I don't see keels beneath either the top rib or the bottom rib so my best guess is that the barrels have likely been cut.
That's not the only criteria I would use but the other pictures are not clear enough to determine if there is a blank space past the rib matting at the muzzle.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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