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Canine Terms 1
terms that apply to canines; important to vets.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is: Blaze | A white strip of hair running up the center of the face between the eyes. |
| What is a: Bat ear | An erect ear that is broad at the base, and comes to a rounded point at the top; orifice faces the front and is easily seen. |
| What is: Blocky | Square or cubelike body formation. |
| What is a: Beard | Long hair growing on the lower jaw. |
| What is a: Bitch | A female dog. |
| What is: Balanced | Refers to a dog with a symetrical build from head to tail. |
| What is: Blue merle | A hair coloration of blue and gray mixed or marbled with black. |
| What is an: Apron | Longer hair on the chest, just below the neck. |
| What is a: Bobtail | A dog's tail that has been docked, or is naturally very short. |
| What is a: Canine | The group of animals that includes dogs, foxes, and wolves. |
| What is a: Button ear | An ear flap that folds and points toward the eye; the tip of the ear lies close to the head. |
| What is: Brindle | A fine mixture of black hairs mixed with hairs of a lighter color, usually brown, tan, or gray. |
| What are: Canine teeth | The two upper and lower sharp, pointed teeth next to the incisors; the fangs. |
| What is a: Crossbred | A dog who's dam and sire represent two different breeds. |
| What is: Conformation | The form and structure, make, and shape of a dog's body. |
| What is: Cropping | Cutting or trimming the ears to in order to make them stand erect. |
| What is a: Collar | A coloration marked around the neck, usually white. |
| What is: Cowhocked | The term used when an animal's hocks are turned towards eachother. |
| What is a: Declaw | An extra claw or functionless digit on the inside of the leg. |
| What is a: Dewlap | Loose, pendulous skin under the throat. |
| What is: Dishfaced | A condition in which the nasal bone is so formed that the line from the top of the forehead to the tip of the nose is slightly concave. |
| What is: Dock | To surgically shorten a tail. |
| What is: Domed | An evenly rounded top skull, convex instead of flat. |
| What is: Feathering | Longer fringe of hair on the legs, tail, ears, or body. |
| What are: Flews | Pendulous upper lips. |
| What is: Grizzle | A bluish-gray coloration |
| What are: Hackles | Hair on the neck and back that is raised involuntarily in fright or anger. |
| What is: Harlequin | Patched or pied coloration; usually black, gray and white. |
| What is: Interbreeding | The breeding of dogs between different varieties. |
| What are: Kissmarks | Tan spots on the cheeks and over the eyes. |
| What is a: Level bite | The front teeth (incisors) of the upper and lower jaws meet exactly, edge to edge. |
| What is: Line breeding | The mating of related dogs of the same breed, within the line of family; these dogs have a common ancestor. |
| What is a: Mask | A dark shading of hair color on the face. |
| What is an: Open bitch | A female dog that can be bred. |
| What is: Overshot | The front teeth (incisors) of the upper jaw overlap and do not touch the front teeth of the lower jaw when the mouth is closed. |
| What is: Parti-colored | A hair color of variegated patches of two or more colors. |
| What is: Point | An immovable stance of the hunting dog to indicate the presence and position of game. |
| What is: Roan | A fine mixture of colored hair with white hair. |
| What is a: Roman nose | A condition in which the nose bridge is so comparatively high that it is slightly convex from the forehead to the nose tip. |
| What is a: Rose ear | A small ear that folds over and back so as to reveal the inside of the ear. |
| What is a: Sable | A color that is a lacing of black hairs over a lighter ground color. |
| What is a: Screw tail | A naturally short twisted tail into a tight curl. |
| What is: Stop | The step-up from the muzzle to skull between the eyes where the nasal bone and skull meet. |
| What is: Tawny | Brownish yellow or tan hair color |
| What is: Topknot | A tuft of longer hair on the top of the head. |
| What is: Ticked | Small, isolated areas of black or colored hairs on a white background. |
| What is: Tricolored | Three hair colorations: white, tan and black. |
| What is: Undershot | The incisors of the lower jaw overlap or protect beyond the front teeth of the upper jaw when the mouth is closed. |
| What is: Walleye | An eye or eyes with whitish iris; blue eye, fish eye, pearl eye. |
| What are: Whelps | unweaned puppies |
| What is: Wirehaired | A roughened bristle like coat. |
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