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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



A Pomeranian Resembling a Teddy 

 Bear. 



Cincinnati, ( )hio. 

 To the Editor : 



Enclosed please find another picture 

 of my "little Teddy bear," when he 

 was three months old. In this picture 

 he is depicted pulling a cap off my 



ATTRACTIVE ANTICS OF THE POMERANIAN. 



brother's head, one of his greatest 

 sources of amusement (and ours as 

 well, at that time). 



He was born on January 5th, 191 1 

 at the Glenkirk Kennels, located at 

 "Waldheim," Hollidaysburg, Penn. 

 and arrived here three months later, 

 viz. April 5th, a shaggy brown or 

 beaver-colored fluff of dejected and 

 homesick Teddy bearism. The box in 

 which he was sent was partially cov- 

 ered and partially slatted giving him 

 air and light. In the box were some 

 straw and a drinking cup. Attached to 

 the outside was a label which read as 



follows: — "Mr. Expressman, I am a 

 wee bit of a puppy : Please be kind to 

 me ; give me water to drink, and food is 

 in the sack." Securely fastened to the 

 outside of the box was a cloth bag, or 

 sack, with food. Imagine our surprise 

 when on opening the box, instead of a 

 puppy, out comes what seemed an ac- 

 tual living Teddy bear. The little fel- 

 low was an exact duplicate of a small 

 brown Teddy bear, as to color, size, 

 shape, tail, ears, mouth, and all. He 

 weighed but 3 lbs and 2 oz. Innu- 

 merable people have been deceived by 

 his appearance, thinking him to be a 

 real bear cub. Inquiries without num- 

 ber have come to us as to his habits, 

 food, behaviour, etc., etc. As to the lat- 

 ter Avould state that he is the most 

 adorable little fellow we have ever 

 had. His keenness of preceotion is won- 

 derful, and his sense of right and 

 wrong is marvelous. Never have I 

 seen a creature so sensitive to the least 

 harshness in speech ; a harsh word is 

 all the punishment he needs for any 

 correction. 



As he has grown, his baby coat, 

 which was so shaggy and bear-like, is 

 gradually being replaced by that long 

 silky hair which makes the Pomera- 

 nians such beautiful dogs. His energy 

 is untiring — ever ready to play and 

 romi), and have a good time. 



Since January 12th, his fame as a 

 wonderful dog has increased very ma- 

 terially, for on that day the Pompera- 

 nian Club of America had its annual 

 show at the AYaldorf-Astoria. There 

 were over 320 entries, dogs from 

 abroad as well as this country and 

 Canada, some of them valued at hun- 

 dreds of dollars, one being listed at 

 $1,000. The sire of my little fellow 

 took first prize in both his classes, and 

 was reserve winner to "Offiey New 

 Marco" the $1,000 Pomeranian mention- 

 ed. This was the greatest competition 

 in Pomperanians ever known in this 

 country. Besides this he won other 

 prizes. In December at a dog show in 

 Pittsburg, the Glenkirk Kennels won 

 nine first prizes, three silver cups, and 

 fourteen ribbons. Needless to say we 

 are justly proud of our little "Glen- 

 kirk Brownie." For brevity we call 

 him "Glen." His pedigree is enor- 

 mous, it being recorded for five gen- 

 erations. It may be of interest to note 

 that his nose and eyes are the same 



