THE MORE IMPORTANT BREEDS OF DOGS

I. NON-SPORTING AND UTILITY. A. Large Dogs.

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St. Bernard. (109) St. Bernard Rough and smooth varieties. Colors, red, orange, or brindle with white markings, or white with patches of these colors. Height, 30 to 39 inches. Weight, 160 to 190 pounds or more.

Mastiff. (111) Colors, fawn or brindle, with black on the head. Coat, short. Height, 28 inches average. Weight, 170 pounds average.

Newfoundland. (111-112) Colors, jet black, black and white, or brown and white. Height, 25 to 29 inches. Weight, 110 to 150 pounds. Coat, long.

Great Dane. (115) Colors, brindle, fawn, blue, black, and harlequin. Height, 28 inches up. Weight, 90 pounds up. Coat, short.

B. Smaller Dogs.

English Bulldog. (57-58, 115-116) Colors varying from pure white to dark brindle. Weight, 40 to 50 pounds average. Coat, short.

French Bulldog. (116) Colors, any brindle or solid color except black, black and white, black and tan, liver, and mouse color. Weight, 22 to 28 pounds. Coat, smooth.

Chow Chow. (116) Colors, all red, black, chocolate brown, blue, smoke, yellow, and white. Weight, 30 pounds up. Coat long.

Poodle. (116) Colors, all black, white, red, brown, or blue. Coat, curly.

Dalmatian. (118) Color, white with black or brown spots. Height, 19 to 23 inches. Weight, 35 to 50 pounds. Coat, short.

Schipperke. (118) Tailless. Color, all black. Weight, 12 to 20 pounds. Coat, medium, thick.

C. Sheep Dogs.

Collie. (201-202) Colors not restricted. Height, 20 to 24 inches. Weight, 40 to 65 pounds. Coat, long.

Old English Sheep dog. (189-190, 205-206) Tailless. Any color permissible except sable, brown, and black, the most popular being gray and white. Height, 20 inches up. Coat, very long.

German Shepherd Dog. (206) Color, dark, grizzled gray commonest. Also black, iron gray, ash gray, reddish tan, reddish brown, white, and harlequin. Height, 21 to 26 inches. Weight, 54 to 65 pounds. Coat, rather short.

Belgian Sheep dog. (206-207) Smooth and wire-coated, usually fawn or sable. Long-coated or Groenendaele, jet black.

II. SPORTING BREEDS. A. The Hound Family.

Bloodhound. (252) Colors, black and tan, red and tan, and tawny. Coat, short. Height, 24 to 27 inches. Weight, 80 pounds up.

Otterhound. (252-253) Colors, gray, buff, black, red, and mixtures. Height, 22 to 24 inches. Coat, wiry.

Foxhound. (253) Combination of black, white, and tan preferred. Height, English foxhound, 22 to 24 inches; American foxhound, 20 to 24 inches. Coat, short.

Harrier. (253) Foxhound colorings. Height, 16 to 19 inches. Coat, short.

Beagle. (253) Foxhound colorings. Height, 15 inches maximum. Coat, short.

Dachshund. (253-254) Colors, all reddish, black, brown, or gray and tan, and dappled. Weight, 17 to 24 pounds. The length is three times the height. Coat, smooth.

Basset Hound. (254) Black, white, and tan preferred. Height, 12 inches average. Coat, smooth.

B. Greyhound Family.

Greyhound. (259) Any color allowable. Weight, 60 to 70 pounds. Coat, smooth.

Whippet. (259-260) Colors, black, red, white, blue, brindle, fawn, and mixtures. Height, 18 to 23 pounds. Weight, 20 pounds average. Coat, smooth.

Irish Wolfhound. (261) Colors, gray, brindle, red, black, white, or fawn. Height, 32 to 34 inches. Weight, 140 pounds up. Coat, wiry.

Scottish Deerhound. (264) Blue-gray preferred; lighter gray, brindle, yellow, sandy red, and fawn acceptable. Height, 26 to 30 inches. Weight, 65 to 105 pounds. Coat, rather wiry.

Russian wolfhound. (264) White predominates, often with markings of tan, fawn, blue-gray, lemon, or black. Height, 26 to 31 inches. Weight, 65 to 100 pounds. Coat, long and silky.

C. Bird Dogs.

Sussex Spaniel. (131) Color, golden liver or chestnut. Weight, 35 to 45 pounds. Coat, long.

Clumber Spaniel. (131) Color, pure white with lemon or orange markings. Weight, 35 to 65 pounds. Coat, long.

Field Spaniel. (131) Color, pure black. Weight, 32 to 45 pounds. Coat, long.

Cocker Spaniel. (131) Coat, long. Colors, black, red, liver, or parti-colored with white. Weight, 18 to 24 pounds.

Irish Water Spaniel. (131, 132) Coat, curly. Color, a deep, pure liver without white. Height, 21 to 23 inches.

English Setter. (133-134) Coat, long. Colors, white and black, white and liver, white and lemon or orange, white and tan, or tri-color—black, white, and tan. Flecked dogs are called beltons. Height, 21 to 23 inches. Weight, 35 to 55 pounds.

Irish Setter. (134) Coat, long. Color, all red. Size, same as English setter.

Gordon Setter. (134) Coat, long. Color, black and tan. Weight, somewhat greater than that of the English setter.

Retriever. (154-155) Wavy-coated variety, black or liver. Curly-coated variety, dull black, occasionally liver. Weight, 65 to 80 pounds.

