Can you help me fill out my dog anatomy glossary?

Question

Please describe the following words (in no particular order), as they relate to parts of a dog. Don't be afraid to look them up, that's how we all learned them. Feel free to add and define other parts of a dog that I didn't list here ...

Stop
Brow
Occiput
Withers
Croup
Stern
Hock
Pastern (front and rear)
Stifle
Elbow
Dew Claw
Tuck up
Loin
Prow
Muzzle
Ruff
Topline
Feathering
Thigh
Second Thigh

Oh Nandina ... you took the shortcut (tsk tsk), but you did answer the question.

Hi Mandy 18: You are the kind of person this question was asked for! Thanks for your honesty. I hope that anybody reading this string learned something new here.
Thumbs up!

I won't lie here ... I could not define all these terms without looking them up, but this is an "open book test" for anybody interested to learn the parts of their dog (-;

Interesting tidbit about the term Prow ... years ago when I brought home one of my pups, the stud dog owner kept telling us how impressed she was with this dog's prow. My wife and I politely smiled and agreed that Crystal (our pup) had a nice prow. Later, as soon as we got in the car to leave, my wife and I stared at each other and simultaneously asked, "Do you know what a prow is?" When we got home, we looked it up. I believe that either of us would immediately know now, without hesitation, that the prow is the forechest!

Answer 1

OK I'm not going to cheat. I'm doing this from memory ok. :)
Stop: the end of the top muzzle just where the forhead starts.
Brow: the part of the dog from the end of the stop to the top of the head
Occiput: top back of the head
Whithers: top of the shoulder blades top back.
Croup: Top rear back almost to the tail
Stern:
Hock:first joint up from the wrist on the back leg
Pastern: area between the paw and the first joint on both front and rear legs.
Stifle: Area of the back legs that are the most muscular just above the hock.
Elbow: Front legs, last joint
Dew claws: well this can be on both front and rear legs inside the lower legs just above the paw on the pastern.
Tuck up: It's right under the dogs back legs at the top near their under belly.
Loin: Top back portion of the dog near the rear. In between the Top line and the Croup.
Prow:
Muzzle: On the dogs face where the nose is located. From the nose to the stop is the muzzle.
Ruff:
Topline: The portion of the top of the back from the whiters to the Loin.
Feathering: Well this can be on many parts of a Golden. Back of the front and back legs, chest, ears,butt, tail. Almost forgot underbelly.
Thigh: right behind the back leg just under the stifle
Second Thigh: just above the thigh on the back legs.

OK you stumped me on a few now I have to go and look it up. Then slap my self on the forhead. LOL
My description may not be text book but I think I'm pretty close.

Hey Shepherd girl want to compair notes???LOL

Ok the Prow is the forechest, the tail are you sure????LOL
I thought the tail was the stern! Oh crap!

I can't find the ruff either unless it the sound the dog makes and it was a trick question. LOL

Ok I found Ruff! It's the thick long hair that grows around the dogs neck. I should have known this! Slapping my self on the forehead.
I'm sticking with my verson of the Prow as the forechest
The Stern is the tail.

Ok I now know what a Prow is but I'm not going to say. I'm sticking with what I already put down. It's close but it's not completely corrrect. This is a function. Again I should have known this too.

Your very clever sir!

Taking back the call for Uncle! LOL

How'd we'd Do?????

LOL I have to admit I called in for help with the Prow. However it did also give a description as to how to look for a correct prow on a dog. I have to ask Is this term still used today as a discription for how the dog function while swimming, for someone to say, This dog has a good prow??

How'd I do on the other stuff?? It was from memory. I didn't look anything up. My mentor drummed this into my head. She would give me pop quiz's on this stuff. If I did really badly I got to clean out her kennels! LOL
Or is it defined in another way?
LOL Copy from me anytime Shepherd girl! LOL

Answer 2

Stop - The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. Looked it up because I couldn't remember
Brow - forehead
Occiput - back of the head, copied Goldengal
Withers - shoulders
Croup - rump
Stern - tail
Hock - skinny part of the back leg, a lot of GSDs walk on that part, the American lines
Post Sternum - breastbone
Pastern (front and rear) - it is equivalent to the wrist and ankle
Stifle - knee joint
Elbow- self explanatory
Dew Claw-fifth toe
Tuck up - lower waist
Loin - waist
Prow -The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog. I looked it up because I did not know
Muzzle - jaw and nose
Ruff- I can not find this. Is it a sound a dog makes when it barks, LOL, just kidding!!
Topline - back
Feathering - hair under the tail
Thigh - self expanatory
Second Thigh -

Ok that is all I know without looking it up and a couple I am not sure I am right about. The ones I left blank, I have no idea. I didn't look it up yet but now I am going to. At least I tried.

No, Goldengal I will just copy your answers, you're usually correct with your info and I know mine are not textbook. LOL.

ETA: ok I looked up the ones I did not know and added them but I could not find ruff, so what is it?

That is what it said prow was in the freeweb dictionary. I have no idea and I never heard of it.

Ok I went back to where I found prow, I guess I should have opened it up instead of just reading the preview and then I would have gotten the correct defintion. See Goldengal, it would have been better if I copied you. LOL I did think it was odd that the tail could be known as both stern and prow.

Answer 3

Snoop Dog is Shame Shame and sooooo Lame Lame

Answer 4

I'm not sure what any of these are. Sorry. I am a dog lover, I should know these things. I need to do some reaserch.

Answer 5

http://www.hchltd.com/4H/PARTS.pdf