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Extended Breed Standard of
Produced by
The Chinese Crested Club of NSW
The Chinese Crested Dog Club Of Victoria Inc.
In conjunction with
Australian National Kennel Council
Standard The Kennel Club London 1994, Amended October 1995 Standard Adopted by the ANKC 1995
Breed Standard Extension Adopted 2006
FCI Standard No: 288
Country of Origin China
Copyright Australian National Kennel Council 2006
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Extended Breed Standard
Kennel Club, London 1994
Amended October 1995
INTRODUCTION: This extension of the Chinese Crested Dog Breed Standard approved by the NSW and Victorian Chinese Crested Dog Clubs is the result of Australia wide consultation with breeders and exhibitors of the Chinese Crested Dog.
The Chinese Crested Dog comes in two varieties - the Powder Puff, from which the breed originated. (Described by Dr Harry Spira in his book of Canine Terminology as
"a colloquialism to describe the profusely-haired specimens in the Chinese Crested Dog".)
The Hairless is the other variety that is rarely truly hairless and is required to have hair only on its head, feet and tail.
The following is provided so readers may understand how breeders and exhibitors of the Chinese Crested Dog believe the Standard should be interpreted.
BRIEF HISTORY - It is not known where or when the first hairless dogs appeared but geneticists have designated it as Canis Africanis, which is very possibly correct for no hairless dog could exist in the wild and would not evolve in a cold climate. Something caused a gene to mutate and so the first hairless dogs appeared from their coated parents. Hairless dogs have always been rare and would have originally been regarded as curiosities and highly prized for trading purposes.
The largest assortment of hairless dogs is found in the New World, or the Americas. It is thought that the original hairless dogs went to the New World from Asia via the Bering Straits about 1500 B.C. As far as can be ascertained they have never lived in the wild state and have always been domesticated.
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There are hairless dogs in Africa, the Middle East, India, Turkey, Sri Lanka, and crested types in Malaysia.
The Chinese Crested is one of those hairless breeds that have survived and is becoming increasingly popular all over the world. In all hairless breeds, except the American Hairless Terrier, coated brothers and sisters appear and it is impossible to breed just hairless as, even after five generations of hairless to hairless matings, it remains possible for a complete litter of coated puppies to be born to hairless parents.
It is believed that the Chinese Crested was developed in China during the Han Dynasty. There were two types bred - the highly prized Deer type, which were tiny, fine-boned, elegant dogs who were the Temple House Guardians (presumably to bark and raise the alarm), and the coarser, heavier, Cobby type, which were hunting and kitchen dogs - sometimes eaten on a special feast day.
The chronicles of Christopher Columbus and the Conquistadors mentioned hairless dogs. Records from 13th Century China describe a Chinese Crested Dog called "Little Horse" having jade beads plaited into his mane with gold and silver threads, he also had a fur lined coat for cold weather.
In 15th Century China five Cresteds were included in the inventory of a wedding gift.
There have been hairless dogs in Europe for centuries. A 15th Century painting by GERRARD DAVID - "CHRIST NAILED TO THE CROSS" shows a hairless dog with crest, socks and tail plume, indistinguishable from a present day Chinese Crested. Also a painting by JACQUES LAURENT (1767 - 1849) shows a fine Deer type male eminently suitable for today's show ring.
|Mr W K Taunton a collector of rare breeds exhibited
|Chinese Emperor
|Chinese Emperor (pictured at right) at Maidstone
|in 1881.
"THE DOGS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS", edited by "STONEHENGE", 4th edition 1882 pages 262- 263 shows engravings of typical modern Chinese Crested. It says: "The Chinese edible dog has been well known in this country as a curiosity, but the variety furnished with a crest and tufted tail is by no means common, like the ordinary breed it is quite hairless on the body, save only a few scattered and isolated hairs (about a dozen or eighteen on the whole surface) hence the thick tufts on the
two extremities are the more remarkable. The skin is spotted as shown in the engraving."
In 1894 "THE KENNEL GAZETTE" listed a hairless Chinese Terrier named "Tangy" in the Foreign Dog Section. There was no attempt at this time to establish the breed in Britain. It was regarded as a curiosity and exhibited at the Zoological Gardens in London.
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The first Crested to enter the English Kennel Club Stud Book was "Fatima" registered as "Crested North Chinese". She was born on 23rd November 1901, sired by "Chino" out of "Jamita" (both of unknown pedigree). There was no registered progeny of these early dogs and consequently they have no influence on the present day Chinese Crested.
CASSELL'S New Book of The Dog Volume 14 Special Edition 1909 pages 539-540 & 541 also mentions the Hairless Dog. "Hairless Dogs - here may be mentioned the curious hairless and semi-hairless dogs which occur in Central and South America, The West Indies, China, Manila and certain parts of Africa."
The stripper Gypsy Rose Lee had quite a successful breeding program in the 1950's, from which many American foundation lines were built. The late Mrs Harris of Staround imported three dogs in 1969 from Gypsy Rose Lee who accompanied the dogs to England herself. They included Staround Ahn Ahn Lee, a dog to have considerable influence in the breed. It was Miss Lee's dogs, along with the Crest Haven dogs, that ALL the English foundation lines were reportedly built on. But it was Miss Lee's sister, June Havoc that literally saved Fu Manchu (the first Lee Crested) from being destroyed at the hands of the animal shelters. Miss Lee was the first President of the Chinese Crested Dog Club of England founded in 1969.
Mrs Ruth Harris of Staround first imported Chinese Cresteds to England for breeding or show purposes. The first litter born in Britain was whelped 16th April 1967. Mrs Harris obtained her stock from Mrs Deborah Wood, of Crest Haven Kennels in Florida and Gypsy Rose Lee. Mrs Wood appears to have been the doyenne of the breed and it would appear she gathered or obtained almost all of the hairless dogs then known. Mrs Wood maintained the American Hairless Dog Clubs Breed Register, until a later dispute with the American Kennel Club. Mrs Wood died in 1969 and her Kennel records were sold to Mr & Mrs Orlick.
The first CC's awarded to Cresteds in Britain were at Crufts in 1982.
The first Chinese Cresteds imported to Australia were
(Aust Ch) Staround Zorro and (Aust Ch) Staround Yinga brought in by Mrs Win Jackson of Miniatura Kennels, Perth Western Australia. These were imported in 1973 at a reported cost of two thousand dollars.
From the first litter born 22nd April 1974, Miss Marie Olive of Lismore purchased Miniatura La Streaker. Miss Olive campaigned him successfully gaining his Championship on 4th October 1975. (Aust Ch) Miniatura La Streaker was the first Chinese Crested in the world to gain the title of Champion and also the first Chinese Crested in the world to gain an All Breeds Best Exhibit in Show award.
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In 1975 Stuart and Wendye Slatyer imported an English dog and bitch (Aust Ch) Heathermount Blaze Away and Heathermount Yasmin into New South Wales. In the mid to late seventies imports were Staround Marsa and Staround Ohso imported by Miss Olive; (Aust CH) Heathermount Notorious imported by Mrs Aileen Goller and Mr F Vallely's Acambos Tang. In 1978 Mrs Chris Carroll of South Australia brought in imports Langshava Lindy Lou and Langshava Larry Lam, with Langshava Lucy Lockett joining them in 1979. In 1978 Stuart and Wendye Slatyer and Peter Warby imported St Erme Wild Orchid and (Aust Ch.) St Erme Crested Pony who took out Best Exhibit in Show two days after leaving quarantine.
THE CHINESE CRESTED DOG CLUB OF VICTORIA INC. was founded in 1989, affiliated in 1990 and had their first Open Show in 1991. Their first Championship Show was held in 1992 and the club was incorporated in June 1997.
THE CHINESE CRESTED CLUB OF N.S.W. was founded in 1993, affiliated in 1994, holding their first Championship Specialist Show on 17th December that year with an entry of eighty two Chinese Crested Dogs.
A small, active and graceful dog; medium to fine boned, smooth hairless body, with hair on feet, head and tail only; or covered with a soft veil of hair.
The Chinese Crested Dog, by Toy Breed Standards, is by no means the smallest Toy dog in weight. The upper weight limit of 5.5 kilograms or 12 pounds is heavier than the Affenpinscher, Chihuahua, English Toy Terrier, Griffon Bruxellois, Italian Greyhound, Japanese Chin, Pomeranian or Yorkshire Terrier; yet lighter than the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, King Charles Spaniel, Pug or Tibetan Spaniel.
