Dog Dictionary
Term of the Day
VaccineAn injection that is given to prevent severe infection from targeted diseases. It is a preparation of killed or weakened pathogens or a portion of the pathogen's structure and when it is administered it helps stimulate antibodies that will fight against the specific disease that the animal is being vaccinated for.
- Achondroplasia
- Acquired Immunity
- Acute Disease
- Acute moist dermatitis
- Addison’s Disease
- Afterbirth
- Agent
- Agility Excellent (AX)
- Agility Trials
- Agouti
- Albino
- All-Breed Club
- All-Breed Show
- Allele
- Allergen
- Allergies
- Almond Eyes
- Alpha
- Alter
- Amateur Field Champion (AFC)
- Amble
- American Kennel Club
- American-Bred Class
- Anal glands
- Anesthesia Sensitivity
- Anestrus
- Angulation
- Ankle
- Ankylosis
- Anterior
- Apple Head
- Apricot
- Apron
- Arm
- Articulation
- Artificial Insemination
- Asthma
- Asymptomatic
- Auto-immune Hemolytic Anemia
- Autoimmune disease
- Awn hairs
- Babbler
- Baby Teeth
- Back
- Back crossing
- Backyard breeder
- Bad Mouth
- Badger
- Bait
- Balance
- Bandy Legs
- Barrel
- Barrel Hocks
- Barring
- Base coat
- Bat Ear
- Bay
- Bea-Sting Tail
- Beady
- Beard
- Beauty Spot
- Beaver
- Beefy
- Behavior Modification
- Belge
- Belton
- Benched show
- Best in Show
- Best of Breed
- Best of Opposite Sex
- Best of Variety
- Best of Winners
- Bi-color
- Bird Dog
- Bird Dog Field Trials
- Bird of Prey Eyes
- Biscuit
- Bitch
- Bite
- Blanket
- Blaze
- Blenheim
- Blinking
- Bloat
- Blocky head
- Blooded
- Bloodline
- Blue Gray
- Blue Merle
- Blue-cream
- Bluies
- Blunt Muzzle
- Board
- Bobtail
- Body Length
- Booster Vaccination
- Bordetellosis
- Borreliosis
- Bossy
- Brace
- Break
- Breastbone
- Bred-by-Exhibitor Class
- Breech Birth
- Breeches
- Breed
- Breed club
- Breed rescue
- Breed Standard
- Breeder
- Breeder-Owner-Handler
- Breeding Particulars
- Brick-shaped
- Brindle
- Brisket
- Britches
- Broken Color
- Broken-haired
- Broken-Up Face
- Bronze
- Brood Bitch
- Brows
- Brucellosis
- Brush
- Brushing
- Buff
- Bull Neck
- Burr
- Butterfly
- Button Ear
- By-Products
- Cafe Au Lait
- Camel Back
- Cancer
- Candle Flame Ears
- Canid
- Canine
- Canine Distemper
- Canine Good Citizen(r) (CGC)
- Canine Infectious Hepatitis
- Canine Inherited Demyelinative Neuropathy
- Canine Leukocyte (CLAD)
- Canine Teeth
- Canter
- Cap
- Cape
- Cardiomyopathy
- Carnivore
- Carpals
- Carrier
- Castrate
- Cat Foot
- Catalog
- Catalog Order
- Cataracts
- Cerebellar Abiotrophy
- Cervical Spondylolithesis
- Champion (CH)
- Cheeks
- Cheeky
- Cherry Eye
- Chest
- Chestnut
- China Eye
- Chippendale Front
- Chiseled
- Chocolate
- Choke Collar
- Chondrodysplasia
- Chops
- Chorea
- Chronic Disease
- Cinnamon
- Circular Eye
- Cleft Palate
- Clip
- Clipping
- Cloddy
- Close Mating
- Close-Coupled
- Coarse
- Coat
- Cobby
- Cold Tail
- Colitis
- Collar
- Collie Eye Anomaly
- Colostrum
- Compact
- Companion Animal Recovery(sm) (CAR)
- Companion Dog (CD)
- Companion Dog Excellent (CDX)
- Concaveation
- Condition
- Conformation
- Congenital
