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BRITISH DOGS 



her as a brood bitch, mating her to a dog renowned for siring small 

 puppies. If the puppies are born in winter, they must be kept in a 

 fairly warm room, and at night, when the fires are out, the lined basket 

 or box should be lightly covered. In spring and summer no such 

 precaution is necessary, and at any rate in sunny, warm weather the 

 mother and her whelps will be benefited by being kept outside. 

 With puppies so reared, the tendency to skin disease, so prevalent 

 with these dogs, is minimised, and the coat is correspondingly im- 

 proved. Should the coat get bare upon the head, as it often does, 

 a little vaseline pomade rubbed in after washing the dog with one of 

 the pet-dog soaps will be beneficial. Teething troubles affect puppies 

 very much, and the coat and ear-carriage are alike bad. Though in 

 the big Black-and-tan but one type of ear is acknowledged, with 

 these pocket editions it is not unusual to find two or three different 

 kinds erect, rose, drop. So long as the carriage of either is correct 

 and the dog be otherwise of good quality, the actual shape of ear 

 is not of great moment, or at least it does not appear to be. The 

 dietary of all these Toy dogs must be as varied as possible, and 

 minced lean meat should be given as a change food. 



THE WHITE TOY TERRIER 



Occasionally diminutive White Ter- 

 riers of 3lb. or 4lb. weight turn up at 

 a show, but do not seem as yet to be 

 looked on as worthy of distinct classi- 

 fication. Those usually seen have 

 been too bullet-headed ; but by close 

 in-breeding of the now well-established 

 White English Terrier, a very pretty 

 class of Toys might be produced, and, 

 if bred in sufficient numbers, a class 

 would soon be made for them at our 

 best shows. 



THE CHIHUAHUA DOG 



Another atom of dog-flesh now and 

 again seen at our shows is the Chi- 

 huahua. Those specimens that we 

 have seen appeared to differ con- 

 siderably as to type. According to a 

 correspondent who wrote about these 



dogs in the Field a few years ago, the true Chihuahua " is very 

 small, has smooth hair of different colours except black (which is 

 not recognised), a fine nose, large, prominent eyes, slender feet, a 



FIG. 131. CHIHUAHUA DOG. 



