Dog Training Online - Physical Components of a Dog

Dog Training Online is a method that is used by dog owners/handlers and owners to obtain information, advise, methods, further techniques and reviews. The main forms of Dog training online can use the internet, Skype, face time, emails and many other computerized forms of information.

Contained in this document is the terms that people use to describe the physical components of a dog.

Terms used for describing the features of dogs.

Overshot The jaw of a dog where the front teeth over shoot the bottom jaw

Culotte Is the hairs on the back of a dog's thigh that are longer.

Barrel Rib section is round

Beefy Over sized hindquarters

Balanced Well balanced in proportion

Bossy The shoulders of a dog is large

Blaze Between the eyes is a white strip

Brisket Is located underneath the chest and between the two front legs

Castrate To remove testicles or ovaries by a surgical procedure to render the dog infertile. When a female dog is ovaries have been removed. It is called "Spay"

Puberty This is where a dog starts to mature and the dog or bitch starts to be able to reproduce. This can occur around 12 months of age but can vary 4 months earlier and as late as 8 to 10 months later.

Breeching Is the tan color hair which is located inside the legs

Couplings Is the part of the body in the middle of hipbone and withers

Barr The part which is located inside the ear

Catfoot Is the feet that has been formed into a high arch, small, Circular similar to a cat.

Frogface The dogs jaw is overshot with longer nose and jaw coming back

Chest This the part of body which is located towards the dogs head at the front between the shoulders.

Monorchid A dog that is male and only has one testicle Cloddy Heavy, stocky, low

Close coupled fur that is short to the hips

Outcross Breeding of dogs that are not related in any way or shape

Pincer bits A dogs jaw that is level and accurate

Cow hocked This is the hocks of the dog that face each other

Cryptorchid The testicles of a male dog that have not dropped into the scrotum

Pastern The bone structure of that is located between forearm and ankle

Dewlap Skin under the throat

Feathering Hairs that are longer on dogs ears, tails, body

Flank Is the is body located between the hip and the last rib

Pile Is the fur of the dog that is thick undercoat.

Harefoot Dogs foot that has become long and narrow

Haw The corner of a dogs eye that is the third eyelid

Line breeding The breeding of a dog with a common generation usually grandmother or grandfather or bitch

Loin The is the part of the dog between the hindquarters and final rib

Mask IS the facial features that represent a mask.

Neuter The de sexing of a male dog or female dog