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ing the dog is waiting for me at the door while 

 I put my hat and coat on. He follows me, never 

 running away or barking, and he sleeps on a mat 

 outside my door at night, and I never worry 

 about burglars." All this is very simple and 

 commonplace, but it shows why this type of a 

 dog is liked. In regard to the differences of 

 opinion that different judges exhibit when pass- 

 ing upon a dog in the show room, one preferring 

 one type of a dog and the other another, this, of 

 course, is morally wrong. The standard re- 

 quirements should govern, and not individual 

 preferences. We hear a good deal said nowa- 

 days about the cleaning up of the head, and the 

 so-called terrier finish. That seems to be the 

 thing to do, but does not the standard call for 

 a compactly built dog, finished in every part of 

 his make-up, and possessing style and a grace- 

 ful carriage? This being the case, a dog should 

 not possess wrinkled, loose skin on head or neck, 

 and the shoulders should be neat and trim. In 

 a word, in comporting to the standard a dog is 

 produced that possesses a harmonious whole, "a 

 thing of beauty" and a joy as long as he lives. 

 In short, the dog should be as far removed from 

 the bull type as he is from the terrier. If the 

 present judges can not see their way clear to 

 follow the standard, why, appoint those that 

 will, for as every fair minded man agrees, the 



