Sentences with phrase «hair along the ridge»
Hair along the ridge of the back grows opposite to the rest of the coat.
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But there's another practice that goes on within the Rhodesian Ridgeback community, and that is the practice of euthanizing healthy puppies who are born without the typical ridge of hair along their back.
The Ridgeback is a large, well - muscled, athletic dog with a short reddish coat and that characteristic ridge of reverse hair along his back.
The Rhodesian Ridgeback's distinguishing feature is the ridge of hair running along its back in the opposite direction from the rest of its coat.
Is large, well - muscled, and natural - looking, with one unusual physical characteristic: a ridge of stiff hair along his back
An aggressive cat will straighten its legs (the hind legs are longer than the forelegs, so its rear end will be higher than its shoulders) and erect the hair along its spine and tail into a ridge to make itself look more impressive.
It is linked to the distinctive ridge of backward growing hair along the spine.
It is a unique native dog breed that has a mohawk like ridge (also referred to as a «whorl») running along its back that is formed by hair growing in the opposite direction from the rest of the coat.
The Rhodesian Ridgeback, also known as the African Lion Hound, the African Lion Dog, the Rhodesian Lion Dog, the African Bull - Dog, the Van Rooyan Lion Dog and the Ridgeback, and less formally as «the dog with a snake on its back,» is instantly recognizable by the unique ridge of hair that grows forward (in the opposite direction of the rest of its coat) along the top of its back.
Characterized by a ridge of hair along the spine slanting forward instead of backward, these dogs were ideally suited to the climate and terrain — much more so than the breeds, including Great Danes, mastiffs, greyhounds, salukis and bloodhounds, the Europeans had brought with them.