Forequarters Flashcards
General appearance: Long, thin, vertical. Perfect stand.
Shoulder: Long shoulder blade, with dry muscles and only slightly oblique viewed in profile.
Upper arm: The scapulo-humeral angle is very open (about 130°).
Metacarpus (Pastern): Slightly oblique.
Azawakh
Shoulder blades long and set obliquely onto body. Flat bone and well muscled. Upper arm of moderate length. Pasterns supple and strong.
Sloughi
General Appearance: Seen in profile an imaginary vertical line from the point of the shoulder touches the tip of the toes, fore legs keep a perfect alignment to the vertical axis seen from both sides. The length of the foreleg from ground to elbow is slightly longer than half the height at the withers.
Shoulder: Shoulder blade well laid back, length about one third of the height at the withers, the tips of the shoulder blades are close. The scapulo-humeral angle is moderate.
Upper arm: Half as long as the length of the foreleg from ground to elbow. Conspicuous clean musculature.
Elbow: Set in line with the brisket, or below, neither turned in nor out. Angle between upper-arm and forearm approximately 160°.
Forearm: Perpendicular to the ground. Well marked carpo-cubical groove; light but solid bone.
Carpus (Wrist): Straight line following on from the forearm. Protruding pisiform bone.
Metacarpus (Pastern): Length not less than one sixth of the height of the foreleg from the ground to the elbow, wider than the wrist. Slight inclination from back to front. Bone flat and lean.
Cirneco
Rather steep, short shoulder blade, long straight legs, erect pasterns of good length.
Ibizan
Shoulders: Strong, long and well laid back.
Forelegs: Straight and parallel. Elbows well tucked in. Pasterns strong.
Pharaoh
Upright when seen from front and sides; well muscled and lean.
Shoulder: Long, inclined, strong and well muscled, scapula-humerus angle approximately 110 degrees.
Elbow: Parallel to the main line of the body.
Forearm: Vertical, long and well muscled.
Carpus (Pastern joint): Lean and not prominent.
Metacarpus (Pastern): Short, strong and slightly inclined.
Podengo
The forelegs should be perfectly straight, strong and well boned, with the elbows close to the body. When viewed from the side, the forelegs should be wider than viewed from the front. Pasterns should be strong with slight spring.
Shoulders - Should be sloping, clean and muscular, denoting speed.
Ridgeback
Shoulders muscular and well laid back. When viewed from front forelegs appear straight and parallel. Upper foreleg long and broad and set at a right angle to shoulder blade. Elbows set close in to body.
Hamiltonstovare
FOREQUARTERS: Forelegs fairly long, lean but not too fine; straight and parallel; tendons well attached.
Shoulder: Constructed for gallop, long, well sloping, well muscled without being heavy.
Porcelaine
