ASSESSING REAR ANGULATION & CONFORMATION:
The length of the croup, the upper thigh, and the lower thigh should approximate the same length.
The croup should fall away from the point of the hip bones where they tie in to the backbone at an approximate 30 degree angle.
The tail should be an extension of the backbone, neither set-on too highly (as in the typical "gay" tail of the Toy Fox Terrier), or set-on too low.
The angle of the upper thigh to the lower thigh should approximate a 90 degree angle when the dog is standing naturally.
Small Diagram upper right shows a dog with a straight rear and a tailset too high.
Small Diagram lower right shows how if you draw an imaginary line from the point of the croup and the dog is standing with his rear pasterns perpendicular to the ground, his toes should barely touch that line.
The length of the croup, the upper thigh, and the lower thigh should approximate the same length.
The croup should fall away from the point of the hip bones where they tie in to the backbone at an approximate 30 degree angle.
The tail should be an extension of the backbone, neither set-on too highly (as in the typical "gay" tail of the Toy Fox Terrier), or set-on too low.
The angle of the upper thigh to the lower thigh should approximate a 90 degree angle when the dog is standing naturally.
Small Diagram upper right shows a dog with a straight rear and a tailset too high.
Small Diagram lower right shows how if you draw an imaginary line from the point of the croup and the dog is standing with his rear pasterns perpendicular to the ground, his toes should barely touch that line.
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