TO SCALE ANATOMY OF SHIHTZU

 

**Numbers point to section in diagram

 

1.  HEAD - Round, Broad

2.  SKULL - Domed

3.  EYES - Large, Round-Not Prominent

4.  MUZZLE - Short, Square, Unwrinkled

5.  STOP - Where Forehead Meets Muzzle

6.  NOSE - Nostrils Broad, Wide, Open

7.  BITE - Undershot Jaw Broad

8.  NECK - Flows Smoothly into Shoulders

9.  TOPLINE - Level

10. CHEST - Broad, Deep, Good Spring of Rib

11. CROUP - Flat (back part of back, at tail root)

12. TAIL - Set on High

13. SHOULDERS - Well Angulated

14. LEGS - Straight

15. PASTERNS - Strong, Perpendicular

16. FEET - Flat and Well Padded

17. HINDQUARTERS - Angulation in Balance with Frontquarters

18. HOCKS - Well Let Down, Perpendicular