A
Abdomen	The body cavity between the chest and pelvis.
Action	Movement. The way a dog walks , trots or runs.
Affix	The registered Kennel name of breeder or owner.
Albino	Lacking in pigmentation, usually with pink eyes.
Almond eyes	The eye set in surrounding tissue of almond shape.
Aloof	Stand-offish, not over friendly.
Amble	A relaxed easy gait in which the legs on either side move in unison as a pair. Often seen as the transition between the walk and the faster gaits.
Angulation	The angles formed at a joint by the meeting of the bones
Anus	Outlet at end of rectum.
Apple head	Very domed, rounded skull.
Apron	Longer hair below the neck on the chest, Frill.
A.V.	Group or stakes class of dogs of ‘Any Variety’
A.V.N.S.C.	A dog class at a show where there is not a breed class or classes for that breed.
Awards	Placings decided by the judge.
B
Babbler	The hound that speaks when not on the correct trail.
Back	Region between withers and root of tail but in some standards may refer to region between withers and loin.
Badger-pied	Unequally proportioned patches of black and white, tan and white, mixed together.
Balance	A consistent whole, symmetrical, typically proportioned as a whole or as regards to its seperate parts i.e. balance of head, balance of body.
Bandy legs	Bowed legs.
Barrel	Rounded rib section.
Bat ear	An erect ear, rather broad at the base, rounded in outline at the top, and with the opening directly to the front.
Bay	The prolonged sound of the hunting hound.
Beard	Thick, long hair on muzzle and under jaw.
Beaver	Mixture of white, grey, brown, black hairs.
Beefy	Overweight, over muscled.
Belly	Underpart of the abdomen.
Belton	A colour designation. An intermingling of coloured and white hairs as blue belton, lemon, orange or liver belton.
Benching	Preformed units for housing dogs at shows.
Benched show	A show where benching is provided.
Best in Show (B.I.S.)	The overall winner at a dog show.
Best of Breed (B.O.B.)	The best dog or bitch in a breed overall.
Bitch	A female.
Bitchy	A feminine looking male dog.
Bite	The relative position of the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed.(see level bite, undershot, overshot and shark mouth.)
Blaireau	Badger coloured or mixture of brown-black-grey and white hairs.
Blanket	Solid colour of coat on back and upper part of sides, between neck and tail.
Blaze	A white stripe running up the centre of the face.
Blenheim	A term used to define colour or markings in the King Charles Spaniel and the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
Bloom	The sheen of coat in prime condition.
Blown	When the coat is moulting or casting.
Blue Merle	Blue and grey mixed with black.Marbled.
Bobtail	A naturally tail-less dog or a dog with a tail docked very short. Pseudonym for the Old English Sheepdog.
Bodied Up	Mature, well developed.
Bold in Eye	Giving a foreign expression.
Bolt	To drive an animal out of its earth or burrow.
Bone	The relative girth of a dogs leg bones.
Bossy	Overdevelopment of the shoulder muscles.
Bowed	Curved outward. (See crook-crooked.)
Brace	Two dogs of a kind. A couple or pair.
Bracelets	Rings of hair left on the legs of some breeds in show trim.
Breastbone	Bone forming floor of chest. (See sternum, keel.)
Breeching	Hair on outside of thighs and on back of buttocks.
Breed	Pure-bred dogs more or less uniform in size and structure, as produced and maintained by man.
Breed-standard	Description of the ideal specimen in each breed.
Breed-standard (interim)	As above for breed not granted Championship Status.
Breeder	A person who breeds dogs. Under Kennel Club rules the breeder of a dog is the owner, (or, if the Dam was leased, the lessee) of the Dam of the puppy when the litter was whelped.
Breeders (Class)	A class for 3 to 5 dogs bred by the exhibitor. Beaten dogs or bitches in these classes can still be entitled to go for B.O.B. or B.I.S. awards without being disqualified as beaten dogs.
Breeding particulars	Sire, dam, date of birth, sex, colour etc.
Brick-shaped	Rectangular.
Brindle	A fine even mixture of black hairs with hairs of a lighter colour, usually gold, brown or grey, usually in stripes.
