Dudley Nose—A flesh-colored nose.
Rose Ear—An ear
which the tip turns backward and downward,
disclosing the inside.
Button Ear—An ear
that falls over in front, concealing the
inside.
Tulip Ear—An upright, or pricked ear.
Blaze—The white line up the face.
Cheeky—When the cheek bumps are strongly defined.
Occiput—The prominent
bone at the back or top of the skull,
noticeably prominent in bloodhounds.
Chops—The pendulous lips of the bulldog.
Cushion—Fullness in the top lips.
Dewlap—The pendulous skin under the throat.
Lippy—The hanging
lips of some dogs, who should not possess same,
as in the bull terrier.
Layback—A receding nose.
Pig-jawed—The upper
jaw protruding over the lower; an
exaggeration of an undershot
jaw.
Overshot—The upper teeth projecting beyond the lower.
Undershot—The lower
incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper, as
in bulldogs.
Wrinkle—Loose, folding skin over the skull.
Wall Eye—A blue mottled eye.
Snipy—Too pointed in muzzle; pinched.
Stop—The indentation
between the skull and the nasal bone near
the eyes.
Septum—The division between the nostrils.
Leather—The skin of the ear.
Expression—The
size and placement of the eye determines the
expression of the dog.
Brisket—That part
of the body in front of the chest and below the
neck.
Chest—That part
of the body between the forelegs, sometimes
called the breast, extending
from the brisket to the body.
Cobby—Thick set;
low in stature, and short coupled; or well
ribbed up, short and compact.
Couplings—The space
between the tops of the shoulder blades, and
the tops of the hip joints.
A dog is accordingly said to be long
or short “in the couplings.”
Deep in Brisket—Deep in chest.
Elbows—The joint at the top of forearm.
Elbows Out—Self-explanatory;
either congenital, or as a result of
weakness.
Flat-sided—Flat in ribs; not rounded.
Forearm—The foreleg between the elbows and pastern.
Pastern—The lower
section of the leg below the knee or hock
respectively.
Shoulders—The top
of the shoulder blades, the point at which a
dog is measured.
Racy—Slight in build and leggy.
Roach-back—The arched or wheel formation of loin.
Pad—The underneath portion of the foot.
Loins—The part of body between the last rib and hindquarters.
Long in flank—Long in back of loins.