Labrador Dog. (154) Coat, medium. Similar to wavy-coated retriever.

Chesapeake Bay Dog. (155) Coat and color, variable. Height, 25 inches maximum. Weight, 65 to 80 pounds or more.

Pointer. (153-154) Coat, short Colors, liver and white, lemon and white, black and white, and other combinations; also ticked and speckled. Height, 20 to 25 inches. Weight, 45 to 60 pounds.

Wire-Haired Pointing Griffon. (155) Coat, wiry. Color, steel-gray with grizzled brown patches; also gray-white with brown or yellow patches. Height, 20 to 24 inches. Weight, 56 pounds average.

III. THE TERRIERS. A. Smooth-coated.

Manchester. (69) Color, black and tan. Weight, 16 to 20 pounds.

Bull Terrier. (65, 69) Color, pure white. There are also brindles, but they are not recognized. Weight, 45 to 60 pounds.

Boston. (69) Color, brindle and white. Weight, 17 to 27 pounds.

Smooth Fox Terrier. (69-70) Color, white, with black, sometimes tan, markings. Weight, 20 pounds maximum.

Doberman Pinscher. (70) Color, black and tan. Height, 22 to 26 inches. Weight, 40 to 48 pounds.

B. Wire-haired.

Wire-Haired Fox Terrier. (71) Same as the smooth variety except for the coat.

Airedale. (64-65, 71) Color, tan, with black or dark grizzled body or saddle. Weight, 40 to 45 pounds. Larger ones not approved.

Bedlington. (71) Coat, mixture of soft and wiry. Colors, dark blue, blue and tan, liver, liver and tan, sandy, and sandy and tan. Height 15 to 16 inches. Weight, 22 to 24 pounds.

Irish. (71) Colors, red or red wheaten. Weight, 22 to 24 pounds.

Welsh. (71) Colors, black and tan, or black, grizzle, and tan. Height, 16 inches average. Weight, 22 pounds average.

Scottish. (72) Colors, steel or iron gray, brindle or grizzle, black, sandy, and wheaten. Height, 9 to 12 inches. Weight, 16 to 20 pounds.

West Highland White. (72) Color, pure white. Height, 8 to 12 inches. Weight, 12 to 18 pounds.

Cairn. (71-72) Colors, red sandy, gray, brindle, or nearly black. Weight, 11 to 15 pounds.

Dandie Dinmont. (72-73) The colors are gray, known as pepper, and fawn, known as mustard. Height, 8 to 11 inches. Weight, 14 to 24 pounds.

Sealyham. (73) Color, white, or white with black or brown markings, or both. Weight, 12 to 17 pounds.

C. Long-haired.

Skye. (73-74) Colors, dark or light blue or gray, or fawn with black points. Height, 8 to 9 inches. Weight, 14 to 20 pounds.

Clydesdale. (74) Color, steel blue and golden tan. Weight, 18 pounds maximum.

Yorkshire. (74) Color, dark steel blue with tan markings. Weight, 5 to 12 pounds.

IV TOY DOGS A. Smooth-coated.

Italian Greyhound. (82, 260) Colors, all shades of fawn, red, mouse, blue, cream, and white; also black, brindle, and pied. Weight, 8 pounds average.

Pug. (82) Colors, black, silver fawn, or apricot fawn, with black mask and trace. Weight, 12 to 16 pounds.

Toy Manchester. (82) Same as large Manchester, but weighing only 4 to 7 pounds.

Toy Bull Terrier. (82) Pure white preferred, brindle allowed. Weight, 3 to 15 pounds.

Miniature Bulldog. (82) Same as the large English bulldog, but weighing less than 20 pounds.

Chihuahua. (83) Colors, fawn, black, chocolate, cream, and white. Weight, 23 ounces to 4 pounds.

B. Wire-haired.

Brussels Griffon. (85) Colors, reddish, black and tan, gray, or fawn. Weight, 6 to 10 pounds.

C. Long-haired.

Pomeranian. (83) Colors, white, black, blue, gray, brown, sable, red, orange, fawn, or parti-colored. Weight, 5 to 12 pounds.

English Toy Spaniel. (83-84) The four recognized varieties are the Blenheim, pure white with bright red, orange, or chestnut markings; the ruby, a chestnut red; the black and tan; the tri-color, black, white, and tan. Weight, 9 to 12 pounds.

Pekingese Spaniel. (84) Colors, red, fawn, black, tan, brindle, sable, white, and parti-colored. Weight, 18 pounds maximum.

Japanese Spaniel. (84-85) Colors, black and white or red and white, the red including sable, brindle, lemon, and orange. Weight, 7 pounds average.

Maltese. (85) Color, pure white with black points. Weight, 10 pounds maximum.

Toy Poodle. (85) Colors, all black, red, white, or blue; white preferred. Weight, 4 to 10 pounds.

V. ARCTIC AND SUB-ARCTIC BREEDS.

Eskimo. (269) Coat, hard and dense. Color, grizzled black or gray. Weight, 75 to 100 pounds.

Husky. (269) Color, variable. Weight, 125 pounds up.

Samoyede. (268) Coat, medium long. Color, usually white; also black, black and white, brown, and fawn.

Spitz. (268) Coat, long. Color, white or wolfish gray.

Norwegian Elkhound. (268-269) Coat, thick and coarse. Color, grizzled brown or black. Height, 20 inches average.