Top Twenty Dog Terms Explained!

Anonymous Kerry Blue Terrier owner

SPECIALTY: Whatever your dog is good at, like bringing home dead cats or chewing the walls.
BALANCE: Ability to hold coffee, danish, leash, treats and entry form all at once.
CRABBING: What you do when the judge doesn't like way your dog moves.
FORCE FETCH: Dog drops the toy under furniture, scratches at the carpet until you're forced to "fetch" it.
BLIND RETRIEVE: When you can't see the toy under the furniture.
DOUBLE BLIND: Finding two toys under the furniture.
PEDIGREE: Dog food with lots of great coupons.
MULTI-GENERATIONAL PEDIGREE: Something you should have read first.
CGC: Canine Gastrointestinal Catastrophe (aka GAS)
DISTEMPER: Shown by those hot-headed competitors.
TYPE: What your dog has...if you turn down the lights and squint a little.
UTILITY: The kind of vehicle you need to haul around your dogs.
FLY BALL: Neutering.
QUALIFYING SCORE: Justifying the 170.5 you got in obedience today.
HEEL: What you feel like when your dog won't heel during the exercise.
RIBBONS: What you want to cut the other exhibitors into, after their "pet" wins.
BITCH: To complain heartily.
DOG: To chase a judge from show to show in an effort to attain more breed wins.
GUARD HAIR: An activity in which one watches intently as the dog's hair falls out, in clumps, just after entries are mailed.
OVERSHOT: Running so fast as to pass the 1st place ring marker and plow into the judge and the stewards.