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 |  | | Dog glossary | | Active | | Describes a dog that is always alert, in action, on the lookout, moving, hunting. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Aggressive | | The tendency to attack without being provoked. This behavior is unacceptable in all standards. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Albino | | Describes a white coat caused by lack of pigment in the hairs. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Aquiline | | Having a curved shape. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Balanced | | Said of a well-proportioned dog whose individual parts appear in correct ratio to one another. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Barrel | | Describes a round thoracic region, or well-arched in cobby breeds. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Basset | | A type of dog having the body of a larger dog from which it is descended, supported by short legs. These are low-stationed dogs. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Bay | | The sound a hunting hound makes when it barks; good voice. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Beagle | | A medium-sized hound bred with excellent results from a larger breed. Smaller than the breed from which it is descended, larger than the Basset. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Belton | | A white coat with ticking or roaning (orange, lemon). |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Bi-color | | Said of a coat composed of two distinct colors. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Bichon | | An abbreviation for the Barbichon descended from the Barbet. Toy breed with a long or short, silky, stand-off coat. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Black and Tan | | Refers to a black dog with tan or sable markings. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Blaze | | A narrow white band running up the center of the face. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Blood | | Breed. To inject new blood, to cross a dog with a bitch of another breed. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Bloodhound | | A dog specialized in searching out large wounded game-a practice called "blood hunting" because the dog follows the blood trail. (Group VI dog breeds) |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Blotch | | Color covering a large area on a white background. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Blue | | The dilution of black coat color. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Bobtail | | A dog with a naturally short tail. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Brachet | | A short-haired, medium-sized hound from the Middle Ages. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Brick-shaped | | Describes a dog whose shape resembles a rectangle, the longest side of the rectangle generally being the length of the dog. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Brindle | | Refers to a coat with more or less vertical dark streaking on a lighter color. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Brisket | | The chest, thoracic cavity. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Broad | | Said of a wide, powerful chest. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Brown | | Chocolate and liver are shades of brown. tan and beige are obtained by the dilution of brown. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Brush | | A tail that resembles that of a fox. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Cape | | The long, thick hair covering the neck and shoulders. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Chestnut | | Fawn with a red or orange cast. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Chippendale Front | | A dog with a Chippendale front has forelegs out at the elbows, pasterns close and feet turned out. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Chiseled | | Clean-cut head and muzzle. Well-defined, precise lines. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Chocolate | | A dark, reddish brown. A chocolate or liver coat is brown. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Cloddy | | Said of a dog that is short, compact and thickset. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Close-coupled | | Describes a dog that is comparatively short from the last rib to the commencement of the hindquarters. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Close-lying | | Said of straight hair that falls flat against the skin. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Coat | | Refers to the hair and its color; sometimes refers simply to the color of the hair. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Cobby | | Said of a thick-set, compact dog with relatively short, strong, bowed legs. The Pug is cobby. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Coin-sized | | The size and shape of a coin, like the spots on Dalmatians. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Collar | | White markings around the neck. Hairs around the neck. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Collarette | | A ruff formation around the neck. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Corky | | Said of a lively, active dog that is constantly in motion. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Cropped | | Refers to very short hair close against the body. Some cropped hair is called short in official standards. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Crossbreeding | | The mating of a dog of one breed with a bitch of another for one generation to avoid inbreeding. Crossing of dogs of the same breed, but from different lineage or parentage. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Croup | | The region of the pelvic girdle formed by the sacrum and surrounding tissue. When the croup is very sloped, it is referred to as goose rump. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Culotte | | Long, thick hairs covering the thighs. Sometimes a fringe on the back of the upper thighs. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Dense | | Describes very thick hair. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Dewlap | | The fold of skin under the neck at the throat; can extend down to the chest. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Dish-faced | | Said of a dog with a concave profile having slightly depressed frontal bones. Example: Bulldog, Boxer, Pug. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Dolichocephalic | | Having a long, narrow skull, as in that of the Greyhound. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Domed | | Describes the skull of a dog with a convex profile, having arched frontal bones. Example: Bedlington Terrier. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Dwarfism | | A balanced decrease in size of all body parts of a normal-sized specimen. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Ear | | Depending on the breed, ears can be erect or pricked, pendulous, drop, semi-prick. The rose ear is a small drop ear that folds over and back, revealing the burr. In the button ear, the ear flap folds ... |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Eye | | Spaniels have oval eyes; Bulldogs have round eyes; Greyhounds have almond eyes. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Fallow | | The result of the dilution of brown, a variation of tan. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Fawn | | A color ranging from tan to red. Tan markings are fawn. The dilution of the fawn color produces a tawny color. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Fawn | | Fawn red; fawn coat ranging from red to rust. