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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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NECK
AND
SHOULDERS--The
neck
should
be
fairly
long,
nicely
arched,
light
and
tapering,
and
entirely
free
from
throatiness.
The
shoulders
should
be
moderately
oblique,
clean,
and
muscular,
denoting
speed.
BODY,
BACK,
CHEST,
AND
LOINS--The
chest
should
not
be
too
wide,
but
very
deep
and
capacious,
ribs
moderately
well
sprung,
never
rounded
like
barrel
hoops
(which
would
indicate
want
of
speed),
the
back
powerful,
loin
strong,
muscular,
and
slightly
arched.
LEGS
AND
FEET--The
legs
and
feet
are
of
great
importance.
The
fore-legs
should
be
perfectly
straight,
strong,
and
heavy
in
bone;
elbows
close
to
the
body;
fore-feet
round,
compact
with
well-arched
toes
(cat-footed),
and
round,
tough,
elastic
pads.
In
the
hind-legs
the
muscles
should
be
clean,
though
well-defined;
the
hocks
well
let
down.
NAILS--The
nails
in
the
black-spotted
variety
should
be
black
and
white
in
the
liver-spotted
variety
brown
and
white.
TAIL--The
tail
should
not
be
too
long,
strong
at
the
insertion,
and
gradually
tapering
towards
the
end,
free
from
coarseness.
It
should
not
be
inserted
too
low
down,
but
carried
with
a
slight
curve
upwards,
and
never
curled.
It
should
be
spotted,
the
more
profusely
the
better.
COAT--The
coat
should
be
short,
hard,
dense
and
fine,
sleek
and
glossy
in
appearance,
but
neither
woolly
nor
silky.
COLOUR
AND
MARKINGS--These
are
most
important
points.
The
ground
colour
in
both
varieties
should
be
pure
white,
very
decided,
and
not
intermixed.
The
colour
of
the
spots
of
the
black-spotted
variety
should
be
black,
the
deeper
and
richer
the
black
the
better;
in
the
liver-spotted
variety
they
should
be
brown.
The
spots
should
not
intermingle,
but
be
as
round
and
well-defined
as
possible,
the
more
distinct
the
better;
in
size
they
should
be
from
that
of
a
sixpence
to
a
florin.
The
spots
on
head,
face,
ears,
legs,
tail,
and
extremities
to
be
smaller
than
those
on
the
body.
WEIGHT--Dogs,
55
lbs.;
bitches,
50
lbs.
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