Brisket	The forepart of the body below the chest between the forelegs.
Broken colour	Self colour broken by white or another colour.
Broken down ears	Deformed or misshapen ears.
Bronze	Copper coloured.
Brood bitch	A female used for breeding.
Brush	A bushy tail, a tail heavy with fur.
Bull neck	Short,thick heavy  neck.
Burr	The inside of the ear, i.e. the irregular formation visible within the cup.
Butterfly nose	A parti-coloured nose, i.e. dark, spotted with flesh colour.
Buttocks	The rear of upper thigh.
Button ear	The ear flap folding forward, the tip lying close to the skull.
Bye	At field trials, an odd dog remaining after the dogs entered in a stake have been paired in braces by drawing.

C
Canines	The two upper and two lower long sharp pointed teeth next to the incisors. Fangs.
Canter	A gait with three beats to each stride two legs moving separately and two as a diagonal pair. Slower than the gallop and not as tiring.
Carpals	Bones of the wrist.
Cast	Attempt by hounds to recover the scent when they have lost the original scent.
Castrate	To remove the testicles of the male dog.
Cat foot	Short, round compact foot like that of a cat.
Certified	Attested by the affixing of an official stamp, the accuracy of a measure.
Challenge Certificate or C.C.	Certificate awarded to best of each sex at Championship Shows. Three C.C.’s will make your dog a champion after K/C approval.
Champion	A dog having gained the title of Champion as defined in Kennel Club Regulations.
Champion (Class)	A dog or bitch can enter providing having gained the title of Champion as defined in Kennel Club Regulations.
Character	Combination of type, disposition and behaviour.
Cheek	Fleshy part of the head below eyes and above mouth.
Cheeky	Cheeks prominently rounded; thick, protruding.
Chest	The forepart of the body or trunk that is enclosed by the ribs.
China eye	A clear blue eye.
Chippendale front	Forelegs out at elbows, pasterns close, and feet turned out.
Chiselled	Clean cut, showing bone structure of foreface.
Chops	Jowls or pendulous flesh of the lips and jaw.
Chortle	Chuckle from the throat, can be high or low pitched.
Cloddy	Low, thickset, comparatively heavy.
Close- coupled	Short in coupling.
Coarse	Lacking refinement.
Cobby	Short-bodied, compact.
Collar	A marking around the neck, usually white.
Compact	Closely put together, not rangy.
Condition	Health as shown by the body, coat, general appearances and deportment. Denoting overall fitness.
Conformation	The form and structure and arrangement of the parts.
Conjunctiva	Thin membranes lining the inner surface of the eyelids and reflecting over eyeball, often confused with haw or third eyelid.
Corded coat	Narrow or broad twists of hair like thick string or rope formed by the intertwining of topcoat and undercoat. Cords should always be distinctly separate from each other.
Corkscrew tail	Twisted tail, not straight.
Corky	Active, alert, lively.
Couple	Two hounds.
Coupling	The part of the body between the ribs and pelvis, the loin.
Coursing	The practice of chasing the hare, often in competition by sight hounds.
Covering ground	Amount of ground covered by a dog when moving or standing.
Cow-hocked	When the hocks turn inwards towards each other.
Crabbing	Dog moves with body at an angle to the line of travel.
Crank tail	A tail carried down and resembling a crank in shape.
Crest	The upper, arched portion of the neck. Also hair starting at stop on head and tapering off down neck, may be full or sparse.
Crimped	Waved.
Crook or Crooked	Not straight. Bent or curved.
Cropping	The cutting or trimming of the ear leather for the purpose of inducing the ears to stand erect. Not allowed by the Kennel Club.
Crossbreed	A dog whose sire and dam are representatives of two different breeds.
Crossing over	Unsound gaiting action which starts with twisting elbows and ends with criss-crossing and toeing out. Also called “knitting” and “weaving”.
Croup (Rump)	The part of the back from the front of the pelvis to the point of buttock.
Crown	The highest part of the head. Circular formations of hair at front of ridge as on the Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Cry	The baying or “music” of the hounds.