- Conjunctivitis
- Copper
- Corded
- Corky
- Corneal Ulcer
- Coronavirus
- Coupling
- Coursing
- Covering Ground
- Cow-Hocked
- Crabbing
- Craniomandibular Osteopathy
- Crank Tail
- Crate
- Cream
- Crest
- Cropping/Crop
- Crossbred
- Crossing Over
- Croup
- Crown
- Cruelty
- Cry
- Cryptorchidism
- Culotte
- Cur
- Curled Tail
- Cushing’s Disease
- Cushion
- Cynology
- Cyst
- Cystinuria
- Dam
- Dander
- Dapple
- Date of Whelping
- Deadgrass
- Deafness
- Deciduous Teeth
- Deep-Chested
- Dehydration
- Demodectic Mange
- Demodex
- Dentition
- Depth of Chest
- Dermatitis
- Detached Retina
- Dewclaw
- Dewlap
- DHLPP
- Diabetes
- Diagonals
- Diehard
- Digit
- Dilute
- Dingo
- Dish-faced
- Dishing
- Distemper Teeth
- Distichiasis
- Divergent Hocks
- DNA
- DNA Test
- Doberman Hepatitis
- Dock
- Dog
- Dog Fancy
- Dog Show
- Domed Skull
- Domesticated
- Dominant
- Doming
- Domino
- Dorsal
- Double Coat
- Double Dapple
- Down Hairs
- Down-Faced
- Drag
- Drive
- Drop Ear
- Dropper
- Drug Sensitivity
- Dry Neck
- Dudley Nose
- Ear Cankers
- Ear Mites
- Ears
- Earthdog Events
- East-West Front
- Eclampsia
- Ectropion
- Elbow
- Elbow Dysplasia
- Elbows Out
- Electronic Collar
- Embryo
- Enteritis
- Entire
- Entropion
- Epilepsy
- Estrus
- Euthanasia
- Even Bite
- Ewe Neck
- Exhibitor
- Exposure Keratopathy Syndrome
- Expression
- External Parasite
- Eyeteeth
- Fall
- Fallow
- Fancier
- Fancy
- Fang
- Fawn
- Feathering
- Femur
- Fetch
- Fetus
- Fever
- Fibrocartilaginous Embolic Myelopathy
- Fibula
- Fiddle Front
- Field Trial
- Filled-Up Face
- Fillers
- Finish
- Fixed
- Flag
- Flagging
- Flank
- Flare
- Flat-Sided
- Flews
- Flexi
- Floating Rib
- Fluffies
- Flush
- Flushing Breeds
- Flyball
- Flying Ears
- Flying Trot
- Fold Dermatitis
- Folded Ears
- Follicle
- Forearm
- Foreface
- Forequarters
- Foster Mother
- Foul Color
- Foxtail
- Foxy
- Fracture
- Free Bait
- French Choke/Martingale
- French Front
- Fresh Extended (Chilled) Semen
- Frill
- Fringes
- Frogface
- Front
- Frontal Bones
- Frozen Semen
- Fungicide
- Fungus
- Furnishings
- Furrow
- Gait
- Gallop
- Game
- Gaskin
- Gastric
- Gastric Torsion
- Gay Tail
- Gazehound
- Gene pool
- Genealogy
- Genes
- Genetically Linked Defects
- Genetics
- Genotype
- Gestation Period
- Gingivitis
- Goose Neck
- Goose Rump
- Goose Step
- Grizzle
- Groom
- Grooming Powder
- Ground Color
- Groups
- Guard Hairs
- Gun Dog
- Hackles
- Hackney Action
- Half-Prick Ears
- Hallmark
- Handler
- Hard-Mouthed
- Hare Foot
- Harlequin
- Harness
- Haunch Bones
- Haw
- Head
- Head Planes
- Heart Murmurs
- Heartworm
- Heat
- Heel
- Height
- Hemangiosarcoma
- Hemophilia
- Hemorrhage
- Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis
- Hepatitis
- Herding Group
- Hie On
- High Standing
- Hindquarters
- Hip Dysplasia
- Histamine
- Hock
- Hocking Out
- Hocks Well Let Down
- Holt
- HomeAgain
- Homeopathic
- Honorable Scars
- Hook Tail
- Hormone
- Hound
- Hound Group
- Hound-Marked
- Housebreak
- Hucklebones
- Humane Societies
- Humerus
- Hydrocephalus
- Hyperadrenocorticism
- Hypertension
