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 \\ride, 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, vfith 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 



