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Dog Breed Show Terms Explained Angulation:
Degree
dog handlers will bend over backwards to impress judges.
Balance:
(a) How to arrange the checkbook so your husband wont know how
much money you spent on dog shows last month. Usually done in the bathroom with the door
locked; (b) Ability to hold coffee, danish, leash, treats and entry form all at once.
Bitch: Name heard at dog shows, not always to describe a lady dog.
CGC: Canine Gastrointestinal Catastrophe {aka GAS}
Coat: The hairy part of a dog that usually falls out a week before the
Specialty show.
Crabbing: What you do when the judge doesnt like way your dog
moves.
Dam: (a) lady dog with kids; (b) overheard at dog shows as losers leave
the ring.
Distemper: Shown by those hot-headed competitors.
Dog: To chase a judge from show to show to attain more breed wins.
Elbow: Method of getting to ringside when late.
Expression: Sweet look adopted by dogs staring ravenously at
chunks of liver.
Feathering: What winners are accused of doing to judges nests.
Force Fetch: Dog puts toy under sofa, scratches at carpet til youre
forced to fetch it.
Front: Part of the dog often stacked toward the outside of the ring.
Heel: (a) what you feel like when your dog beats the one you had just
sold to an eager novice; (b) expression often screamed to attract the attention of deaf
dogs.
Hock: A way of financing dog shows by the use of jewelry such as wedding
rings.
Noseprints: Cute marks left all over your French doors.
Points: Minute, invisible awards for winning which you cannot convince
your spouse are more important than cash prizes.
Specialty: Whatever dogs good at, like chewing on walls.
Type: What your dog has... if you turn down the lights and squint a
little.
Utility: The kind of vehicle you need to haul around your dogs.
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