192 The Fox Terrier. 



the full teeth are growing, continual pushing them back by 

 the gums may be of avail in making them become level. 

 I had a case of this kind in which the cottager at whose 

 house the puppy was being reared, took so much pains that 

 when fully grown the teeth were as level as possible ; yet, 

 when commencing to push away the puppy teeth, the 

 appearance of being undershot was very apparent. Puppies 

 very much overshot, or " pig-jawed/' should be treated in 

 a similar fashion. 



Cleanliness is not to be forgotten ; dry bedding and 

 as much fresh air as possible. At three months old 

 the juvenile terrier may have a collar occasionally put 

 on him, and a little later get him accustomed to the sight 

 and rattle of a chain. Many dogs never take kindly 

 to a "lead" because they are spoiled in their training. 

 Produce the chain or cord when you are taking him for a 

 run out in the country. He likes this, and in a short time 

 will have sense to associate the appearance of the " lead " 

 with the long-wished-for ramble, and behave accordingly. 

 If you try to initiate your young dog into chain and collar 

 discipline by fastening him to a table leg or anything else 

 handy, he will struggle and pull, make himself uneasy, do 

 no end of mischief, and in the end shrink from the chain 

 when it is produced again, with as much horror as he 

 would from the whip or stick by which he has been 

 corrected. I have myself won more than one prize in the 

 show ring with a comparatively inferior puppy because he 

 was smart on the chain, and did not dangle his little piece 

 of tail between his legs. 



If you wish to keep your terrier in the house and make 

 him useful in that respect, care must be taken not to over- 

 feed him ; and, at any rate until he gets fully grown and 



