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Teeth Terms
Bite: occlusion; relationship of the upper and lower jaws when the mouth is closed.
Canine tooth: the first premolar; long grasping tooth or a dog's fang.
Deciduous: temporary. Example: A puppy's deciduous teeth are shed before e maturity and replaced by permanent teeth.
Dentition: canine tooth development and eruption. In the dog, there are 12 deciduous incisors that erupt at four to five weeks of age, three on each side, six in the upper jaw and six in the lower. Behind them are four deciduous canine teeth, one on either side, in the upper and lower jaws that erupt at about the same time as the incisors. The 12 deciduous premolars erupt about a week later, and are positioned behind the canines, three on each side, in the upper and lower jaws. They complete the set of 28 deciduous or milk teeth. At about three months of age, the central incisors are replaced by permanent teeth. The four permanent canine teeth are often the last to appear, and typically are not visible until about six months of age. Permanent premolars begin to erupt about four months of age. There are four on each side, on both the upper and lower jaws, and the rearmost is usually visible by six months of age. Those 16 permanent teeth take the place of the 12 deciduous premolars. The two upper molars on each side and three lower molars on each side also begin to appear at about four months, with the last of the ten erupting at about six months. Those 42 teeth make up the permanent set of adult teeth.
Eruption: 1. breaking out of a visible, circumscribed lesion of the skin. 2. normal activity of the teeth as they break through the gums.
Full dentition: no missing teeth.
Incisors: any one of the "biting off" or "cutting" teeth directly in the front of the mouth. There are six incisors in the upper jaw, six in the lower. They are named central, intermediate, and corner. Level bite: when upper and lower incisors meet evenly. Over bite: when upper incisors overlap lower incisors, leaving a gap between the teeth. Scissors bite: when upper incisors just overlap lower incisors, such that the rear surface of the upper incisors touches the outer surface of the lower incisors. Premolars: smaller teeth situated just to the rear of the fangs (canines). Punishing mouth: strong, powerful jaws. Undershot bite: when lower incisors extend beyond upper incisors.

Ear Terms
Bat ears: large, erect ears (example: French Bulldog).
Bear ears: small erect ear.
Blunt ears: ears that are too short and rounded at the tips.
Button ears: semi-prick ears in which the top portion folds forward. (example: Fox Terrier).
Cropping: the surgical removal of a portion of a dogs ear to make it stand erect. Cropping is cosmetic surgery.
Drop ears: long, hanging ears. (example: Basset Hound)
Ear: organ of hearing: inner ear: middle ear, and external ear canal. 2. pinna or earflap.
Ear Canal: external duct leading from the tympanic membrane (eardrum) to the outside.
Ear Canker: external ear ulceration and infection.
Ear Carriage: 1. describing the way the ears are held, indicating the dog's mood. 2. position of the ear's attachment to the head.
Ear Clamps: templates or patterns that are attached to an anesthetized dog's ears to outline where the surgical cropping cut is to be made.
Ear Clip: act of cutting off and rounding the pendulant ears of hounds to give them a shortened, uniform appearance and to lesson the probability of tearing the ear leather in the field.
Ear Feather: long hair on an earflap, typical of the Cocker Spaniel and many other breeds.
Ear foreign bodies: grass seeds and various other extraneous matter that finds its way into the external ear canals of dogs.
Ear Fringe: long hair on the tip of the ears that is seen in Bedlington Terriers.
Ear Guide Dog: canine specially trained to aid deaf humans.
Ear Hematoma: pocket of blood that occurs between the layers of the ear pinna cartilage and skin. It is often caused by shaking head and whipping the ears due to ear mites or foreign bodies in the external ear canals.
Ear Leather: pinna or flap of the ear.
Ear Mange: redness and crustiness of the ear that is usually caused by ear mites, (Otodectes cynotis)
Earmark: tattoo that is impregnated in the ear leather as a means of permanent identification.
Ear Mites: Otodectes cynotis, a tiny mite that parasitizes ear canals and causes intense itching and irritation. Ear notch: in foxhunting, small notch, or notches, cut in the margin of the ear of the entire pack to immediately identify the dogs of that pack.
Ear Ossicles: three bones of the middle ear: malleus, incus, and stapes. They transmit sound waves from the eardrum to the otic nerve.
