| 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. |
| Awards |
placings decided by the judge. |
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| 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 |
The overall winner at a dog
show. |
| Best of Breed |
The best dog or bitch in a
breed. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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