io 8 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 



Points of the Dandie Dinraont : — 



Head, . 

 Eyes, . 

 Ears, 

 Neck, . 

 Body, . 

 Tail, 



VALUE 





VALUE 



IO . 



Legs and feet, 



IO 



5 



Coat, . 



15 



5 



Colour, 



5 



5 



Size and weight, . 



IO 



20 



General appearance, 



IO 



5 









Total, 



The head is large, skull broad' across the ears, but tapering 

 towards the eyes, being, however, nearly square in its after surface. 

 The forehead is domed. The whole head is covered with soft 

 silky hair, which is specially long between the eyes, constituting 

 a distinct top-knot. The cheeks are very full, owing to the size 

 of the muscles of the jaws, and the jaws taper forward, but are 

 cut off quite square, with level teeth. The hair on the jaws is 

 harder and darker than the top-knot, and the lighter in colour and 

 silkier it is the better. The cheeks, starting from the ears pro- 

 portionately with the skull, have a gradual taper towards the 

 muzzle, which is deep and strongly made, and measures about 

 3 inches in length, or in proportion to skull as 3 to 5. The 

 muzzle is covered with hair of a little darker shade than the 

 top^knot, and of the same texture as the feather of the fore-legs. 

 The top of the muzzle is generally bare for about an inch from 

 the black part of the nose, the bareness coming to a point towards 

 the eye, and being about an inch broad at the nose. The nose 

 and inside of mouth black or dark coloured. The teeth very 

 strong, especially the canine, which are of extraordinary size for 

 such a small dog. The canines fit well into each other, so as to 

 give the greatest available holding and punishing power, and the 

 teeth are level in front, the upper ones very slightly overlapping 

 the under ones. [Many of the finest specimens have a " swine 