- Hyperthermia
- Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy (HOD)
- Hypoplasia of dens
- Hypoplastic Trachea
- Hypothermia
- Identification
- Immune Response
- Immunization
- Imported Semen
- In Whelp
- Inbreeding
- Incisors
- Incorrect Bites
- Incubation Period
- Inflammation
- Inguinal hernia
- Inherited
- Injection
- Interbreeding
- Internal Parasites
- Iris
- Isabella
- Keel
- Kennel
- Kennel Cough
- Kennels
- Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
- Killed Virus Vaccine (KV)
- Kink Tail
- Kiss Marks
- Knee
- Knee Joint
- Kneecap
- Knitting
- Knuckling Over
- Lactation
- Lame
- Landseer
- Lateral
- Layback
- Layon
- Lead
- Leash
- Leather
- Lemon
- Leptospirosis
- Level Bite
- Level Gait
- Lick Granuloma
- Line Breeding
- Lippy
- Litter
- Litter Complement
- Litter Registration
- Liver
- Liver Shunt
- Livestock
- Loaded Shoulders
- Lobe Ear
- Loin
- Loose Slung
- Lower Thigh
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Lumbering
- Lurcher
- Lure Coursing
- Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
- Luxating Patella
- Luxation
- Lyme Borreliosis
- Lymphosarcoma
- Macroblepharon
- Mad Dog
- Mahogany
- Major
- Making a Wheel
- Mane
- Mantle
- Manubrium
- Marcel Effect
- Markings
- Mask
- Mastitis
- Mate
- Maternal Immunity
- Measure Out
- Medial
- Median Line
- Megaesophagus
- Merle
- Metatarsus
- Microchip
- Milk Teeth
- Miscellaneous Class
- Mismark
- Mites
- Modified-Live Virus
- Molars
- Molera
- Mongrel
- Monorchid
- Mottled
- Move
- Moving Close
- Moving Straight
- Music
- Mustard
- Mute
- Muzzle
- Muzzle Band
- Myiasis
- Nasal Solar Dermatitis
- National
- Natural Breed
- Natural Mutation
- Natural Selection
- Nausea
- Neck Well Set-On
- Nesting Behavior
- Neuter
- Nick
- Nictitating Membrane
- Nite Hunt
- Non-Sporting Group
- Nose
- Obedience Trial
- Obesity
- Oblique Shoulders
- Obliquely Placed Eyes
- Occipital Protuberance
- Occiput
- Odd-Eyed
- Omnivore
- On-Dog Identification
- Open A/B
- Open Fontanel
- Open Junior
- Open Senior
- Ophthalmic
- Orange Belton
- Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA)
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteochondrosis Dissecans (OCD)
- Osteosarcoma
- Otter Tail
- Out At The Elbows
- Out At The Shoulders
- Outcrossing
- Oval Chest
- Oval Eye
- Ovaries
- Overage Dam
- Overage Sire
- Overhang
- Overreaching
- Overshot
- Ovulate
- Pace
- Pack
- Padding
- Paddling
- Pads
- Panosteitis
- Pants
- Paper Foot
- Parainfluenza
- Parasite
- Parent Club
- Parti-Color
- Parvovirus
- Patella
- Patellar Luxation
- Pathogen
- Pedigree
- Pelvis
- Pen Breeding
- Penciling
- Pendant Ears
- PennHIP
- Pepper
- Pericarditis
- Periodontal Disease
- Peritonitis
- Persistent Pupillary Membranes (PPM)
- Pet Shop
- Phenotype
- Pheromones
- Piebald
- Pied
- Pig Eyes
- Pig Jaw
- Pigeon-Breast
- Pigeon-Toed
- Pigment
- Pile
- Pincer Bite
- Pinch Collar
- Pinking Up
- Pinto
- Placenta
- Plume
- Point
- Pointing Breeds
- Points
- Poke
- Police Dog
- Pompon
- Post Sternum
- Posterior
- Pounding
- Premium List