The ideal upper height of 33 centimetres or 13 inches at the withers is equal to the upper height range of the Lowchen, taller than the Affenpinscher, Australian Silky Terrier, Bichon Frise, English Toy Terrier, Maltese, Miniature Pinscher, Papillon and Tibetan Spaniel; the ideal minimum height at the withers of 23 centimetres or 9 inches is smaller than the Affenpinscher, English Toy Terrier, Lowchen, Maltese, Miniature Pinscher, and Tibetan Spaniel, yet taller than the Papillon. In fact medium could be used to describe the breed in the Toy Group in the above analysis.
This breed is quite active and graceful - with their unique elongated hare feet - used for gripping whilst climbing, undoing catches or flitting around furniture they are rarely still and can entertain humans for hours. They are incredibly speedy and good fencing and training are mandatory - once in full flight they are very hard to catch.
Medium to fine boned naturally precludes any heaviness or coarseness of construction.
The skin of the Hairless is very soft - like the finest suede - and the Powder Puff has a double coat - a soft undercoat with a long silky outer coat of slightly harder guard hairs. The hair placement on the Hairless is covered in detail in the Coat section.
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The two varieties are structurally identical but visually quite different.
|Chinese Crested Hairless
|Chinese Crested Powder Puff
Both varieties can appear in the same litter, the gene that controls hairlessness is an incomplete dominant lethal, so the genetics of Chinese Crested dog breeding is a fascinating subject.
They must be interbred because the Hairless is the result of an incomplete dominant mutation which is lethal when homozygous (carrying only the hairless gene). Puppies carrying only the hairless gene can have abnormalities so severe that few are born alive and those that are do not survive. One popular theory is that breeding Hairless to Hairless without ever introducing the Powder Puff gene into a line can result in toothless, bald headed dogs with poor bone structure.
Basically from a Hairless to Hairless mating, or Powder Puff to Hairless mating, Powder Puffs and Hairless can be born. However from a Powder Puff to Powder Puff mating theoretically only Powder Puffs can result, as the long coat is a recessive gene, with the Hairless gene being dominant.
Two distinct types of this breed; Deer type, racy and fine boned, and Cobby type, heavier in body and bone.
The two types are very different in appearance. The Deer is finer in body and head and longer in leg; the Cobby is usually lower in leg, of heavier build and bone and rounder in rib cage. Both types can and should appear active, graceful and elegant (graceful and elegant are descriptions applied to the head, neck and gait of the Chinese Crested Dog). An extreme Cobby would be a contradiction of the Standard.
The modern Chinese Crested has a definite leaning towards the Deer type. Few true Cobby or Deer types are seen these days, more a combination of the two types is being exhibited.
With the two varieties (Hairless and Powder Puff) and the two types (Deer and Cobby) within both varieties, judging the breed can be complex. With the added ideal height range of 10 centimetres or 4 inches relating to the upper weight limit of 5.5 kilograms or 12 pounds, a judge could face a wide range of Chinese Crested Dogs.
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|Powder Puff
With the addition of any colour or combination of colours being acceptable under the Standard, perhaps the Chinese Crested Dog could be called the Chameleon of the Toy Group.
Happy, never vicious.
The breed is happy, intelligent and alert and can be quite self-possessed. This should be apparent in correct head, neck and tail carriage particularly on the move. Whilst they can be real extroverts in familiar surroundings they can, however, be apprehensive of strangers and rather aloof in manner, and may react to provocation.
Any viciousness or extreme nervousness is obviously directly opposed to the Breed Standard requirements.
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Slightly rounded and elongated skull. Cheeks cleanly chiselled, lean and flat, tapering into muzzle. Stop slightly pronounced but not extreme. Head smooth, without excess wrinkles. Distance from base of skull to stop equal to distance from stop to tip of nose. Muzzle tapering slightly but never pointed, lean without flews. Nose a prominent feature, narrow in keeping with muzzle. Any colour nose acceptable. Head presenting graceful appearance, with alert expression. Lips tight and thin; An ideal crest begins at the stop and tapers off down neck. Long and flowing crest preferred, but sparse acceptable.
Type can be greatly dependent on the head. In the Chinese Crested Dog a graceful and elegant head is the requirement.
The skull is arched gently over the occiput (the highest and rearmost point of the head) from ear to ear. Cheeks should not be exaggerated, they should be without decided fleshy cheek muscle or bulges, but very lightly covered with muscles. Cheeks should flow cleanly into the muzzle. The centre of balance of the head is the stop (mid- point between the inside corners of the eyes). The stop is slight but distinct under the crest.
Wrinkles may occur on the skin especially around the mouth, but not over the skull or around the cheeks.
The distance from the occiput to the stop is equal to the distance from the stop to the tip of the nose or foreface i.e. length of muzzle is equal to length of skull. The head should be balanced - uneven proportions of skull and foreface give an unbalanced head. A short skull with a long muzzle or a short muzzle with a long skull is unbalanced. The head is wedge-shaped when viewed from above and from the side. There is greater diameter at the base of the stop than at the nose tip.
The under jaw is strong, clean cut and the depth of the skull, from the brow to the underpart of the jaw, should not be excessive. The result should be a graceful and elegant head.
The muzzle is gently tapered both from above and in profile with no suggestion of snipiness. The muzzle should be fine and gently taper to the nose but not to a point. The lips fit tightly around the mouth, loose flews and any pendulous thickness around the mouth detract from the lean and elegant head. The lips should blend into the muzzle, cheek and chin regions without discernible demarcation lines.
The nose is prominent, the cheeks are chiselled and narrow into the muzzle. Any coloured nose is acceptable - it may be self-coloured - dark in dark-coloured dogs and lighter in lighter-coloured dogs.
An alert and keen expression adds to the graceful, elegant appearance of the head.
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|Drop Ear Powder Puff
|Hairless Sparse Crest
|Erect Ear Powder Puff
The crest begins at the stop and tapers off down the upper margin of the neck. The hair is soft and silky. Hair may flow to any length but the crest itself should taper off between the base of the skull and the base of the neck - a mane or shawl is not a crest.
A sparse crest is clearly stated as acceptable under the Standard, but a correctly conformed dog with sparse cresting is often over looked for a dog with profuse furnishings, yet lacking soundness, elegance and grace. Sparse furnishings may be only a minimum of hairs on the head, tail and feet and although these dogs are not as glamorous as the more profusely furnished dogs they should not be penalised on this point alone. Dogs that carry heavy cresting may also have heavy body hair. If true Hairless suffer because of lack of glamour in the show ring, there may evolve a type of Chinese Crested that requires hours of grooming before they can be shown.
Both Hairless and Powder Puff may be shown with a full face of hair but normally it is clipped off.
So dark as to appear black. Little or no white showing. Medium size, almond in shape. Set wide apart.
The eye colour should be as dark as possible, commensurate with skin colour. Lighter coloured eyes may be found in lighter coloured dogs i.e. in keeping with coat and/or skin colouring e.g. chocolate, mushroom, palomino etc. Eye rims may match the colour of the dog. Blue, wall or ruby eyes are undesirable. Minimal white should show.
The eyes are medium in size, neither protuberant nor bulgy nor small and squinty, and should be set flush, not bulging. Minimum fill under the eyes is required for the clean and lean cheeks and whilst the zygomatic arch (bony lower eye socket ridge) is apparent, any distinct bulge under the eye should be precluded.
Almond Eye — correct in the Chinese Crested Dog
Oval Eye — incorrect in the Chinese Crested Dog
Round Eye — incorrect in the Chinese Crested Dog
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Almond in shape was added to the Standard in 1995 and indicates that the eyes should appear neither round nor narrow. A round eye generally occurs with a wide skull which is at variance with the requirements for the head, whilst a narrow eye will not fulfil the medium eye size required.
While the Standard calls for the eyes to be set wide apart, in comparison with the width of the skull, this should not detract from the requirement for an elongated skull with lean chiselled cheeks giving a graceful and elegant head.
Set low: highest point of base of ear level with outside corner of eye. Large and erect, with or without fringe, except in Powder Puffs where drop ears are permissible
The highest point of the lobe of the low set ears should be level with the outside corner of the eye. This is best viewed from the front.
