Part 39

Butterfly-nose. A spotted nose.

Button-ear. An ear whose tip falls over and covers the orifice.

Cat-foot. A round, short foot, like a cat’s.

Cheeky. When the dog’s cheek-bumps are strongly defined.

Chops. The pendulous lip of the bulldog.

Coat. The hair.

Cobby. Well ribbed up; short and compact body.

Condition. That state of body which shows the coat to be in a healthy state, the bones well covered, the body well rounded, the muscles hard, and the dog in the best of spirits.

Cow-hocked. Hocks which turn in.

Dew-claws. The superfluous claws that often appear above the feet on the inside of the legs.

Dewlap. Pendulous skin under the throat.

Dish-faced. When the dog’s nose is higher than his muzzle at the stop.

Dudley Nose. Flesh-colored.

Elbow. The top joint of the front leg.

Feather. The hair at the back of the legs and under the tail.

Flag. The tail of a setter.

Flews. Pendulous lips, as seen in a bloodhound.

Frill. A mass of hair on the breast.

Harefoot. A long foot, like a hare’s.

Haw. The red inside of the eyelid, as shown in bloodhounds, etc.

Height. Measurement taken from top of shoulder to the ground.

Knee. Joint attaching fore pastern and forearm.

Leather. The skin of the ear.

Occiput. The projecting bone or bump at the back of the head.

Overshot. The upper teeth projecting beyond the under.

Pastern. Lowest section of leg, below knee or hock.

Pig-jaw. Same as overshot.

Pily. A term applied to a soft, woolly coat next the skin, out of which springs a longer coat.