TECHNICAL TERMS. 



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Pastern (No. 21). The 

 lowest section of the 

 leg, below the knee 

 or hock respectively. 



Pig-jawed. The upper 

 jaw protruding over 

 the lower, so that the 

 upper incisor teeth 

 are in advance of the FIG. 20. PIG JAW. 



lower, an exaggera- 

 tion of an overshot-jaw. (See Fig. 20.) 



Pily. A peculiar quality of coat found in some dogs, which 

 show on examination a short woolly jacket next the skin, 

 out of which springs the longer coat which is visible. This 

 short woolly coat is "pily." When an ordinary coat is 

 described as pily, it means that it is soft and woolly, 

 instead of hard, which in such cases is of course a fault. 



Rose-ear. An ear of which the tip turns 

 backward and downward, so as to 

 disclose the inside burr of the ear. 

 (See Fig. 21.) 



Septum. The division between the nos- FIG. 21. ROSE-EAR. 

 trils. 



Shoulders (No. 9). The top of the shoulder-blades, the point 

 at which the height of a dog is measured 



Skull (No. 5)- This is formed by the frontal, parietal, and 

 occipital bones. 



Splay-foot. The foot spread out flat and 

 awkwardly. (See Fig. 22.) 



Stern. The tail. 



Stifle-joint (No. 17). The hip-joint. 



Stop (No. 4). The indentation between 

 the skull and the nasal bone, near the 

 eyes. This feature is strongly de- FIG. 22. SPLAY-FOOT. 

 veloped in Bull-dogs, Pugs, and Short- 

 faced Spaniels, and con- 

 siderably so in many 

 oiher dogs. 



Tulip-ear. An upright or 

 prick ear. 



Undershot. The lower inci- 

 sor teeth projecting be- 

 yond the upper, as in 

 Bulldogs. (See Fig. 23.) FIG. 23. UNDERSHOT. 