The Hairless should have uncropped large erect ears. Fringing may or may not be present. Ear leather is thin and strong, of good scalene triangular shape. Ears should be broad at the base, neither rounded nor bat-eared nor broken down at the tips.
The Powder Puff may have either erect, not broken down at the tips, or more commonly, drop ears, which are usually heavily fringed, fully dropped and pendulous.
|Hairless Ears should
|Powder Puff Ears may be Drop or Erect
|be Erect
Jaws strong, with perfect, regular scissor bite, i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws.
The Standard quite specifically requires a perfect, regular scissor bite with strong jaws in both varieties - the Hairless and the Powder Puff.
For many breeders the following is Crested lore:
Here, one of the unique characteristics of the Chinese Crested has been omitted. Whilst the basic requirements of strong jaws and a scissor bite are easily achieved, the actual jaw of the Crested is well able to crunch bone without the assistance of teeth. The forward pointing tusks (canines) and the absence of some or all of the pre-molars are an integral part of the genetic make-up of the hairless dog. It is an historic fact that all hairless breeds throughout the world have a record of missing teeth. Often these teeth resemble pebbles, being more or less scattered on the jawbone.
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They can be small and thinly enamelled and look like an after thought. This may be best summarised as - full dentition is desirable, but the Hairless should not be penalised for missing pre-molars, as the hairless gene controls the growth of teeth BUT still with a correct scissor bite, not wry, with undershot and overshot not acceptable. Naturally, the Powder Puff, because of its genetic make-up, should have a perfectly normal mouth.
These breeders also believe that the forward pointing tusks of the Hairless can be the genetic deciding point in identifying a Powder Puff from a hairy Hairless.
Ilustrations of a Hairless mouth with tusks and missing premolars
However selective breeders in Australia and overseas have bred Hairless dogs with mouths that meet the Standard. In America their Standard allows for missing pre- molars but some breeders EXPECT to breed a perfect regular scissor bite with full dentition (and still retain the correct Hairless hair placement).
Mrs Brenda Jones author of "The Complete Chinese Crested" and co founder of the renowned Kojak Chinese Cresteds made the following statement in her critique on the 113 Chinese Crested Dogs she judged at a Specialty Show in England in April 2000 after an absence of nine years:
"It was pleasing to see so many good mouths in the hairless. Proof to the sceptics that it is possible to breed a good "hairless" mouth."
Mrs Jones also states in her book in 1990 - "Hairless mouths can and have been improved by careful selection."
|Undershot, Overshot and Level Bites are unacceptable
|in the
|in the Chinese Crested
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Exemplars of Powder Puffs with long double coats possessing forward pointing tusks instead of canines have been provided at a seminar on genetics of the Chinese Crested Dog in NSW for breeders and judges to examine.
Lean, free from throatiness, long and sloping gracefully into strong shoulders. When moving, carried high and slightly arched.
The neck should be well muscled and strong, lean and clean with tight fitting skin and no loose, pendulous folds of skin under the throat and underside of the neck.
The main factor should be its length and arching carriage (slightly arched from the withers to the base of skull), flowing smoothly into the top of strong, well-laid back shoulders. Correct lay of shoulder will give a long neck - a short neck cannot arch, and should be penalised according to the degree of severity.
High carriage of the slightly arched neck enhances the proud, elegant and graceful appearance of the Chinese Crested Dog whilst moving.
Shoulders clean, narrow and well laid back. Legs long and slender, set well under body. Elbows held close to body. Pasterns fine, strong, nearly vertical. Toes turned neither in nor out.
To achieve the correct long flowing movement with good reach, the upper arm should be long and approximately the same length as the shoulder blade. The shoulder blade should slope upwards to the rear at an angle of approximately 90 degrees. This gives the well-laid back shoulders, which should be lean and narrow and neither over muscled nor bulging.
Forelegs are long straight and slender, when viewed in profile the front legs are set well underneath the body, a result of correct angulation. When viewed from the front the body is placed well on top of the legs and not slung between them. In profile, the elbow and rear of the front foot should be almost in line with the highest point of the shoulder (withers). Dewclaws may or may not be present.
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Elbows are in close proximity to the adjoining chest wall, level with the deepest part of the brisket, held in but not held so close as to restrict movement. A correctly formed chest allows the elbows free movement, whilst the dog is trotting. A too round chest hinders movement and turns the elbows out. A narrow chest with flat ribs causes the elbows to turn in.
Pasterns are strong and fine and nearly perpendicular but not upright. Upright pasterns are not strong and tire easily and give a slightly shorter stride, which shortens the front reach.
Feet should present front on, turning neither in nor out.
|Slab sided, pinched
|Too wide, Barrel Chest
|Toeing in, tied at
|front, toeing out
|shoulders, out at
Medium to long. Supple. Chest rather broad and deep, not barrel-ribbed. Breast bone not prominent. Brisket extending to elbows; moderate tuck-up.
A medium to long body precludes square or over square, short bodied dogs.
Body length is taken as the distance from the point of shoulder to the point of buttock (or rearmost point of upper thigh).
Height is measured from the withers (high point of shoulder) to the ground assuming normal stance with forearms and rear pasterns at right angles to the ground.
The length of the body should be longer than the height at the withers. This medium to long body gives the dog its suppleness. Proportion is described as rectangular- proportioned to allow for a long free flowing elegant movement (always remembering that the Standard requires long legs).
Chest should be deep extending to the point of elbows and rather broad, neither too round nor too narrow. The rib carriage is not rounded nor well-arched but is well developed.
The pro sternum, the point of the breastbone projecting only slightly beyond the point of shoulder when seen in profile and should not be obvious, with the chest presenting a rounded appearance.
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There is no sudden exaggerated tuck up of the abdomen's underline into the hindquarter region.
Skeleton of the Chinese Crested showing rectangular proportion of the body, balanced head, clean throat, erect ears, arched neck, well-laid shoulder, level backline, well let down hocks, and extreme hair foot.
Rump well - rounded and muscular, loins taut, stifles firm and long, sweeping smoothly into the well let-down hock. Angulation of the rear limb must be such as to produce a level back. Hind-legs set well apart.
Rump should be well muscled, rounding to the croup just above the tail set-on. The pelvis should tend to be horizontal, i.e. the opposite of goose rump.
The loins should be broad, strong, well muscled, taut and not too short, as the dog is very agile. The width of loin should not be greater than the width between the elbows when viewed from above.
The upper and lower thighs should be firm and have good muscle development to drive the hindquarters. The stifle joint should be well angulated with the lower thigh long and firm and flowing into the well letdown hock to produce correct drive without losing the level back. Hock to heel should be short and strong to allow for the correct driving movement. This does not include hocks which turn inwards (cow hocks) or outwards (bowed hocks). The junction of the hock joint should be strong and firm to avoid rubber hocks. At rest the rear pastern (from the hock joint to the ground) should be perpendicular to the ground, with the front of the hind foot just behind a vertical line with the rear of the hip (pelvic) bone.
The angulation is best described as moderate. To have correct angulation with correct action, it is necessary for the stifle to be well angulated and for the hock joint to be well let down. Over angulation of the hindquarters does not produce a long flowing gait and straight hindquarters do not provide the required drive and can result in a rising rear end and choppy movement. The angulation of the hindquarters is balanced with that of the forequarters.
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Backline should be level to a slightly sloping croup and hind legs should be set well apart and parallel. Dewclaws may be removed.
Hare-foot, narrow and long. Nails any colour, moderately long. Socks ideally confined to toes, but not extending above top of pastern. Feet turning neither in nor out.
Extreme hare feet, especially in the front feet, are very different feet from the typical cat-like foot. The typical cat-like foot is incorrect in the Chinese Crested Dog.
Hands should confirm that the feet are hare feet, narrow and very long in both varieties. Both centre toes are appreciably longer than the outer and inner ones, and toe arching is less marked giving a longer appearance overall.
Close inspection will reveal the ability of the toes to actually curl. The illusion of an extra joint in the feet enables effortless climbing and the use of feet almost like a human hand to clasp - even undo cage latches with the elongated bones between the toes.
The nails (of any colour) are rather long as the shape of the foot does not allow a lot of natural wear.
Socks can be sparse or heavily furnished and usually extend to the top of the pastern and not above.
