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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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BACK
AND
LOIN--The
Back
should
be
short,
straight,
and
strong,
with
no
appearance
of
slackness.
The
Loin
should
be
powerful
and
very
slightly
arched.
The
fore
ribs
should
be
moderately
arched,
the
back
ribs
deep;
and
the
dog
should
be
well
ribbed
up.
HIND-QUARTERS--Should
be
strong
and
muscular,
quite
free
from
droop
or
crouch;
the
thighs
long
and
powerful;
hocks
near
the
ground,
the
dog
standing
well
up
on
them
like
a
Foxhound,
and
not
straight
in
the
stifle.
STERN--Should
be
set
on
rather
high,
and
carried
gaily,
but
not
over
the
back
or
curled.
It
should
be
of
good
strength,
anything
approaching
a
"pipe-stopper"
tail
being
especially
objectionable.
LEGS
AND
FEET--The
Legs
viewed
in
any
direction
must
be
straight,
showing
little
or
no
appearance
of
an
ankle
in
front.
They
should
be
strong
in
bone
throughout,
short
and
straight
to
pastern.
Both
fore
and
hind
legs
should
be
carried
straight
forward
in
travelling,
the
stifles
not
turned
outwards.
The
elbows
should
hang
perpendicular
to
the
body,
working
free
of
the
side.
The
Feet
should
be
round,
compact,
and
not
large.
The
soles
hard
and
tough.
The
toes
moderately
arched,
and
turned
neither
in
nor
out.
COAT--Should
be
straight,
flat,
smooth,
hard,
dense,
and
abundant.
The
belly
and
under
side
of
the
thighs
should
not
be
bare.
As
regards
colour,
white
should
predominate;
brindle,
red,
or
liver
markings
are
objectionable.
Otherwise
this
point
is
of
little
or
no
importance.
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