canine_terminology

T.A.F.	Transfer Applied For:- Transfer of ownership applied for with the Kennel Club
Tail set	The position of the tail on the croup
Team	Three or more dogs
Temperament	Mixture of natural qualities and traits which produce character
Terrier	A dog originally used for hunting vermin
Terrier front	Narrow straight front
Texture	Quality or nature of coat
Thick set	Broad and solidly built
Thigh	The hindquarters from hip to stifle
Throat	part of neck immediately below lower jaw
Throatiness	An excess of loose skin in the throat area
Thumb marks	Black spots on the region of the pastern
Tibia	Bone between stifle and hock joint (shin bone)
Ticked	Small area of black, flecks or coloured hairs on a white ground
Tied at the elbows	Elbows set too close under the body, thus restricting movement
Timber	Bone, especially of the legs
Tipped ears	Ears carried erect with just the tips breaking and falling foreward
Topknot	Longer hair on top of head
Topline	The dogs outline from just behind the withers to the tail set
Toy dog	Small companion or lap dog
Trace	A black line extending from occiput to twist on a Pug
Trail	To hunt by following ground scent
Transfer	Change of ownership
Tri-colour	Three-colour, black, white and tan
Trim	To groom the coat by plucking or trimming
Trot	A rhythmic two-beat diagonal gait in which the feet at diagonally opposite ends of the body strike the ground together, i.e. right hind with left front and left hind with right front
Tuck up	Concave underline of body curving upwards from end of rib to waist
Tuft of hair	Bunch or collection of hairs growing together
Tulip ear	Wide ears carried with a slight forward curve
Turn up	An upturned foreface, or under jaw
Twist	Term used for tail of a Pug
Type	The characteristic qualities distinguishing a breed

Undercoat	Dense, soft, short coat concealed by longer top coat
Undershot	The front teeth (incisors) of the lower jaw projecting beyond the front teeth of the upper jaw when the mouth is closed
Unilateral chryptorchid	One testicle descended and one hidden
Up-faced	Short nose, muzzle turned up
Upper arm	The humerous or bone of the foreleg, between the shoulder blade and the elbow
Upright shoulder	Without sufficient angulation of shoulder blades
Utility dogs	Miscellaneous breeds-mainly non sporting origin

Varminty	A keen, very bright or piercing expression
Veiled coat	Fine, wispy long hair
Vent	The anal opening
Vertebral column	Spine
Veterinarian	An individual entitled to practise veterinary surgery in the U.K. as a result of registration by Royal Collect of Veterinary Surgeons
Veterinary practitioner	Individual of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons' supplementary register
Veterinary surgeon	Individual of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons' general register
Vice like bite	Strongly gripping and well fitting

Walk	gaiting pattern on which three legs are in support of the body at all times, each foot lifting fdrom the ground one at a time in regular sequence
Wall eye	Wholly or partly, coloured light blue eye
Weaving	(Crossing over/ knitting) Unsound gaiting action which starts with twisting elbows and ends with criss-crossing and toeing out.
Wedginess	Lacking chiseling
Weedy	Light-bone structure, lacking substance
Well laid	Optimum shoulder angulation
Well sprung ribs	Ribs springing out from spinal column giving correct shape
Wheaten	Pale yellow or fawn colour
Wheel back	The back line arched markedly over the loin
Whelping	Act of giving birth to puppies
Whelps	Unweaned puppies
Whip tail	Carried out stiffly straight, and tapering
Whisker	Longer hairs on muzzle sides and underjaw
Whitelies	Dogs with untypical predominance of white body colour
Wind	To catch the scent of game
Wirehaired	A coat of harsh, crisp, wiry texture
Withers	The highest point of the body, immediately behind the neck
Working dog	A dog originally used for work such as herding and guarding
Wrinkle	Loose, folding skin
Wry mouth	Lower jaw does not line up with upper jaw

Zygomatic arch	Arch of bone forming lower border of eye socket extending to base of ear.