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The feet should face forward and neither turn in nor out nor roll.
|Cat Foot, typical
|Hare Foot
|Extreme Hare Foot
|of most breeds
|in the Chinese
|Crested Dog
Set high, carried up or out when in motion. Long and tapering, fairly straight, not curled or twisted to either side, falling naturally when at rest. Plume long and flowing, confined to lower two-thirds of tail. Sparse plume acceptable.
Tail is set on high to the slightly sloping croup, and may be carried erect (but never curled) and slightly forward over the back or carried level with the back line or out when moving.
Correct — tail carried up while moving
Correct — tail carried out while moving
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Tail is long, slender, reasonably straight and tapers to a curve. Any curling or twisting from the middle is incorrect and this tail type is usually lacking length. A tail "Carried over back or looped, never curled" is a reference to the old 1981 Breed Standard and is incorrect.
|Incorrect, curled
|Incorrect, teapot
|handle, usually short
The tail is long enough to reach the hock. At rest the tail should be held down with a slight curve upward at the end.
Correct when at rest
In the Hairless variety, two-thirds of the end of the tail is covered by long, flowing feathering referred to as a plume. As with the crest a sparse plume is acceptable.
The Powder Puff variety's tail is completely covered with hair.
Long, flowing and elegant with good reach and plenty of drive.
Gait is smooth, elastic and effortless, covering the ground with economy to produce the maximum result for minimum effort, while maintaining a level backline. Gait should flow with no exaggeration either fore or aft The Crested should be light on its feet, with fore and hind legs moving in parallel fashion in a straight line with head and neck held high.
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It should stride out well on the foreleg with good reach, and no suggestion of hackneyed or choppy action, paddling, plaiting, weaving, crabbing, or shortened stride. Viewed from the front the forelegs are parallel with the elbows held close to the body and the feet turning neither in nor out.
450 Correct shoulder
lay will give a long, arched neck and free flowing, extended front action
600 Incorrect straight
shoulder and upper arm. Neck will be short.
If upper arm is short front movement will lack reach and be hackneyed
Rear drive should be strong and the hindquarter muscles and well-turned stifle angulation should make this possible. Viewed from the rear, the hind legs are parallel with no suggestion of cow-hocks or weaving.
|Incorrect – cow hocks
|Incorrect – bow hocks
|restrict rear drive
|restrict rear action
Long, flowing and elegant movement is only achieved with correct conformation in front and rear angulation.
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No large patches of hair anywhere on body. Skin fine grained, smooth, warm to the touch. In Powder Puffs coat consists of an undercoat with soft veil of long hair, veil coat a feature.
Most Hairless Cresteds will carry some fine body hairs, which can be likened to the hair on a woman's arm; generally these are tidied up prior to exhibition.
The Hairless variety has hair on three areas of the body: the head (crest), the tail (plume) and the feet from the toes to the front pasterns and rear hock joints (socks). The texture of all hair is soft and silky, flowing to any length. Areas that have hair usually taper off slightly.
Ideally, the crest begins at the stop and should taper off between the base of the skull and the base of the neck. The hair itself is soft and silky, and may flow to any length. A sparse crest is acceptable. Hair on the ears and face is permitted on the Hairless and may be trimmed for neatness.
The plume on the tail approximates the texture and profuseness of the crest, from its starting point one third of the way down the tail (from the body). A sparse plume is acceptable.
The socks on the forelegs should not rise above the pasterns and on the hind legs should finish just below the hock joint. Ideally they should be confined to the toes.
Wherever the body is hairless, the skin should be soft and smooth and it does feel warm.
|Int Nord S N Dk Fin Lux Champion
|Int Nord S Dk Fin N VDH Ger NL Bel Fr
|Switzerland Austria Monaco It Gib Lux
|Champion PREFIX DAMASCUS
The Powder Puff variety is completely covered with a double soft and silky coat.
Close examination reveals an undercoat which has a fine silky texture, whilst the veil- coat or guard hairs are also fine but of a slightly coarser texture and much longer, but not so long as to hamper movement or destroy the general outline of the Crested. This coat can take some years to develop.
Extended Breed Standard of the Chinese Crested Dog - Page 19
The Powder Puff is usually shown with a clipped face in a similar pattern to the Poodle, but it is optional to do so and the face may be left untrimmed if preferred.
Powder Puff coats have improved a great deal since this British Standard was written. When the Breed Standard was written to include Powder Puffs it is suggested that a "hairy Hairless" was used as the exemplar. Ref: Barrie Jones - Kojak Cresteds UK - to NSW Club Members on 26th November 1996; and Brenda Jones in her book, "THE COMPLETE CHINESE CRESTED" where she states: "an extremely hairy hairless will fit the Standard" and "it is only in recent years that the Powder Puff coat has been given real coat care, so we are only just seeing the beauty of the mature coat". (A hairy Hairless (also half and half) has fine body hairs of any length usually single coated.)
While the wording in the Standard "Veil coat a feature" may create many interpretations, the correct requirement is for the overlaying of the longer guard hairs into an apparent veil or concealing layer of a fine, long coat over the softer, shorter under coat, which allows the outline of the dog to be seen on the move.
|Australian Champion
|A sparsely furnished Harless – with
|CHINKIE YEN YASMINE – an
|sparse crest, tail plume, socks and
|erect eared Powder Puff
|extremely hairless body
Any colour or combination of colours.
The Hairless skin comes in a very attractive variety of colours, ranging through the various slates, blues, lilacs, and pink and mahogany shades, which can be richly brown pigmented to palest honey. These solid colours are often broken up with unpigmented skin, giving a mottled effect, known as "lacing". The crest and furnishings are often white, but can be any colour or combination of colours and even, occasionally, all black. Skin colour varies with seasons, with pale winter colours reaching a full rich deeper colour in summer.
Any colour found in the Hairless skin may feasibly find its counterpart in the Powder Puff coat, but more often they are gold and white or black and white or solid gold/sable or black. Gold Powder Puffs can quite often dilute to cream or off white and Black Powder Puffs can dilute to grey or lilac blue.
Extended Breed Standard of the Chinese Crested Dog - Page 20
All colours or combination of colours are equally acceptable and no colour is preferable to any other colour.
Ideal height: Dogs 28-33 cms (11-13 ins) at withers Bitches 23-30 cms (9-12 ins) at withers
Weight varies considerably, but should not be over 5.4 kgs (12 lbs).
Height is ideally 28 to 33 cms (11 to 13 inches) in dogs and 23 to 30 cms (9 to 12 inches) in bitches, measured at the withers. However, dogs of either sex that are slightly larger or smaller may be given full consideration.
Weight may vary between 3 to 5.4 kgs (7 to 12 lbs), yet may not exceed the Standard maximum of 5.4 kgs (12 lbs), overall balance being an essential requirement. Powder Puffs may look taller because of their coat, but upon examination, should be the same height as the hairless.
A Deer and a Cobby of the same height will vary considerably in weight. A 33 cms (13 inches) Cobby will meet the ideal height but would certainly be overweight. This should be considered when assessing the types.
Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree, and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
It is a genetic fact that the Hairless and the Powder Puff is the same breed - the Chinese Crested Dog. In fact the Powder Puff was the origin of the breed.
Powder Puffs are genetically "normal" while the Hairless variety resulted from a spontaneous mutation i.e. two Powder Puffs were mated together and a Hairless pup evolved.
For many years the Hairless was regarded as the only Chinese Crested Dog and the Powder Puff was ignored and in fact could not be shown until 1984.
Unfortunately many judges today still regard the Powder Puff as the poor relation. Both the Hairless and the Powder Puff should be regarded as equally acceptable and judged on their merits, not whether they are Hairless or Powder Puff. Breeders and exhibitors are tired of having their entry fees accepted for the Powder Puff only to have judges totally disregard the variety either through ignorance or personal preference.
Extended Breed Standard of the Chinese Crested Dog - Page 21
Indeed the Chinese Crested Dog, as a breed is now at crisis point and this can be directly traced to judging patterns and anecdotal comments collected over the years from judges. With the culling and petting out of the Powder Puff variety, especially of the males, the vigour and robustness that the Powder Puff offers the breed is being lost. A leading breeder in Victoria decried the fact that there was not one male Powder Puff available for her breeding programme in that state at the close of the last century.
Powder Puffs are now regarded as an integral, although not essential, part of most breeding programmes. Both varieties co-exist. They are inseparable. You cannot breed only for Hairless dogs, the Powder Puffs will turn up as well even if both parents are Hairless.
