My Doggies' World: The Greyhound's Character

The Greyhound: Character

HEAD--Long and narrow, slightly wider in skull, allowing for plenty of brain room; lips tight, without any flew, and eyes bright and intelligent and dark in colour.

EARS--Small and fine in texture, and semi-pricked.

TEETH--Very strong and level, and not decayed or cankered.

NECK--Lengthy, without any throatiness, but muscular.

SHOULDERS--Placed well back in the body, and fairly muscular, without being loaded.

FORE-LEGS--Perfectly straight, set well into the shoulders, with strong pasterns and toes set well up and close together.

BODY--Chest very deep, with fairly well-sprung ribs; muscular back and loins, and well cut up in the flanks.

COAT--Fairly fine in texture.

HIND-QUARTERS--Wide and well let down, with hocks well bent and close to the ground, with very muscular haunches, showing great propelling power, and tail long and fine and tapering with a slight upward curve.

WEIGHT--The ideal weight of a dog is from 60 pounds to 65 pounds, of a bitch from 55 pounds to 60 pounds.

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