260 Modern Dogs. 



as straight as those of the animals they are taught 

 to look upon as their hereditary foes." 



We do not want the Scottish terrier as unwieldy 

 as the Dandie Dinmont or as the dachshund. A 

 more active animal than either is required one 

 that can climb over rocks both above and below 

 ground, and follow hounds in his kind of fashion. 

 We want him an active, symmetrical little dog, on 

 short legs, with a deep chest, not too long in 

 body in fact, just such an animal as is produced 

 on another page. Mr. Wardle has drawn me two- 

 Scottish terriers which, to my mind, in make, shape, 

 character, length of head, &c., are perfection. 



There has of late been a tendency to give prizes 

 to dogs with unusually long and narrow heads. 

 Now this is again wrong, for with undue length of 

 head or face, the character of the dog is lost quite 

 as much, even more than it would be were the 

 head short and round and of the bull terrier type. 

 Craze for long heads has done harm to the modern 

 fox terrier, and I think no one will require attention 

 drawn to the injury the collie has sustained by the 

 introduction of long heads, which are quite foreign 

 to the breed. 



That I do not not stand quite alone in my opinion 

 as to the size and weight of the Scottish terrier will 

 be inferred from the following description, which Mr. 



