| Racy |
Giving an impression of speed, without loss
of substance |
| Range |
To cover a wide area of ground |
| Rangy |
Dog of long slender build |
| Rat tail |
Thick at the root, tapering to a point,
partially or completely devoid of hair |
| Reachy |
With long neck |
| Referee |
Person appointed to adjudicate in the event
of two judges failing to reach a joint decision |
| Refined |
Elegant |
| Register |
To record with the Kennel Club a dogs
breeding antecedents |
| Retrieve |
Act of bringing back any article or game to
the handler |
| Ribbed up |
Ribs carried well back |
| Ridge |
Streak of hair growing in reverse direction
to main coat |
| Ringer |
A substituted dog closely resembling another |
| Ring tail |
carried up and around almost in a circle |
| Riot |
Term used when a hound goes off to hunt
anything other than the original quarry |
| Roach back |
A convex curvature of the back toward the
loin |
| Roan |
A fine mixture of coloured hairs alternating
with white hairs, blue roan, orange roan, lemon roan, liver roan etc |
| Rocking
horse |
Both front and rear legs extended out from
body as in an old fashioned rocking horse |
| Rolling gait |
Rolling, ambling action when moving |
| Roman finish |
Slightly sharper downward inclination at end
of a downface |
| Roman nose |
A nose whose bridge is comparatively high
forming a slightly convex line from forehead to tip of nose |
| Rose ear |
A small drop ear which folds over and back
thus revealing the burr |
| Ruby eye |
Whole eye tinged with red |
| Rudder |
Tail |
| Ruff |
Thick, long hair growth around the neck |
| Rump |
The part of the back from the front of the
pelvis to the root of the tail. Croup |
| Runt |
Weak, undersized puppy in litter |
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| Sable |
Coat colour pattern. Black-tipped hairs
overlaid on a background of gold, silver, grey, fawn or tan basic coat |
| Sabre tail |
Carried in an upward curve |
| Saddle |
Variation in colour or coat quality over the
back, in the shape of a saddle |
| Scapula |
Shoulder blade |
| Scent |
The odour left by an animal on the trail
(ground scent), or wafted through the air (air-borne scent) |
| Scenthound |
A hound which hunts by ground scent as
distinct from the Sighthound/Gazehound which hunts by sight |
| Scimitar
tail |
Carried in an upward curve. Sabre tail |
| Scissor bite |
Jaws strong, with a perfect , regular and
complete scissor bite i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower
teeth and set square to the jaws |
| Screw tail |
A naturally short tail twisted in more or
less spiral formation |
| Season |
The period during which a bitch will accept
mating. Oestrus. Heat |
| Second thigh |
That part of the hindquarter from the stifle
to the hock. Lower thigh |
| Sedge |
Red gold |
| Self colour |
One whole colour except for lighter shadings |
| Septum |
The line extending vertically between the
nostrils |
| Service |
The act of mating when a bitch is served by
a stud dog |
| Set on |
Placement of tail on body and position of
ears on skull |
| Set up |
Posed so as to make the most of the dogs
appearance for the show ring. Stacking |
| Shark mouth |
Jaws are level but teeth are not set at
right angles to jaw and protrude |
| Shawl |
Long and profuse hair on top and sides of
neck |
| Shed |
1/ To moult 2/ Coat. To lie in a parting |
| Shelly |
A weakly formed, shallow, narrow body,
lacking substance. |
| Short
coupled |
With very short coupling |
| Shoulder
height |
Height of dogs body as measured from withers
to ground |
| Show |
Exhibition of dogs at which judging takes
place |
| Show
champion |
The title given to dogs which qualify in
accordance with Kennel Club Regulations |
| Show
executive |
Officers and Committee of a society |
| Show
management |
Persons responsible for the management of a
show |
| Sickle
hocked |
Inability to extend the hock joint on the
backward drive of the hind leg |
| Sickle tail |
Carried out and up in a semicircle |
| Sighthound |
A hound that runs or courses game by sight
rather than scent |
| Single
tracking |
All footprints falling on a single line of
travel |
| Sire |
The male parent |
| Skull |
Bony regions of head. Usually meant as
section of head from stop to occiput |
| Skully |
Thick and coarse through skull |
| Slab-sided |
Flat ribs with too little spring from spinal
column |
| Sloping
shoulder |
The shoulder blade set obliquely or
"laid back" |
| Smooth coat |
Short hair, close lying |
| Snatching
hocks |
A gaiting fault indicated by a quick
out-ward snatching of the hock as it passes the supporting leg and twists
the rear pastern far in beneath the body. The action causes noticeable
rocking in hindquarters |
| Snipy |
A pointed, weak muzzle |
| Snow nose |
Loss of pigment resulting in pink streak on
nose in winter |
| Society |
Any Club, Society, or Association |
| Socks |
Hair on the feet to pasterns |
| Soft mouth |
Gentle grip to retrieve |
| Sooty |
Black hairs intermingling with tan |
| Soundness |
The normal state of mental and physical well
being. A term particularly applied to movement |
| Spay |
The surgical removal of the uterus and
ovaries |
| Speak |
To bark |
| Spectacles |
Light shadings or dark markings over or
around the eyes or from eyes to ears |
| Splashed |
Irregularly patched, colour on white or
white on colour |
| Splayfoot |
A flat foot with toes spreading. Open foot,
open- toed |
| Sponsor |
Person or body offering support |
| Spring |
To drive birds from cover, to force them to
take flight. To flush or start |
| Spring of
ribs |
Degree of curvature of rib cage |
| Squirrel
tail |
Carried up and curving forward |
| Stacking |
Posed so as to make the most of the dogs
appearance for the show ring. Set up |
| Stallion |
Dominant stud force |
| Stance |
Manner of standing |
| Standard |
A description of the ideal dog of each
recognised breed, by which dogs are judged at shows |
| Stand-off
coat |
A coat that stands off from the body |
| Staring coat |
The hair dry, harsh and open. Out of
condition |
| Station |
Comparative height from ground, as high
stationed, low stationed |
| Steel blue |
Dark grey/blue, not silvery |
| Stern |
Tail of a sporting dog or hound |
| Sternum |
Bone forming floor of chest.Breastbone.Keel |
| Steward |
Person appointed to manage arrangements in
the ring |
| Stifle |
The joint of the hind leg between the thigh
and the second thigh. The dogs knee |
| Stilted |
Stiff jerking gait caused by non-flexing
joints |
| Stop |
The step up from the muzzle to skull,
indentation between the eyes where the nasal bone and the skull meet |
| Straight-hocked |
Lacking appreciable angulation at the hock
joint |
| Straight in
pastern |
Little or no bend between pastern and foot |
| Straight
shoulders |
Term used to denote insufficient lay back of
shoulder |
| Straight
stifle |
Stifle joint in which femur and tibia meet
at an angle approximately 180 degree. Straight behind |
| Stud book |
A record of the breeding particulars of
winning dogs |
| Stud dog |
A male dog used for breeding purposes |
| Substance |
Solidity, with correct muscularity and
condition |
| Superciliary
ridges |
Projection of the frontal bones over the
eye; the brow |
| Suspended
trot |
A fast trotting gait in which all four feet
are off the ground for a brief moment during each stride. Because of the
long reach, the oncoming hind feet step beyond the imprint left by the
front. Also called "flying trot" |
| Suspension |
Ban for specified period |
| Swayback |
Concave curvature of the back line between
the withers and the hip bones |
| Symmetry |
Overall balance |
