Borreliosis - An infectious arthritis caused by a spirochete bacterium, more commonly known as Lyme disease.
Housebreak - To train a pet to live cleanly in a house.
Red - A reddish orange color of dog.
Radius - One of the two bones of the forearm.
Caucasian Mountain Dog - Foundation stock services breed
Pied - Patches of white and another color. Color definitions may vary by breed. Always check the breed standard for the definitive color description.
Goose Step - Accentuated lift of the forelimbs.
Bulldog - A breed of short-haired dog characterized by a large head, strong square jaws with dewlaps, and a stocky body. It was originally bred for bullbaiting.
Chocolate - A medium chocolate brown color of dog.
Crossbred - A dog whose sire and dam are representatives of two different breeds. A crossbred dog cannot be registered by the AKC.
Neapolitan Mastiff - A large, powerful breed of dog characterized by it's massive head and wrinkled face.
Pet Shop - A commercial organization that buys and sells dogs. Is always listed as an intermediate in the chain of title for a dog.
Retrieve - Performance - A hunting term. The act of bringing game back to the handler. Obedience - An exercise in some obedience classes.
Sacrum - The region of the vertebral column that consists of three fused vertebrae that articulate the pelvic girdle.
Shetland Sheepdog - A herding dog of a breed developed in the Shetland Islands, having a rough coat and resembling a small collie.
Stance - Manner of standing.
Virus - Any of various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants, animals, and bacteria that often cause disease and that consist essentially of a core of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat. Unable to replicate without a host cell, viruses are typically not considered living organisms.
