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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
back
of
the
Schipperke
is
described
as
straight,
but
it
should
round
off
at
the
rump,
which
should
be
rotund
and
full,
guinea-pig-like.
The
continued
straight
line
of
a
terrier's
back
is
not
desirable,
but
it
will
frequently
be
found
in
specimens
that
have
been
docked.
The
Belgian
standard
requires
the
legs
to
be
"fine,"
and
not
have
much
bone.
The
bone
of
a
terrier
is
only
met
with
in
coarse
Schipperkes.
As
to
size,
it
need
only
be
noted
that
the
maximum
of
the
small
size,
viz.,
12
lbs.,
is
that
generally
preferred
in
England,
as
well
as
in
Belgium.
Further,
it
is
only
necessary
to
remark
that
the
Schipperke
is
a
dog
of
quality,
of
distinct
characteristics,
cobby
in
appearance,
not
long
in
the
back,
nor
high
on
the
leg;
the
muzzle
must
not
be
weak
and
thin,
nor
short
and
blunt;
and,
finally,
he
is
not
a
prick-eared,
black
wire-haired
terrier.
The
Schipperke's
tail,
or
rather
its
absence,
has
been
the
cause
of
much
discussion,
and
at
one
time
gave
rise
to
considerable
acrimonious
feeling
amongst
fanciers.
On
the
introduction
of
this
dog
into
Great
Britain
it
arrived
from
abroad
with
the
reputation
of
being
a
tailless
breed,
but
whether
Belgian
owners
accidentally
conveyed
that
impression
or
did
it
purposely
to
give
the
breed
an
additional
distinction
is
difficult
to
say.
Anyhow
the
Schipperke
is
no
more
"tailless"
than
the
old
English
Sheepdog.
That
is
to
say
a
larger
number
of
individuals
are
born
without
any
caudal
appendage
or
only
a
stump
of
a
tail
than
in
any
other
variety
of
dogs.
It
is
said
that
a
docked
dog
can
be
told
from
one
that
has
been
born
tailless
in
this
way;
when
the
docked
animal
is
pleased,
a
slight
movement
at
the
end
of
the
spine
where
the
tail
was
cut
off
is
discernible,
but
the
naturally
tailless
dog
sways
the
whole
of
its
hind-quarters.
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