Conformation

Question 1

What are the 4 types of bites?

Answer 1

level, overshot, scissors, undershot

Question 2

Definition of a dogs bite

Answer 2

position of the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed

Question 3

Name the 6 types of ears

Answer 3

Bat ear, button ear, drop ear, prick ear, rose ear, and semiprick ear

Question 4

Name the 4 types of eyes

Answer 4

Almond, full(round, globular), oval, triangular

Question 5

Describe a level bite

Answer 5

When the front teeth, or incisors, of the upper and lower jaw meet exactly tip to tip

Question 6

Describe a scissor bite

Answer 6

When the outside edge of the lower incisors just touches the inside edge of the upper incisors

Question 7

Describe an undershot bite

Answer 7

Where the front teeth of the upper jaw do not reach as far forward as the front teeth of the lower jaw when the mouth is closed

Question 8

Definition of ear carriage

Answer 8

The combined visual effects of ear placement and position on the skull, together with the use of the ear

Question 9

Describe a bat ear

Answer 9

An erect ear that is broad at the base, rounded at the top, and with the opening directed to the front

Question 10

Describe a button ear

Answer 10

The ear flap folds forward, with the tip lying close to the skull so as to cover the opening

Question 11

Describe a drop ear

Answer 11

Ears in which the ear leather is folded at least to some degree and hanging down

Question 12

Describe a prick ear

Answer 12

An erect ear carriage that is usually pointed at the top

Question 13

Describe a rose ear

Answer 13

A small drop ear the folds over and back so as to reveal the burr

Question 14

Describe a semiprick ear

Answer 14

Ears that are carried erect with just the tips leaning forward

Question 15

Describe an almond eye

Answer 15

Eye that has on elongated eye shape and is shaped like an almond

Question 16

Describe an oval eye

Answer 16

Where the eyelid opening appears longer than higher, with the contours and corners gently rounded

Question 17

Describe a round eye

Answer 17

Set in a circular-shaped opening

Question 18

Describe a triangular eye

Answer 18

An eye that looks like three-cornered,

Question 19

Name the types of tails (13 total)

Answer 19

Crank, curled, double curled, gay, otter, plume, ring, saber, screw, sickle, snap, squirrel, whip

Question 20

Name the toplines (also called backlines)

Answer 20

Camel back-an arched back

hollow back-has a dip or concave curvature

level back-when height of withers is the same as the height over the loins

roach back-convex curvature of the back

saddle back-back that is too long, with a dip or concave curvature behind the withers

Question 21

Name the types of feet

Answer 21

Cat foot, Hare foot, flat foot, splay foot, oval foot, webbed feet

Question 22

Describe cat foot

Answer 22

A round, compact foot with short digital bones and well-arched toes that are tightly bunched together

Question 23

Describe hare foot

Answer 23

Has two center digits that are noticeably longer than the inside and outside toes of the foot

Question 24

Describe an oval foot

Answer 24

spoon-shaped, with both center toes longer than cat feet but shorter than hare feet

Question 25

Describe webbed feet

Answer 25

connected by a membrane and are important for water-retrieving breeds or work in the snow

Question 26

Describe flat feet

Answer 26

have straight or flat toes when viewed from the side

Question 27

Describe splay foot

Answer 27

flat foot with toes spreading out

Question 28

What is a dog’s forequarters?

Answer 28

The combined front assembly starting at the shoulder, and then moving down the front leg to the upper arm, lower arm, pastern, ending at the forefoot.

Question 29

What is forequarter angulation?

Answer 29

the angle formed by the shoulder blade meeting the upper arm

Question 30

Name the 3 types of forequarters

Answer 30

Straight front, down in pastern, knuckled over

Question 31

Types of front legs

Answer 31

Normal(straight), Fiddle front with east-west feet, narrow in front with east-west feet, wide in front and out in elbows

Question 32

What is a dog’s hindquarters?

Answer 32

the rear assembly of the dog starting at the pelvic girdle, moving down the hind leg to the upper thigh, stifle joint, patella, lower thigh, hock joint, hock, and rear foot

Question 33

Name the types of hindquarters

Answer 33

Normal angulated hindquarter, straight stifles

Question 34

Name the types of rear legs

Answer 34

slightly narrow, bandy or wide, cow-hocked, correct(straight-normal)