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Fearlessness | | The quality of a dog that fears nothing and may bite. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Feathering | | Long hairs forming a fringe on the external ear, back of the legs, the tail and the chest. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Filled-up | | Refers to a filled-up face: finely chiseled, smooth skin over the bones, flat muscles. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Flare | | A white stripe on the forehead that often continues along the head. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Flashings | | Irregular white markings on the face and chest. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Flecked | | Said of a variegated coat with spotted markings (small dark spots on a white background). |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Flushing Dog | | A dog, such as the spaniel, that flushes game, that is, forces the game out in the open without pursuing it like hounds and without indicating its presence like pointers. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Forehead | | The portion of the head above the muzzle. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Forequarters | | The region from the shoulder blades down to the feet. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Gait | | The pattern of the footsteps. Natural gaits-walk, trot, gallop. Free gait-easy, untiring movement. Frictionless gait-made with no apparent effort. Balanced gait-uniform speed and stride. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Griffon | | A medium- or long-haired pointer or hound with tousled, wiry or shaggy hair. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Harlequin | | Refers to a multicolored coat with patched or pied coloration on gray or blue; spots of black on white (patches of black on white, as in Great Danes). |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Harsh | | Describes hard, coarse, weather-resistant hair. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Hedge hunter | | A dog that hunts in the brush. A dog that flushes game, but does not point or retrieve. (Synonym of springer) |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Height | | The height of the body measured by a vertical line running from the withers to the ground when the animal is in a relaxed standing position. Size can range from 0.2 to 1 meter. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Herder | | A dog used to herd stock. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | High-Standing | | Said of a tall dog with plenty of leg, like the Greyhound. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Hindquarters | | The region including the croup and hind legs. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Hollow | | Said of an area of the body with a convex profile. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Hound | | A dog with drop ears that takes to the trail and tracks while giving tongue, eventually running down the animal being hunted. (Group VI dog breeds). |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Interbreeding | | The mating of two dogs of different breeds. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Isabella | | A fawn or light bay color. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Kissing Spot | | A round spot of color on the head of the King Charles and the Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. A tan or fawn mark above and between the eyes on black and tan dogs. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Large | | Said of dogs that are larger than average (such as the Great Dane). |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Leashhound | | A hunting dog with a refined sense of smell that tracks silently on a leash. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Leggy | | Describes a dog with long legs and giving the impression of being high off the ground. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Line | | All the descendants of a common ancestor. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Loin | | The lumbar region posterior to the ribs and anterior to the croup. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Long back | | Describes the back when the distance from the withers to the rump exceeds the height at the withers. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Low to ground | | Said of dogs with relatively short legs and well let down chest. (Dachshund). |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Mantle | | A dark portion of the coat on the back that differs in color from the rest of the coat. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Marking | | A white or other color marking on different colored background. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Mask | | A dark shading on the face. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Mastiff | | A large watchdog, sheepdog or hunting dog. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Mastiff | | A large-headed, thick-set guard dog with strong jaws. Short-haired Molossian types are mastiffs. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Medium | | Describes an average-sized dog. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Merle | | A coat with dark, irregular blotches against a lighter, often gray, background. French dogs with this coat are called harlequin; British dogs are called blue merle. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Mesomorph | | A dog having a well-proportioned, muscular body. Example: setters, pointers, French Shepherd, Belgian Shepherd. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Mismarks | | Self color with any area of white hairs. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Molossian type | | A large thick-muscled guard dog with a large head and powerful body. Mastiffs are Molossian types. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Morphology | | P. Megnin (1932) classified dog breeds into four main morphological groups: - Braccoids: Fairly long muzzle. Marked stop. Hanging ears. Pointers, spaniels, setters and Dalmatians belong to this group... |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Mottled | | Describes a coat with blotches of dark hairs on a lighter background of the same color. Example: Australian Cattle Dog. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Multi-color | | A coat of several colors. The juxtaposition of colored spots or patches. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Mute | | Refers to a dog that does not bark or bay while trailing. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Muzzle | | The facial region comprising the stop, the nose, and the jaws. Only the dorsal portion of the stop is included in the muzzle. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Note | | In the almond-shaped eye, the tissue surrounding the eye is longer than the eye. The eye itself, of course, is round. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Nuance | | A variation in the intensity of a color. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Pace | | A gait in which the left foreleg and left hind leg advance together, followed by the right foreleg and right hind leg. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Pack | | An organized group of hounds that hunt larger animals. |
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| | | Dog glossary | | Pad | | The foot's shock-absorber located under and behind the toes. The pads are covered by calloused, hard, rough, irregularly patterned, highly pigmented skin. |
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