As Robert Cole writes in his treatise on the Chinese Crested Dog:
"Crested come in two varieties: Hairless and Powder Puff. The two varieties are structurally identical but visually quite different. They must be interbred because the Hairless is the result of an incomplete Dominant mutation which is lethal when homozygous (carrying only the hairless gene). Puppies carrying only the hairless gene have abnormalities so severe that few are born alive and those that are do not survive. Breeding Hairless to Hairless without ever introducing the Powder Puff gene into a line can result in toothless, bald-headed dogs with poor bone structure."
A litter of Chinese Crested Dogs containing the Hairless and Powder Puff varieties
Judges should therefore re assess their criteria in judging the Chinese Crested Dog. Overseas judges of specialist status in this breed have seen fit to award a Powder Puff the highest breed accolade at such events as the RNSWCC Spring Fair (33 entries) and NSW Club Specialty Shows of 80 and 54 entries. The two varieties have equal status in the ring and should be judged accordingly. The only difference between the two varieties apart from coat, teeth and ear set should be type - Deer or Cobby.
What the vast majority of breeders would like to see happening is the Powder Puffs being judged separately and awarded CCs. This is no different to Chihuahuas having separate CCs for the Long Coats and Smooth Coats and in fact there can be greater differences in the two varieties of Cresteds since their teeth and ear types can be significantly different. It is also our contention that most judges would prefer to judge them separately.
Extended Breed Standard of the Chinese Crested Dog - Page 22
Please refer to the ANKC Glossary of Canine Terminology for definition of Terms used in this Breed Standard Extension.
Committee & Club Members of the Chinese Crested Club of N.S.W. and the Chinese Crested Dog Club Victoria Inc.
|Brenda Jones
|Author of "The Complete Chinese Crested (U.K. Judge
|and Breeder)
|Gunilla Agronius
|"Prefix" Chinese Crested Dogs - Sweden
|Photos of Int Nord S Dk Fin N VDH Ger NL Bel Fr
|Switzerland Austria Monaco
|It Gib Lux Champion PREFIX DAMASCUS
|Int Nord S N Dk Fin Lux Ch
|Mrs Julie Dickinson Franks "Lorroy" Chinese Crested Dogs - Australia
|Photo of Australian Ch CHINKIE YEN YASMINE
|Dr Harry Spira
|Author of "Canine Terminology" and past NSW All Breeds
|Mrs Chris Carroll
|Photo of Australian CH ELTARIN LITE N LOVELY
|Robin Twigg
|Photo of Australian CH ELTARIN TOUCH O KLASS
|Computer Graphics
Extended Breed Standard of the Chinese Crested Dog - Page 23


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If you missed the recent upgrade to Ephox's (news, site) web reporting tool WebRadar 2.0 then you will have a chance to catch up with it and get some kind of idea where it's going at the current Annual Atech xChange conference.
WebRadar 2.0 was released in the middle of July and was the first major upgrade to WebRadar since Ephox bought it from Web Presence Architect in January this year.
The reason that this outing of the new web content intelligence tool is interesting is that it will be demonstrated it alongside technology consultant and strategic partner Ascendent Technology (Atech) and in doing so places WebRadar 2.0 in the context of IBM's (news, site) Northstar project.
IBM's Northstar Project
So, to decipher all that. The Northstar Project is IBM's vision of the web and websites for the future. From its own website IBM describes it as:
. . .a new way forward, bringing together the right combination of capabilities, including content management, an enterprise portal and mashup presentation framework, built-in social and real-time communication, search, personalization, marketing tools, integration capabilities, mobile device support, real-time analytics, and rich media . . ."
What that really means is providing:
- Context: Websites designed to fit individual
- Social web: More socially based web experiences for contact with, and between, customers
- Visual: both visually pleasing and flexible and infinitely scalable
- Integration: Easily leverage and extend existing data sources like CRM systems, social media sites, and back-end applications
- Analytics: Using analytics to extract as much customer information as possible
Ephox and Web Intelligence
Ephox's part in all this is WebRadar 2.0, a flexible web intelligence solution for IBM Lotus Web Content Management that helps content administrators optimize the web production process.
Web content intelligence provides editors, administrators and project managers the ability to identify, fix and monitor problems with their web content and processes. For example, those with web content intelligence built into their content management system are able to produce reports that help to:
- Find the bottlenecks in a process
- Discover which pages are expiring in a particular timeframe
- Discover which of their authors are actively using the system
- Find which pages are assigned to which authors
WebRadar 2.0
WebRadar 2.0 is a tool for monitoring content and content processes and aims to provide web content intelligence and insights for companies using a Web CMS.
WebRadar 2.0 Reports
With v2.0 and building on their partnership with IBM, Ephox released the solution with a special nod to IBM Lotus Web Content Management. Using WebRadar 2.0 IBM Lotus and other Web CMS users can:
- Analyze workflow processes
- Resolve any issues in content processes
- Work in an improved GUI
- Improve productivity of website authors and administrators.
One of the improvements in the GUI includes a new dashboard that provides a quick look for administrators at the state of their content -- what is about to be published, or soon to expire -- accompanied by charts visualizing WCM processes. Also from the dashboard, you can get to the most recently used or most popular reports.
And that is what's happening with Ephox at the AtechxChange, an Ascendant Technology-produced event to throw partners and Atech employees together to see what they come up with. Running until Sunday in Austin, Texas, that should produce some interesting news.

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1. Being a Cat Lady
Can lead to suicide! A new study says parasites in cat litter boxes can trigger suicidal tendencies in the human brain.
But! Having a cat can prevent heart attacks, some scientists say.
2. Drinking Coffee
Can protect against skin cancer, says a recent study.
But you can forget it if you're desperately trying to get pregnant. Another recent study says coffee will hurt your chances of successfully conceiving through IVF.
3. Eating a Low Fat Diet
Can cause nausea and severe mood swings in women. A recent study found that women who didn't get enough fat were unhappy, and as a result were suffering at work and in relationships.
But a 2009 study said low-fat diets would actually leave dieters hoping to lose weight the happiest.
4. Working
Working long hours causes women gain weight, says a recent survey.
But a 2006 study found that working mothers are healthier than those who stay at home.
5. Taking Vitamin D Supplements
Can prevent bone fractures in older women, when taken in large quantities, scientists have shown.
But the government also recently put out a recommendation saying they don't recommend taking Vitamin D supplements. The supplements can possibly cause kidney stones, and the government says there isn't substantial proof of its benefits.
Source: healthandwellnessforstudents.com
6. Taking Calcium Supplements
Can cause kidney stones and heart attacks, says government research.
But other scientists disagree and think it will make you live longer. They say the research was flawed and misinterpreted and that you should actually take tons of calcium supplements.


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After this the marshal, the king's guardian and regent, assembled a large army of ktii«rhtH and soldiers, and inarched in great force to the city of London which he blockaded all round, bolli by land and water; and, by thus cutting off all supplies of provisions from the garrison, he thought to compel them to surrender. Louis being thus eritieally situated sent word to the legate and the marshal, that lie was willing to comply with their lerms in everything, on condition that they would make suitable terms of peace, saving his honour, and without injury to his followers. They therefore, since the
sailors, pirates, or fishermen, do you go therefore and die.' Hubert then went to a little distance from the place and sent for his chaplain Luke ; lie at once reeeived the wholesome viaticum, and then assuming the boldness ff a lion, he said to his particular attendants, to whom he hail entrusted the charge of I ίο ver, * I beseech you, by the blood of Christ, if I should by chance be taken prisoner, to allow me to be hung rather than give up the castle to any Frenchman, for it is the key of England.' They with tears promised him this on their allegiance and oath. Ile then, in company with two distinguished knights, Henry de Turville and Kichard Seward, and some others, though few in number, embarked mi board a ••hip, taking with him some sailors from the cimpie-ports. There were under his command about sixteen well-armed ships, not including some small ones which accompanied them to the number of twenty, Thev then proceeded boldly on their course, and luffed as if they were point; to Calais. When Eustace the monk, the French leader, saw this, be said, 1 \ know that these wretches intend to go to Calai-*, but it is to no purpose, for the inhabitants are forewarned against them. But the English, rinding that the wind tailed them, suddenly altered their course, and the wind being now fair for them, thev eagerly rushed on the enemy ; as soon as thev reached the vessels of their adversaries they threw grappling-irons and made them fast to their own vessels, and boarding them with their axes, thev cut away the rigging supporting the mast and yards, and, the expending sail falling, the French were caught like birds in a net ; the English then attacked them and making prisoners of all of rank amongst them, cut the rest to pieces. Amongst others they discovered Eustace, who had disguised himself, concealed hi the hold of a ship, on which they dragged him forth ami beheaded bini. Tirs man was a Fleming by birth, and on the deaths of les brothers without children, he. in order to obtain their inheritance, abandoned the monk's habit and apostatized from his order ; l.e then became a pirate and a bloody pirate leader, causing great injury to numbers, but at length the robber was himself taken and received the reward of his deeds. When Hubert, alter his miraculous victory, reached the English coast all the bishops who were in that quarter came out to meet bim clad in their sacred robes, attended by the knights and people,
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This is a perfect soup for winter and rainy days. Both Chicken and Black peppercorns are used for treating common colds. My granny makes this soup for treating cold and coughs. It can be prepared in few mins and tastes delicious. I make this soup as starter or as snack, usually I serve this soup along with rice papad.
