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Amateur Field Champion (AFC): A prefix title conferred on dogs that have earned the required number of placements and/or points in amateur stakes at field trials for pointing breeds, retrievers, and spaniels.
Amble: A relaxed, easy gait in which the legs on either side move almost, but not quite, as a pair. Often seen as the transition movement between the walk and other faster gaits.
American-Bred Class: A regular class for all dogs (except champions) six months of age whelped in the USA as a result of a mating that took place within the USA.
American Eskimo: Formerly called the Spitz, a small to medium size breed of companion dog originating in the U.S. in the twentieth century and characterized by its white, fluffy coat.
American Kennel Club: An organization, established under the laws of the State of New York, whose goals are to adopt and enforce uniform rules regulating and governing purebred dogs events; to regulate the conduct of persons interested in exhibiting, running, breeding, registering, purchasing, and selling dogs; to detect, prevent, and punish frauds in connection therewith; to protect the interest of its members; to maintain and publish an official stud book and an official gazette; and generally to do everything to advance the study, breeding, exhibiting, running, and maintenance of purebred dogs.
American Water Spaniel: A breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liver-colored curly coat.
Anal glands: Glands which secrete a substance that is used by a dog to mark its territory. Located near the anus.
Anestrus: An interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus in female mammals that breed cyclically.
Angulation: Angles created by bones meeting at their given joints.
Ankle: See Hock
Ankylosis: Abnormal immobility and fusion of a joint. Noted as cause of faulty tails in the German Shepherd Dog standard.
Anterior: The front assembly of the body.
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