. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 328 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 3. Eyes.âThe eyes should be very small, spark- ling, and bright, set fairly close together and ob- long in shape. 4. Nose.âBlack. 5. Ears.âThe correct carriage of ears is a de- batable point since cropping has been abolished. Probably in the large breed the drop ear is correct, but for Toys either erect or semi-erect carriage of the ear is most desirable. 6. Neck and Shoulders.âThe
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 328 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 3. Eyes.âThe eyes should be very small, spark- ling, and bright, set fairly close together and ob- long in shape. 4. Nose.âBlack. 5. Ears.âThe correct carriage of ears is a de- batable point since cropping has been abolished. Probably in the large breed the drop ear is correct, but for Toys either erect or semi-erect carriage of the ear is most desirable. 6. Neck and Shoulders.âThe neck should be fairly long and tapering from the shoulders to the head, with sloping shoulders, the neck being free from throatiness and slightly arched at the occiput. 7. Chest. â The chest should be narrow but deep. 8. Body.âThe body should be moderately short and curving upwards at the loin ; ribs well sprung, back slightly arched at the loin and falling again at the joining of the tail to the same height as the shoulders. 9. Feet.âThe feet should be more inclined to be cat- than hare-footed. 10. Tail.âThe tail should be of moderate length and set on where the arch of the back ends â thick where it joins the body, tapering to a point, and not carried higher than the back. 11. Coat.âThe coat should be close, smooth, short and glossy. 12. Colour.âThe coat should be jet black and rich mahogany tan, distributed oyer the body as follows : On the head the muzzle is tanned to the nose, which with the nasal bone is jet black. There is also a bright spot on each cheek and above each eye ; the underjaw and throat are tanned, and the hair inside the ears is the same colour ; the forelegs tanned up to the knee, with black lines (pencil marksj up each toe, and a black mark (thumb-markj above the foot ; inside the hind- legs tanned, but divided with black at the hock joints ; and under the tail also tanned ; and so IS the \-ent, but only sufficiently to be easily covered by th
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