Gait: The pattern of footsteps at various rates of speed, each pattern distinguished by a particular rhythm and footfall.

Gallop: Fastest of dog gaits; has a four-beat rhythm and often an extra period of suspension during which the body is propelled through the air with all four feet off the ground.

Game: Hunted wild birds or animals.

Gaskin: The lower or second thigh.

Gastric: Of, relating to, or associated with the stomach.

Gay Tail: A tail carried above the horizontal level of the back.

Gazehound: See Sighthound

Genealogy: Recorded family descent. Pedigree.

Gene pool: The collective genetic information contained within a population of sexually reproducing organisms.

Genes: A hereditary unit consisting of a sequence of DNA that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and determines a particular characteristic in an organism. Genes undergo mutation when their DNA sequence changes.

Genetically Linked Defects: Problems with health or temperament that are passed to offspring by their ancestors.

Genetics: The science of heredity.

Genotype: The genetic makeup, as distinguished from the physical appearance, of an organism or a group of organisms.