The Airedale terrier standard simplified . easy to make a model of a perfect AiredaleTerrier, but no amount of skill could give it character. Just what givescharacter to a dog is hard to define. But there are certain things absolutely 74 essential—first, to have true character the dog must be correct in type—bythis is meant conformation; he must have proper make and shape properlycombined; he must be of the happy medium in size, and all parts must bein proper proportion to the whole. Good and true action, or liberty, assome term it, is also an essential to true character. Many an Airedale make
The Airedale terrier standard simplified . easy to make a model of a perfect AiredaleTerrier, but no amount of skill could give it character. Just what givescharacter to a dog is hard to define. But there are certain things absolutely 74 essential—first, to have true character the dog must be correct in type—bythis is meant conformation; he must have proper make and shape properlycombined; he must be of the happy medium in size, and all parts must bein proper proportion to the whole. Good and true action, or liberty, assome term it, is also an essential to true character. Many an Airedale makesa charming picture posed on the block—but we lose the charm the momentthe dog is in action. The dog may have head, front, legs, feet, body, hind-quarters, coat, color, but he should be severely handicapped if he has notgot good action. The forelegs should move straight from the shoulder; theswing of the forearm should be free, light and easy; there should be noweaving motion from side to side, and no nervous thrusting of the STREONSHATH XANTHIPPE, 257,094. An Excellent Specimen of the Primrose Type. Owner W. L. Butler of the Argonne Airedales, 1515 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo. Kennel Manager, C. Valen, 3600 Madison Avenue, (Kansas City, Mo. The hindquarters should move in perfect unison with the forequarters—straight and true, the stride should be long and graceful, the action of thehocks perfectly level—the whole progression giving a sense of smoothness,unison and suppleness, a capacity to gallop and an ease in making suddenturns. A dog lacking this liberty and smoothness in his action is usuallywrong in conformation, and is lacking in character. Other considerations thatgive an Airedale good character are a correct disposition, temperament,brains or what one wishes to call the characteristic that shows a dog isgame, ready to show, ready for a scrap or for anything that comes along—this quite distinct from quarrelsomeness or nastiness in di
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