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Irish Wolfhound Breed Standard continued... |
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Belly |
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Forearm muscular, and the whole leg strong and quite straight. |
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Well drawn up |
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Forequarters |
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Hindquarters |
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Shoulders, muscular, giving breadth of chest, set sloping. Elbows well under, neither inwards nor outwards. |
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Muscular thighs and second thigh long and strong as in the Greyhound, and hocks well let down adn turning neither in nor out. |
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Feet |
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Moderatly large and round, neither turned inwards nor outwards. Toes, well arched and closed. Nails, very strong and curved. |
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Hair |
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Rough and hard on body, legs and head; especially wiry and long over eyes and underjaw. |
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Colour and Markings |
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The recognised colours are gray, brindle, red, black, pure white, fawn, or any colour that appears in the Deerhound. |
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FAULTS |
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Too light or heavy head, too highly arched frontal bone; large ears and hanging flat to the face; short neck; full dewlap; too narrow or too broad a chest; sunken or hollow or quite straight back; bent forelegs; overbent fetlocks; twisted feet; spreading toes; too curly a tail; weak hindlegs and a general want of muscle; too short in body. Lips or nose liver-coloured or lacking pigmentation. |
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