Cryptorchid	An adult male whose testicles are abnormally retained in the abdominal cavity. Bilateral cryptorchidism involves both sides; that is neither testicle has descended into the scrotum. Unilateral cryptorchidism involves one side only; that is one testicle is retained or hidden and one descended.
Culotte	The longer hair on the back of the thighs.
Cushion	Fullness or thickness of the upper lips.
D
Dam	The female parent.
Dappled	Mottled marking of different colours, no one predominating.
Daylight	The light showing underneath the body.
Deadgrass	Straw to bracken colour.
Dentition	The number and arrangement of teeth.
Dewclaw	Fifth digit on the inside of the legs.
Dewlap	Loose, pendulous skin under the throat.
Dish-faced	When the nasal bone is so formed that the nose is higher at the tip than at the stop; or, a slight concavity of the line from the stop to the nose tip.
Disqualify	To deprive of an award.
Distemper teeth	Teeth discoloured or pitted as a result of serious illness during eruption of teeth.
Dock	To shorten the tail by cutting.
Dog	A male dog, also used collectively to designate both male and female.
Doggy	A masculine looking bitch.
Dog show	A competitive exhibition for dogs at which the dogs are judged in accordance with an established standard of perfection for each breed.
Domed	Evenly rounded in skull, convex instead of flat.
Donation	Bestowal of a gift.
Double coat	An outer coat resistant to weather, together with an undercoat of softer hair for warmth and waterproofing.
Down-face	The muzzle inclining downwards in an unbroken outward arc from the top of the skull to the tip of the nose.
Double Handling	Using a 2^nd handler outside the ring to gain an advantage in assisting in the presentation of a dog. This is against Kennel Club rules.
Down on pastern	Weak or faulty pastern (metacarpus) set at a pronounced angle from the vertical.
Drawing	Selection by lot, of dogs to compete.
Drive	A powerful thrusting of the hindquarters denoting sound locomotion.
Drop ear	The ends of the ear folded or drooping forward as contrasted with erect or prick ear.
Dry neck	The skin taut, neither loose or wrinkled.
Dudley	Liver, brown or putty coloured.

E
Ectropion	A condition in which the eyelids are turned outwards.
Elbow	The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
Elongated skull	Long slender, tapering.
Entropion	A condition in which the eyelids are turned inwards.
Equilateral	All sides equal.
Even bite	Meeting of front teeth at edges with no overlap of upper or lower teeth.
Ewe neck	Concave curvature of the top neckline.
Exhibitor	Owner of dog entered at Show.
Expression	The general appearance of all features of the head as viewed from the front.
Eyebrows	Projection of the frontal bones over the eye.
Eye-teeth	The upper canines.
F
Facey	Where the judge chooses the Handler instead of the dog (This Never happens<g>)
Faking	Changing the appearance of a dog by artificial means with the object to deceive.
Fall	Long hair surrounding head as in the Yorkshire Terrier.
Fallaway	Slope of the croup.
Fallow	Light reddish or yellowish brown.
Fancier	A person especially interested and usually active in some phase of sport.
Fangs	Canine teeth, the two upper and two lower sharp pointed teeth next to the incisors.
Fawn	A light brown.
Feathering	Long fringe of hair on ears, legs, tail or body.
Femur	Thigh bone. From hip to stifle joint.
Fetch	The retrieve of game by the dog, also the command to do so.
Field trial	A competition for gundogs in which dogs are judged on ability and style in finding and/or retrieving game.
Field trial champion	A dog having acquired the title of Field Trial Champion as defined by the Kennel Club Regulations.
Filbert ear	Rounded off triangular shape, as a Filbert Nut.
Fine shoulder	Well set, in no way heavy or loaded.
Flag	A feathered tail.
Flange	Projecting edge of rib.
Flank	The side of the body between the last rib and the hip.
Flaring ears	Gradually spreading outwards from the base.
Flat bone	The leg bone with girth which is elliptical rather than round.
Flat catcher	Very flashy dog which by showmanship disguises his bad points.
Flat sided	Ribs insufficiently rounded as they approach the sternum or breastbone
Flecked	Coat lightly ticked with another colour, but not spotted or roan. Also refers to flaw in normal eye colour.
Flews	Upper lips pendulous, particularly at their inner corners.
Floating rib