Ear Set: describing where on the heard the ears are attached.
Ears Set High: placement of ears high on the crown of the head.
Ears Set Low: placement of the ears set low on the head.
Ears Set wide: placement of the ears on the head at the maximum distance apart.
Erect: perk ear; pinna of the ear that stands erect, either normally or assisted by ear cropping.
Rose ears: small ears folded back in repose (example: Greyhound).
Semidrop ears: ears that fall over the breaks at the tip.
Semiprick: aural appendages that are carried erect with the tips breaking forward.
Pendulant: hanging down. (Example: Bloodhound's ears)
Pinna: the part of the ear that outside the head; flap or leather.
Prick ears: ears that stand upright. (example: German Shepherd Dog).
Trowel: ear that is wider in the middle than at its attachment of its tip.
Tulip: ears that stand erect with a slight forward and inward curvature.
V-Shaped: drop ear that tapers to a point.
Neck Terms
Bull-neck: thick, muscular, often short neck.
Crest: Arched area near the top of the neck.
Ewe neck: Neck that is arched so that the top line of the neck is concave and the bottom is convex.
Goose neck: overly long, thin neck lacking strength and shape.
Throaty neck: neck with loose skin.
Body Terms
Barrel chest: rounded ribcage.
Brisket: chest or sternum area.
Cobby: compact.
Herring gutted: gradual slope from a fairly shallow chest to tuck-up.
Hock: HOCK JOINT. tarsus: joint on the hind limb between lower thigh and pastern. Since the hock is a joint it can not itself be long or short; terms such as long or short in hock refer to the distance between the hock joint and the ground.
Loin: region between the ribcage and croup.
Pastern: region of the metatarsus that extends from the hock to the foot in the hind leg, and the metacarpal area of the foreleg.
Rib spring: arch formed by the ribcage; more spring refers to more arch.
Roach back: an overly arched, convex topline.
Shelly: narrow, shallow chest and body.
Short-coupled: short loin area.
Slab-sided: flat-ribbed.
Swayback: a sunken, concave topline.
Topline: line formed by the withers, back, loin, and croup.
Tuck-up: area under the loin in a small waisted dog.
Forequarters Terms
Bowed front: forelegs that curve out between the elbows and pasterns.
Down in pastern: weak, overly sloping pastern.
East-west front: when feet turn out to the sides, pointing away from each other.
Fiddle front: east-west front combined with a bowed front, so that the assembly looks like a fiddle.
Lay back: angle at which the shoulders is set on the dog's body.
Knuckled over: steep pastern, or with a reverse slope.
Loaded shoulders: overly muscled or lumpy forequarters.
Out at elbow: elbows that stick out from the sides of the ribcage.
Returned: set-back of the upper arm under the dog's body.
Shoulder: scapula:also used (incorrectly) to refer to both the scapula and upper are (humerus) region.
Shoulder angulation: angle formed between the scapula and humerus.
Toed-in front: pigeon toed: feet pointing toward each other.
Rearquarter Terms
Bandy-legged: wide, bowed-legged rear quarters.
Cow-hocked: viewed from behind, the point of hocks point toward each other, resulting in the rear feet pointing outward.
Lower thigh: area from stifle to hock, also called second thigh.
Rear angulation: angles formed between the pelvis, thigh bone (femur), and second or lower thigh bone (tibia/fibula).
Sickle-hocked: viewed from the side, an over-angulated joint between the lower thigh and hock; an inability to straighten this joint when moving.
Well let-down: short hocks.
Foot Terms
Cat foot: short, round foot.
Dew claws: extra toes on the insides of the front, and sometimes, rear legs.
Hare foot: long, narrow foot.
Mops: 1. profuse hair on the paws. 2. German name for the Pug.
Paper foot: flat foot.
Splay foot: toes that are not close together.
Tail Terms
Bob tail: very short, almost stump-like tail. (example: Pembroke Welsh Corgi).
Brush tail: tail covered in hair in such a manner as to give it a bottled-brush appearance (example: Siberian Husky).
Docked tail: tail cut to a shorter length. (example: Doberman)
Gay tail: tail carried above the level of the back.
Saber tail: slightly curved, low-carried tail.
Screw tail: short, twisted tail. (example: English Bulldog).
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