|Pepper Chicken Soup
Chicken with bones-250 gms
Tomato( chopped)-1 no
Onion( sliced)-1 no
Garlic cloves sliced- 2 nos
Curry leaves and Coriander leaves- few
Black pepper powder-1 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder- 2 tbsp
Fennel powder-2 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil-1 tsp
Water- 3 cups
|Chicken Pepper Soup
Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan when oil is hot add the sliced onion, garlic and curry leaves, saute for few seconds. Now add the cleaned chicken pieces to the pan and saute until chicken turns pale white. Next add the chopped tomato, black pepper powder, coriander powder, fennel powder, turmeric powder, salt and water. Stir everything well and cover pressure pan with lid. Pressure cook the chicken soup for 7 mins. Finally check the soup for salt and garnish with chopped coriander leaves, serve hot.


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From about the age of 6-7 months most infants will start to put their feet down, stiffen their legs and take some weight when held vertically with their feet on a firm surface. Some infants seem to really like doing this and prefer to stand rather than sit on a carer's lap.
Here you see how Will (8 months) first bends his legs, then extends them in readiness for standing when he is picked up.
Some infants do not straighten their legs in readiness for standing
There are a group of infants who do not straighten their legs in readiness for taking weight on their feet. When you pick them up, they bend the legs and may even hold them straight forwards as if they are sitting on air. There is no good explanation for why some infants do this and in most cases they eventually start to take an interest in standing on their feet.
All the infants whom I have seen doing this have been hypermobile, so there may be some link to hypermobility. And walking has been delayed.
What you can do to encourage your infant to start standing
The trick is to get your infant used to putting the feet down on the floor and putting some weight onto them, and then to start pulling up into standing.
Start by practicing sitting on a low step
The best way to go about this is to get the infant taking some weight on the feet when sitting on a low step with the feet on the floor.
Now play games that encourage the infant to lean forwards to retrieve, bang, pull, push or knock over a toy.
These pictures show how Will at 8 months leaning forwards to grab my hands. You can see how this action brings his weight forwards over his feet. (Here he is sitting on a 10 cm high high density foam block.)
Reaching forwards transfers some of the weight over onto the feet and provides the first experience of pressing down on the floor with the feet when in the upright position.
You may need to provide some support to stop the legs flopping out sideways.
You can use your hands to do this or let the infant sit between two boxes that keep the legs in place.
Here you see how I am supporting the thighs to stop them flopping sideways and also pushing down a little on his feet to get him used putting some weight through his feet.
Sitting on a higher surface encourages more weight shift onto the feet
Here you see Toesies leaning forwards a lot further. Because he is sitting on a higher surface he is getting more weight onto his feet. I am supporting his thighs to stop them from moving side. Holding his legs in position like this gently stretches the tight muscles at the sides of his hip.
Initially you may also need to provide some support at the ankles to keep the feet flat on the floor. I prefer not to use little boots to support the ankles as these restrict the forward bending movement at the ankle needed for standing up and the support provided by the boots means that the muscles are not stimulated to work to provide ankle support.
The infant who refuses to put the feet down on a hard surface
If your infant does not like putting the feet down flat on the floor you will need to spend some time desensitizing the feet. Here are some ideas.
Start with the infant sitting on a low step. I use a 10-15 cm high very firm foam block. A couple of telephone books taped together also make a good step.
Sit in front of your infant and support the feet just above the ankles. Now you can play stomping games – stomp the feet alternatively on the floor as if they are marching. Sing a marching song or count in a fun way.
Try this barefoot or with shoes on, whichever works best for your infant.
You can also try letting your infant sit with the bare feet on different surfaces such a pillow, soft rug, grass or sand to get the infant used to the feel of these.
Encourage your infant to be more active sitting on the floor
Infants who move from sitting into crawling and kneeling positions use their feet for leverage and will often put them down flat on the floor. This not only helps to strengthen the leg muscles but get the infant used pushing down on the floor with the soles of the feet.
The pictures below show Toesies moving from sitting to positions where he is supporting himself on his hands and feet in different ways
Encourage your infant to start pulling up into standing
There are different ways to do this. You can let the infant sit facing a low table or sturdy dining room chair that can be used as support to get up and also to balance in standing.
Infants like to stand up facing a carer
Getting up from sitting on a low step is easier than getting up from sitting on the floor and helps to strengthen the leg muscles.
It helps to start with the infant sitting on a step that is a bit higher so that it is easier to stand up. I like to use my leg so that I can give a little bit of a lift in the beginning.
Here you see Roan pulling on me and my clothing to balance in standing.
It is best not to help the infant to stand up
Let her do the work all by herself. If you help her she is not learning to coordinate her trunk and leg muscles to get the action right.
Games that will get your infant reaching and pulling up
Try these ideas when you are encouraging your infant to stand up using you for support.
- Put a hat on your head – or any toy that will rest on top of your head.
- Put your infant's clothes on your head – they usually find this funny.
- Peek-a-boo games using a scarf over your head.
- Hold toys in your mouth – infants find this very funny and will grab them.
- Put a string of beads around your neck – be sure that they are strong enough not to break when pulled on.
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It is very important that your infant has been seen by a physician to check that the hips are healthy and that it is safe for your infant to engage in a program of exercises to strengthen the leg muscles for standing and walking.
If your infant has significant developmental delay, a referral for physical therapy is the ideal. However, if this is not available time spent training your infant can beneficial.
Gentle stretches for tight hip muscles
If your infant tends to sit, crawl or stand with the legs wide apart, you will need to spend some time working on increasing the flexibility of the hip muscles.
My infant won't put their feet down to stand
How to get your infant onto her feet
Getting up into standing
Working on standing up from sitting strengthens the infant's leg muscles and trains coordination and control.
Improving balance in standing with support
Infants need to learn to balance in standing using one hand, and to shift their weight across the feet before they are able to take a step and start to crusie.
Standing with support and learning to balance
Some infants needs extra practice in order to learn to stand with support and reach in all directions.
Learning to bend the knees
Infants with developmental delay and joint hypermobility (low muscle tone) may need some extra help to strengthen their leg muscles and improve balance and coordination to get them ready for standing with support and cruising.
Stepping, cruising and walking with support
Once infants feel confident standing with support at a table, sofa or bed they start to step sideways holding onto whatever support they can find. .
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, 18 February 2013 arraigned one Pat Enechukwu before Justice R.I Ahiakwo of the Rivers State High Court 19, Port Harcourt on a three count charge bordering on issuance of a dishonoured Cheque. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
One of the charges against him reads, "that Pat Enechukwu on or about the 22nd November, 2009 at Port Harcourt within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Rivers State with knowledge that you had insufficient funds in your account issued to one Dr Chimereze Chima a Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank) Cheque number 37213357 dated 22nd November, 2009 for the sum of N2,300,000.00 (Two million, three hundred thousand naira) which said cheque when presented for payment within three months of issuance was dishonoured due to insufficient funds in your account and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1)(a) of Dishonoured Cheque (offences) Act Cap D of the Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) Act 2007 and punishable under section 1(b)(i) and (ii) of the same Act".
