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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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COLOUR--The
colour
should
always
be
a
rich
dark
liver
or
puce
without
any
white
at
all.
Any
white
except
the
slightest
of
"shirt
fronts"
should
disqualify.
The
nose
of
course
should
conform
to
the
coat
in
colour,
and
be
dark
brown.
HEAD--The
head
should
have
a
capacious
skull,
fairly
but
not
excessively
domed,
with
plenty
of
brain
room.
It
should
be
surmounted
with
a
regular
topknot
of
curly
hair,
a
most
important
and
distinctive
point.
This
topknot
should
never
be
square
cut
or
like
a
poodle's
wig,
but
should
grow
down
to
a
well
defined
point
between
the
eyes.
EYES--The
eyes
should
be
small,
dark,
and
set
obliquely,
like
a
Chinaman's.
EARS--The
ears
should
be
long,
strong
in
leather,
low
set,
heavily
ringleted,
and
from
18
to
24
inches
long,
according
to
size.
MUZZLE
AND
JAW--The
muzzle
and
jaw
should
be
long
and
strong.
There
should
be
a
decided
"stop,"
but
not
so
pronounced
as
to
make
the
brows
or
forehead
prominent.
NECK--The
neck
should
be
fairly
long
and
very
muscular.
SHOULDERS--The
shoulders
should
be
sloping.
Most
Irish
Water
Spaniels
have
bad,
straight
shoulders,
a
defect
which
should
be
bred
out.
CHEST--The
chest
is
deep,
and
usually
rather
narrow,
but
should
not
be
so
narrow
as
to
constrict
the
heart
and
lungs.
BACK
AND
LOINS--The
back
and
loins
strong
and
arched.
FORE-LEGS--The
fore-legs
straight
and
well
boned.
Heavily
feathered
or
ringleted
all
over.
HIND-LEGS--The
hind-legs
with
hocks
set
very
low,
stifles
rather
straight,
feathered
all
over,
except
inside
from
the
hocks
down,
which
part
should
be
covered
with
short
hair
(a
most
distinctive
point).
FEET--The
feet
large
and
rather
spreading
as
is
proper
for
a
water
dog,
well
clothed
with
hair.
STERN--The
stern
covered
with
the
shortest
of
hair,
except
for
the
first
couple
of
inches
next
the
buttocks,
whiplike
or
stinglike
(a
most
important
point),
and
carried
low,
not
like
a
hound's.
COAT--The
coat
composed
entirely
of
short
crisp
curls,
not
woolly
like
a
Poodle's,
and
very
dense.
If
left
to
itself,
this
coat
mats
or
cords,
but
this
is
not
permissible
in
show
dogs.
The
hair
on
the
muzzle
and
forehead
below
the
topknot
is
quite
short
and
smooth,
as
well
as
that
on
the
stern.
GENERAL
APPEARANCE--Is
not
remarkable
for
symmetry,
but
is
quaint
and
intelligent
looking.
HEIGHT--The
height
should
be
between
21
and
23
inches.
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