Red Sesame - Red with a sparse black overlay (Shiba Inu). Color definitions may vary by breed. Always check the breed standard for the definitive color description.
Companion Dog (CD) - A title conferred on a dog by the AKC as a result of having won certain minimum scores in Novice classes at a specified number of AKC-licensed or -member obedience trials.
Cleft Palate - A birth defect in which the two halves of the mouth do not fuse together properly.
Trim - To groom the coat by stripping, clipping or scissoring.
Miniature Pinscher - AKC recognized breed.
Whitelies - Body color white with red or dark markings. Color definitions may vary by breed. Always check the breed standard for the definitive color description.
Webbed Toes - Toes connected by a skin membrane; important for water-retrieving dogs, providing help in swimming.
Belgian Tervuren - AKC recognized breed.
Distemper - An infectious viral disease occurring in dogs, characterized by loss of appetite, a catarrhal discharge from the eyes and nose, vomiting, fever, lethargy, partial paralysis caused by destruction of myelinated nerve tissue, and sometimes death. Also called canine distemper.
Elbow - The posterior region of the articulation between the arm and forearm.
Goose Step - Accentuated lift of the forelimbs.
Shelly - A shallow, narrow body, lacking the correct amount of bone.
Tawny - Used, along with white, to describe Ibizan Hounds, this color is the color of lions (sandy yellow). Also referred to as Lion Tawny. Color definitions may vary by breed. Always check the breed standard for the definitive color description.
Underage Dam - Dam under eight months of age at the time of mating.