In view of the plea of the accused person, the court granted him bail in the sum of N5m (Five million naira) and one surety in like sum. Surety must swear to an affidavit of means and reside within the jurisdiction of court. He must own property worth N10m (Ten Million naira) and appear before the Director of Litigation every first Monday of the Month from March till May, 2013.
The matter is adjourned to 25th and 26th of February for hearing.
Wilson Uwujaren
Ag Head, Media & Publicity
18th February, 2013


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Salary £26,000 p.a., reviewed annually
The Finchley Charities has a proud history of over 500 years in the borough of Barnet.
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There's a nice piece on the Legal Ethics Forum about Judge Alito's purported misfeasance in declining to recuse himself from a case involving the Vanguard mutual funds management company, when the Judge knowingly invested in Vanguard mutual funds.
The article correctly points out that hearing the case was, at most, a "whoops", a technical error of the kind that we all make every day. The conflict of interests was of the indirect sort (owning mutual funds versus owning the management company), and Vanguard was not sued for its own misfeasance anway, but was more a technical party to the case. In any case the appeal result was replicated by another panel.
The blog author is not tender toward Ms. Nina Totenberg: "I have a hard time believing Ms. Totenberg did not know the facts of the underlying case, which makes me wonder why she filed the report she filed." Some of us, who remember Totenberg's behavior when [now DC Circuit Chief Judge] Doug Ginsburg was appointed to the High Court, don't wonder at all.


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Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Mock up of Carla's quilt so far
I am going to quilt as you go on this one so I can quilt around all those frames individually without having to turn an enormous (100" square) quilt round and round and round. Here's one block I quilted already - I'm just wondering whether to add squiggly quilting on the red bits (to flatten them down because the quilting on the frames is making them pouffe up a bit) and diagonal lines (to suggest glass) on the picture bits. Any thoughts? Also, is "pouffe" actually a word and, if so, is it the proper quilting term?
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I believe "pouf" is the word. Dictionary.com gives the third meaning as "a puff of material as an ornament on a dress or headdress." So I don't know why it couldn't be a quilting term!ReplyDelete
I love it. Do you have a tutorial for quilt as you go? I think you posted one not to long ago. I am ready for it. I have all my little blocks ready to sew into 4x4 bigger blocks and quilt as I go, on my Circle Me Back to Amsterdam quilt.ReplyDelete
I would not quilt in the pictures as I think it distracts from the contemporary feel of the quilt but I think you may not get around it on the larger pictures like the one with the tea cups. Perhaps a few in the ditch straight lines on the red bits though to keep it on the straight on narrow so to say.ReplyDelete
I agree no diagonal quilting for the pictures. It will be distracting.ReplyDelete
I think we would say poof on this side of the Atlantic, as in 'poof up your hair.' I've been trying to come up with the right joke about quilting being for poofs (guilty), but I just can't get it to come off right.
I think it might be neat to quilt in the coral/wall parts in a floral-ly/swirly motif to give the illusion of wall paper. That would de-pouffe it. And like mentioned above, I'd leave the "glass" parts alone. It looks great!ReplyDelete
Only you could start a discussion on pouffes/poofs!! I daren't speak - but I love the picture frame look xReplyDelete
In Australia a pouffe (probably not politically correct to use it anymore ) means a footstool! Did you decide on a new name for "Night and Day"? This one is going to be fabulous!ReplyDelete
I think puff, as in puffy, would also be a useable word; certainly we still use pouffe for a footstool-type-of-thing. From experience I think you may find that you need to do some quilting in the pictures part of the quilt as they will be quite obviously puffy if you quilt in the red; and because your quilting lines are quite close in the charcoal it may be best if you quilt in the red too.ReplyDelete
I'd do some simple stipple quilting, not too small though on the red areas and give the frames some 'loft' - you wouldn't want to draw away from the main design format - looking good LynneReplyDelete
Loving this! I would also suggest some medium scale stippling in the red. :-)ReplyDelete
Gosh this turned out super cute, as I knew it would! :)ReplyDelete
Love love LOVE. My word. I'm in awe of how simple and amazing this is!!!ReplyDelete
Brilliant! That fabric is so kitsch but put all together like that it just looks so cute.ReplyDelete
Looks Fabulous! Love that red!ReplyDelete
quilty curves of some kind...since pattern is quite geometric...my humble vote =)ReplyDelete
i'm so glad you mentioned "quilt-as-you-go". gives me inpiration to do a quilt this way too!
I say pouf too but I originally thought it would be spelled poof. However, when I looked up poof, one of the meanings was derogatory (specifically British) which explains why you probably didn't even consider poof. Note to self, avoid the word poofy as well. Nevertheless, one way around it is to use puffy. :-)ReplyDelete
As for the quilting, I'd avoid the diagonal lines but since you are doing quilt as you go, you could use FMQ to outline some of the elements in the larger blocks. I really like the straight line quilting in the frames and would maybe suggest stitching in the ditch where the red comes together. A lot of extra stitching in the red might give too much texture considering the stitched frames.
I love this quilt so far! I would add more lines to the black frames (one in between the lines you have) to make them really quilted and then leave the rest as you have it. The frames will be quilted down and close lines will look a lot like a wood frame and the rest will puff up and look like the picture / wall. You could make a single block, bind it and wash it as a "swatch" (thats what we call it when we are knitting) to see, and if you like it go ahead. In the end then you get a wall quilt/mug rug (depending on its size) to remember the quilt by, or you can toss the idea if you don't like it without tossing the whole quilt.ReplyDelete
love this! the idea is fantastic!ReplyDelete
i wonder if you just left them alone and then on subsequent blocks did the opposite. if you quilted the red and inside of the frame it would have the opposite "pouffe"ing effect.ReplyDelete
Wow, I absolutely love this quilt! Just stunning, Lynne. I like the horizontal lines to suggets glass idea, but I think you might just have to try it. And pouffe is a word, it's a footstool. I think you were trying for the word 'puff' but 'even more so'!ReplyDelete
I. LOVE. This! Perfect use of Ruby Star Rising! Fabulous colors to set off the prints! Love love love!ReplyDelete
It's looking just perfect. I had no idea it was going to be such a whopper, though. 100"?? Wow! Anytime that quilting is not evenly distributed across a quilt, you'll get poufing in the non-quilted bits. If you add more quilting in the red areas, you'll see the 'pictures' pouf even more. If the pictures are larger than a hand width, there really should be some quilting in them to safely hold the batting in place...or you could tie or bar tack strategically on some appropriate element of the picture. Diagonal lines (not too closely spaced) would probably look really good, too!ReplyDelete
I say poof....but usually only when putting a spell on someone to turn them into a frog! hee hee! Totally agree with Poppyprint...You want to have your quilting areas balanced to eliminate the poof and allow the quilt to drape nicely. Your batting package should help you decide the amount of spacing you can allow between quilting lines. I have one that suggests up to 10 inches...which is quite a lot, I think. If your pictures are large you could echo quilt around the elements in the picture - like the tea cups, etc. Great quilt, Lynne!ReplyDelete
I do love this quilt ... I think it would look great with sparse echo quilting of the elements inside the frames and some lazy fmq in the 'wall areas'ReplyDelete
hope you're going to enter my rubystar givewaway to replenish stocks!
I also think it would be a good idea to do a little trial block and see.
this is amazing! Amazing! i love the RSR fabric and the coral is fantastic. and pouffe is definitely the right word you are looking for. haha.ReplyDelete
I love the choice of charcoal and coral. Lucky Carla to be getting this.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 May 2011 at 07:00
OMFG!!! This is AMAZING! You must of got the idea from your amazing son, Jack!ReplyDelete
I'm really loving this quilt. It's funny because just a few days ago I drew up a design in my quilt notebook of a gallery wall styled quilt. It's a little different but has the same feel... and this is proof I'm definitely going to like it as much in fabric as I do on paper. The coral was a great background choice. I think some straight line quilting on the picture "frames" would look nice.ReplyDelete


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I live in a pink-free zone. I'm the only female in a household of men, and am restricted in my use of pink out of courtesy for the men in my life. But even if that were not so, I don't think I would allow pink anywhere near me.
You see, the color has been completely co-opted by people with nefarious purposes. Let me give a few examples:
Just say no pink.
