, particu- 

 larly in profile. 



Skull. Neither too wide nor too narrow, only slightly arched, and run- 

 ning gradually without break (stop) (the less the break (stop) the better the 

 type), into a well-defined and slightly arched nasal bone. 



Eyes. Medium sized, oval, set obliquely, clear and energetical ex- 

 pression. Except the silver colour of the grey and spotted dogs and the 

 yellow eyes of the brown dogs, the colour is a transparent brown. 



Nose. Point and root long and slender, very finely formed. 



Lips. Tightly stretched, well covering the lower jaw, neither deep 

 nor snipy, with corner of mouth slightly marked. 



Jaws. Capable of opening wide, extending to behind the eyes. 



Teeth. Well-developed, particularly the corner teeth; these latter fit- 

 ting exactly. Incisors fitting each other, or the inner side of the upper 

 incisors touching the outer side of the lower. 



Ears. Relatively well back, high, and well set on, with forward edge 

 lying close to the cheeks; very broad and long, beautifully rounded (not 

 narrow, pointed, or folded), very mobile, as in all intelligent dogs; when 

 at attention, the back of the ear directed forward and upward. 



Neck. Sufficiently long, muscular, lean, no dewlap, slightly arched in 

 the nape, running in graceful lines between the shoulders, usually carried 

 high and forward. 



Shoulders. Long, broad, and set sloping, lying firmly on fully de- 

 veloped thorax; muscles hard and plastic. 



Chest. Corresponding with his work underground, muscular, compact; 

 the region of chest and shoulders deep, long, and wide; breast bone, strong 

 and so prominent as to show a hollow on each side. 



. Back. In the case of sloping shoulders and hind quarters, short and 

 firm; if steep (straight) shoulders and hind quarters, long and weak; line of 



