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this respect his owners do not take the pains and 

 give the time to his toilet the Yorkshire fanciers 

 do to their favourites, although at times the feet of 

 the Paisleys are covered with wash-leather coverings 

 in order that they do not wear away the hair there- 

 from, and to prevent them unduly scratching and 

 spoiling their coats. I have likewise seen the hair 

 of the Paisley terrier tied back over the eyes, and to 

 keep a dog in really tip-top form for the show bench 

 something of this kind is required. 



Mr. Thomson Gray, in his " Dogs of Scotland/' 

 says : " While possessing all the characteristics of 

 the Skye, as far as form, colour, and length of coat 

 are concerned, they have a soft, silky coat, and on 

 this account have been known for the past ten years 

 or so as Glasgow or Paisley terriers. Previous to 

 this, however, they were simply known as Skyes, and 

 exhibited as such. The Paisley terrier has never 

 been very widely distributed, and seldom found 

 beyond the valley of the Clyde. At the shows 

 which used to be held at Glasgow a dozen or more 

 years back, these silky-coated terriers were seen 

 in all their beauty, and the fact of their appearing 

 there as Skyes was what first brought them into 

 prominence. The fanciers of the hard-coated Skyes 

 rose in arms against them, holding that they were 

 not Skyes, as they had a silky coat, and were only 



