APPENDIX. 

 The Management of Dogs. 



Including : 



1. Object of Breeding. 3. Rearing. 



2. Breeding. 4. General Management. 



CHAPTER I. OBJECT OF BREEDING. 



BY CORSINCON. 



THE immense rise in market value of dogs of all breeds during the last 

 twenty years, as a consequence of the competition promoted and en- 

 couraged by exhibitions and of the constant free and full discussion 

 carried on in the press respecting the points of value of the several 

 varieties, together with the general increase of wealth and wider interest 

 taken in the sports in which dogs are useful and participate, has led num. 

 bers of persons to take up dog breeding, partly as a hobby, and partly 

 with a view to the profits it is supposed and hoped may be made thereby. 



When people read about puppies being sold for .10, <15, and 20 

 each, which in their youth it would have been difficult to find homes for 

 at one-tenth tke money, the conclusion is so temptingly in accord with 

 the desire that it is too often accepted without sufficient examination, and 

 as often leads to disappointment and loss. 



In this, as in so many other ways of life, I believe we have two very 

 distinct classes, each in their way successful ; but the two classes I refer 

 to hold ideas of success as wide asunder as the poles. 



The one I call the genuine breeder : the man who takes hold of a 

 variety and says, this dog would be improved for purposes of utility and 