You see, the color has been completely co-opted by people with nefarious purposes. Let me give a few examples:
- The Susan J. Khomen Foundation started it all with pink ribbons that have now infested every conceivable product offered to women. Pink is the color of breast cancer. It is the most visible sign of the money poured into Planned Parenthood by those who still think they provide mammograms. For me, the pink ribbon on a product signifies the death of yet another child through abortion.
- When teaching, I see many young women walking around campus with 'pink' written across their breasts and bottoms as they travel to class. These young women look brazen and unkempt and seem to want to proclaim it to the world. It is a fashion statement without style.
- Pink Legos have been produced to encourage young girls to play with the little bricks. Is it just possible that girls might want to play with yellow or blue?
- Code Pink is a nasty organization of women who protest just about anything. I've never seen an attractive woman as part of a Code Pink protest. They are angry, disruptive and rude.
- Pink slime is the new name given to the fat that is ground up with meat. Sure, by itself it would be completely unhealthy, but fat adds flavor. Just as the various facets of the women's movement seem to have turned to pink exclusively for their banners, turning to pink slime exclusively is gross. A little goes a long way.
- Rick Santorum ran afoul of the pink promoters when he told a young boy with whom he was bowling that friends don't let friends use pink balls. Feminists took this as a sign of the so-called war on women. I took it as a sign that the boy was probably not named Laverne or Shirley.
Just say no pink.


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Hi Ralf, there is one more good reason to ... : the Impact Xserver needs to do a cacheflush(a,w,DCACHE) as part of the refresh-sequence. And hence requires a sys_cacheflush, let's say, more conforming to the man-page (or some disgusting new ioctl in the Impact kernel-driver to do an equivalent operation ;-) kind regards :-) On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Ralf Baechle wrote: > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:16:49 +0000 > From: Ralf Baechle <email@example.com> > To: naresh kamboju <email@example.com> > Cc: email@example.com > Subject: Re: cacheflush system call-MIPS > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 08:46:58PM +0530, naresh kamboju wrote: > > > Hi Mr. Ralf, > > > > I have tried to test cacheflush system call to generate EINVAL > > > > on Toshiba RBTX4927/RBTX4937 board with 2.6.23 kernel. > > > > I have referred latest Man pages there is a bug column. > > > > Please let me know whether this is bug in source code or in the man page. > > > > (arch/mips/mm/cache.c) > > The answer is probably a bit of both. The API and error behaviour was > defined by the earlier MIPS UNIX variant RISC/os or possibly even earlier. > > Gcc relies on the existence of this syscall - or rather a library > function which usually will be implemented to execute this syscall because > the operating requires kernel priviledges - so Linux had to get an > implementation as well. > > Now in practice there is only one good reason to perform explicit > cacheflushes from userspace and that's to ensure I-cache coherency and > that's the one thing the Linux implementation of cacheflush(2) is trying > to do. Therefore the implementation ignores the cache argument and > will instead perform whatever is necessary to guarantee I-cache coherency - > whatever this means on a particlar implementation. > > Similarly the implementation won't verify that every byte of the range > is accessible. For a large range it instead may choose to perform a full > writeback / invalidation of some or all parts of the cache hierarchy > which might mean there will not be an error return even though part of > the address space may not be accessible. > > Talking about bugs - the "BUGS" section of the man page is wrong. A full > cacheflush is only performed if this is considered to be faster than a > cacheline-by-cacheline flush. > > Ralf > >
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It came with a cute pinky frame.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Simple thing that make me happy...
Remember the mirror I used for the 'easy' Sunburst Mirror? I bought the mirror for RM1.00 from local night market. I think the price is a steal!
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Love it! Great color, and so practical. Hooray for double re-purposing!ReplyDelete
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Sometimes it's the walls. It's definitely sometimes the ceiling. Other times the iron, the glass, or the light that passes through it, completing its blistering 90 million-year journey by settling silently and softly along decorative curves and concaves. There are as many reasons to visit Notre Dame as there are footprints worn into its central nave, and on this day my reason and my footprints had clear intentions. Today was about stone, and though I'd planned a trip only to the twelfth century, the cathedral had a bit more in mind.
Amid the clamor of first-timers fulfilling their first-timer destinies by fixing gazes on the altar and dizzying vaulted arches above, there stood a more seasoned guest tending to his own responsibilities with his nose inches from a nondescript column, pacing slowly around its circumference as his neck craned up and down methodically like a sleuth searching for a trap door.
The hunt was on for an elusive medieval detail that I've only recently heard of: what the French call a marque de tâcheron, or a stonemason's marker. It was usual practice in the Middle Ages for stone cutters to leave a distinct personalized logo on each building block they prepared, not out of vanity but necessity; a Gothic cathedral was an immense project requiring the expertise of countless artisans, sometimes with materials pre-fabricated off site and coming together just hours before assembly. You were paid by the stone, with invoices being settled against how many of yours had been provided. Hence the calling card etched into each one.
The literature on stonemason markers is scant to say the least, and I guess I don't blame the historical literati for not bothering to document them; they're a rather non-event when compared to the collective splendor of an ancient edifice. But just like onions and green ogres, history has as many layers as you care to peel away so when I'd gotten a tip that there were two marques de tâcheron still visible here I knew a pilgrimage was in order. Their exact location was only vaguely described, making them two awfully tiny needles in an imposing 800 year-old haystack.
Once inside, as each minute and curious tourist passed me by, I wondered if I had the right spot…or maybe the author failed to mention the marks were 150 feet above my head? False alarms were bountiful given the amount of random chips and dents a piece of "smooth" stone can have at this age, but in a building designed for prayers I knew my modest one had been answered when this appeared:
The proverbial trap door had been found, and as it always does it sprung open just long enough for the flame of times forgotten to flicker once or twice before being extinguished by the bustle of present day. But this is a game of split seconds and fleeting impressions, so I'm learning to take advantage of them as best I can when they happen. I slid two fingers across the worn grooves, imagining the tool that in the skilled medieval hands of its owner had once pounded and picked away one stony flake at a time in order to make this precise piece of one of the most dazzling puzzles the planet would ever see.
I wandered through his daily life, his good days and bad, in some ways so close to mine yet in others light years away. Did he have friends, family? Was he in love, was he happy? Did he find meaning and purpose in his life or was it merely an existence? Equally crafted puzzle pieces swirled up around me in staggering numbers as a reminder that his story is but one of thousands, making the cathedral not so much a construction of hewn stone but of human stories – the triumphs and let-downs of one family placed squarely on the shoulders of another, and another, slowly leaving the real world behind as they climb onward and upward.
And what if these marks themselves could talk? The tales they could tell, having had a front row seat to the comings and goings of kings and paupers alike, as transformations in clothing and language signaled the machines of change churning relentlessly outside the church's doors. They would surely have something to say about all the close calls, about how the stained glass around them was temporarily removed to avoid the rattle of Hitler's bombs, how the cathedral was put up for sale during the French Revolution and even had a buyer at one point, or how an 1871 revolt culminated in a mountain of wooden pews being doused with gasoline and touched off in an attempt to burn the entire place down, to be snuffed out only at the last minute by a few alerted doctors from a nearby hospital.
It was with artillery shells and Renaissance robes dancing in my head that I continued the search, curious to see if other hieroglyphs lay coyly in hidden recesses waiting to tell their own stories. I watched with delight as one by one other stonemasons materialized from dimly lit corners to introduce themselves:
Are all of these marks authentically medieval? It's probably impossible to tell. But a layered fabric of historical graffiti only adds to the mystery and the fun of it. And speaking of layers, as I said at the beginning there was a surprise in store that day which took the original scope of my modest expedition and blew it wide open. I was hoping for a glimpse into the 1100's and ended up going much, much further back in time:
Of course! The artisans of Notre Dame weren't the first organisms to leave their mark on these rocks. Long before art, religion, or even modern man came into being, tiny prehistoric critters were unknowingly embedding themselves into a holy scheme, dying as martyrs to be immortalized and on display eons later for anyone taking the time to stop and pay their respects. This is architecture as historical record on a grand scale.
Four lethargic peals from the bell tower warned that the afternoon was swiftly passing. Was I there for an hour? Two? It was time to part ways with my fellow visitors, both living and otherwise, to solve other mysteries in other neighborhoods. But these moments spent in one of the most famous buildings in the world will remain a fond reminder not only of the secrets discovered, but of how lucky I am to be living in Paris and walking with its ghosts.