Efforts to naturalize the Papillon Dog, or Butterfly Dog, have met with consiierahle success. They are charming little pets, dainty, elegant, and pleasing in their manners. The name comes from the supposed resemblance of their ears to the wings of a butterfly. The upright ears should be very big and heavily fringed, and they are carried with the tips pointing outwards. There is also a drop-eared variety known as an Epagneuls Nains otherwise, dwarf Spaniels.
The two are interbred. Papillon Dog in general appearance they are smart, lively and intelligent. They should not measure more than 12 inches at the shoulder, nor weight over 9 lb., but the tinier they are the better, and the best do not reach anything like these figures. The Papillon Dog head is small, with a slightly rounded skull and a fine pointed muzzle. Eyes round and placed rather low in the head, dark in colour. Light noses, which appear in the red and white dogs are regarded as a fault, but not a disqualification.
The back is straight and not too short. The chest rather deep, and the loins a trifle arched. The Papillon Dog legs are straight, fine, and rather short, and the feet comparatively long. The long, fringed tail falls over the back like that of a squirrel. Coat long and silky. Papillon Dog colours brown, light brown, ruby, dark, yellow, black-and-white, tricolour, or white with coloured patches but not self coloured.
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