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three months old. The farmer brings in the 

 bitch to be bred, and the owner has no further 

 trouble. The pups, when delivered, are usually 

 in the pink of condition and are, in a great 

 measure, house broken, and their manners to a 

 certain extent cultivated. He has no trouble 

 whatever with pups when ordered, as he simply 

 sends the address of customers and the farmer 

 ships them. This, to me, is a very uninteresting 

 and somewhat mercenary way of doing business, 

 as one misses all the charm of breeding and the 

 bringing up of the little tots, to many of us the 

 most delightful part of the business. To those 

 breeders who have newly started in, do not get 

 discouraged if success does not immediately 

 crown your efforts ; remember, if Boston terriers 

 could be raised as easily as other dogs, the prices 

 would immediately drop to the others' level. 