- Prick Ear
- Primary Coat
- Primary Teeth
- Produce
- Proestrus
- Professional Handler
- Professional Trainer
- Progesterone
- Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA)
- Prominent Eyes
- Prong Collar
- Pulmonic Stenosis
- Pump Handle
- Puppy
- Puppy mills
- Purebred
- Purling
- Put Down
- Pyometra
- Rabies
- Racy
- Radius
- Ragged
- Ram’s Nose
- Rangy
- Rat Tail
- Reach of Front
- Rear Pastern
- Recessive Gene
- Red
- Red Sesame
- Regional
- Register
- Registration Papers
- Registries
- Renal
- Reserve
- Retinal Dysplasia
- Retrieve
- Retrieving Breeds
- Reverse Brindling
- Reverse Zoonosis
- Reward
- Rib Cage
- Ribbed Up
- Ring Steward
- Ring Tail
- Roach Back
- Roadwork
- Roan
- Rocking Horse
- Rolling Gait
- Roman Nose
- Rose Ear
- Rounding
- Rubber Hocks
- Ruby
- Rudder
- Ruddy
- Ruff
- Ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament
- Rust
- Saber Tail
- Sable
- Sacrum
- Saddle
- Saddle Back
- Sandy
- Scent
- Scent Hound
- Scissors Bite
- Sclera
- Scottie Cramp
- Screw Tail
- Seal
- Season
- Seborrhea
- Second Thigh
- Secondary Coat
- Secretary
- Sedge
- Seeing Eye Dog
- Selective Breeding
- Self Color
- Semi-Prick Ears
- Senile Cataracts
- Septum
- Service Dog
- Set up
- Setters
- Shelly
- Shock
- Short Back
- Show Quality
- Sickle Hocked
- Sickle Tail
- Sidegait
- Sidewinding
- Sighthound
- Silent Heat
- Silky Coat
- Single Coat
- Single Tracking
- Sire
- Skeleton
- Skull
- Skully
- Slab-Sided
- Sled Dogs
- Slew Feet
- Slicker
- Slip Collar
- Sloping Shoulder
- Small-Waisted
- Smooth Coat
- Snatching Hocks
- Snippy
- Snow Nose
- Soles
- Solid
- Spaniels
- Spay
- Special
- Specialty
- Spectacles
- Spike Tail
- Splashed
- Splayfoot
- Splenic Torsion
- Spontaneous Mutation
- Sporting Group
- Spread
- Spread Hocks
- Spring
- Spring of Ribs
- Square Body
- Squirrel Tail
- Stack
- Stag Red
- Stand Away Coat
- Standard
- Standing Heat
- Standoff Coat
- Staring Coat
- Station
- Steep
- Stenotic Nares
- Stern Tail
- Sternum
- Steward
- Stifle
- Stilted
- Stop
- Straight In Pastern
- Straight Shoulders
- Straight-Hocked
- Stud Book
- Stud Dog
- Stud Fee
- Sub-Aortic Stenosis
- Superciliary Arches
- Superintendent
- Suspension Trot
- Swan Neck
- Swayback
- Sweepstakes
- Symmetry
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
- Tack
- Tail-Set
- Tapetum Lucidum
- Tattoo
- Tawny
- Teat
- Terrier Front
- Terrier Group
- Testicles
- Testosterone
- Thigh
- Thoracic Vertebrae
- Throatiness
- Thumb Marks
- Tibia
- Ticked
- Tied At The Elbows
- Tongue
- Topcoat
- Topical
- Topknot
- Topline
- Toy Group
- Tracheal Collapse
- Tracheobronchitis
- Tracking Dog (TD)
- Trail
- Training Collar
- Triangular Eye
- Tricolor
- Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia
- Trim
- Trot
- Trousers
- Trumpet
- Tuck-Up
- Tulip Ear
- Turn-Up
- Twisting Hocks
- Type
- Ulna
- Umbilical Hernia
- Underage Dam
- Underage Sire
- Undercoat
- Underline
- Undershot
- Unilateral Cryptorchid
- United Kennel Club (UKC)
- Unsound
- Upper Arm
- Urethral Prolapse
- Urethroliths
- Uterus
- Utility Dog (UD)