The Japanese Spaniel 737 



Eyes. — Large, dark and lustrous, rather prominent, set wide 

 apart. 



Muzzle. — Must be strong and wide, very short from eyes to nose; the 

 upper and lower jaws should be slightly upturned so as to meet, teeth not 

 to show. 



Nose. — ^Very short in muzzle, the end of nose, proper should be wide, 

 with open nostrils and the colour of the dog's markings, i. e., black in black 

 marked dogs, red or deep flesh colour in lemon marked, flesh in solid colour 

 white dogs. 



Ears. — Should be small, V-shaped, wide apart, and set high on head 

 and carried slightly forward, well feathered. 



Body. — ^Very compact and squarely built, a short back, and rather wide 

 chest of a generally cobby shape, the body and legs should form a square, 

 i. e., the length of the body should be its height. 



Legs. — The bone should be fine and give an appearance of being well 

 feathered. 



Feet. — Catlike and small and feathered. The tufts should not increase 

 the width of foot, but only the length. 



Tail. — This must be well twisted to either right or left from root and 

 carried up over back and flow on opposite side; it should be profusely 

 covered with long hair (ring or plume tails not desirable). 



Coat. — Must be profuse, silky in texture, should be absolutely free 

 from wave or curl but not too flat, but have a tendency to stand out espe- 

 cially at neck and frill, so as to give a thick mane or rufiled with profuse 

 feathering on thigh and tail; gives a very showy appearance. 



Color. — ^The most preferred are parti-coloured black and white, and 

 lemon and white. There are also solid black, the latter very scarce, the 

 ground colour pure pearl white, and the other colours in large, evenly dis- 

 tributed patches over body, ears and cheeks, a prominent white blaze thumb 

 mark on dome very desirable. 



Size. — Ranges from the tiny sleeve dog of two pounds in weight, to the 

 more ordinary dog weighing from six to twenty pounds, the smaller size 

 preferred, but not to be valued higher than type. Classes should be divided 

 under seven pounds and over seven pounds. 



Disposition. — They are all that could be desired, active intelligent 

 quick to learn and very aff^ectionate ; they make a most desirable pet. 



