Forequarters Flashcards
Forequarters:
Shoulders long and sloping. Legs straight; well set under shoulders; fine, strong bone and pasterns.
Italian Greyhound
Forequarters:
Shoulders well developed and sloping back. Chest rather deep. Forelegs straight and slender and fine boned.
SHOULDERS SLOPING BACK
Papillon
Forequarters:
Seen from the front, the front legs are straight and parallel. Set under the body when viewed from the side. The height at elbows is only slightly more than half of the height at withers.
Shoulders: The shoulder blades are moderately long and not too sloping.
Upper arm: The length of upper arm is approximately equal to the length of shoulder blade; forms an angle of 100-110 degrees with the shoulder.
Elbows: Set rearward.
Forearm: Long, straight.
Carpus (Wrist): Lean.
Metacarpus (Pastern): Straight when viewed from the front. Almost vertical when viewed from the side.
ELBOWS SET REARWARD
Russian Toy
Forequarters:
Well laid shoulders, legs straight, well covered with hair of rich golden tan a few shades lighter at ends than at roots, not extending higher on forelegs than elbow.
Yorkshire terrier
Forequarters:
The bones of the forelegs slightly bowed but firm at shoulder. Moderate bone. Shoulder well placed.
SLIGHTLY BOWED
Tibetan Spaniel
Forequarters:
Shoulders clean, narrow and well laid back. Legs long and slender, set well under body. Elbows held close to body. Pasterns fine, strong, nearly vertical. Toes turned neither in nor out.
SHOULDERS CLEAN NARROW
ON LIST
Chinese Crested
Forequarters:
Chest moderate, shoulders well laid back; straight legs, moderately boned.
MODERATELY BONED
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Forequarters:
Shoulders well laid; lean, sloping into slightly broadening support above straight forelegs, set well under chest giving freedom of movement without looseness.
ON LIST
Chihuahua
Forequarters:
Forelegs straight and parallel, lean; good bone structure. The distance from the ground to the elbow must not be greater than that between the elbow and the withers.
Havanese
Forequarters:
Shoulders well laid. Forequarters straight with round bone, no too fine.
ROUND BONE
Lowchen
Forequarters:
Shoulders well developed and sloping back. Chest rather deep. Forelegs straight and slender and fine boned.
SHOULDERS SLOPING BACK
Papillon
Forequarters:
Legs straight with strong, fine bone, giving slender apperance, well feathered down to the feet.
WELL FEATHERED DOWN T THE FEET
Japanese Chin
Forequarters:
Forechest well developed and full, moderately broad; shoulders clean, sloping with moderate angulation. Legs straight, medium bone, elbows close to body
ON LIST
Miniature Pinshcer
Forequarters:
Legs should be short and straight. Shoulders well sloped.
Maltese
Forequarters:
General appearance: Forearms are perfectly straight and parallel in relation to the median plane of the body.
Shoulder: The length of the shoulder blades is equal to 1/4 of the height of the withers; in relation to the horizontal, they are slanting and are near the vertical in relation to the median plane of the body.
Upper arm: Well joined to the body, of an almost equal length to that of the shoulder, but less slanting.
Elbows: They are on a parallel plane to the median plane of the body.
Forearm: The length is equal to that of the upper arm; follows a perfect vertical direction.
Metacarpus (Pastern): Seen from the front they continue the vertical line of the forearm. Seen in profile the pastern is slightly slanting.
Bolognese
