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stud can choose at the age of eight 

 to ten weeks (paying board there- 

 after if not yet taken), that if he 

 states the definite sex in advance and 

 there is only one puppy of the oppo- 

 site sex, he nevertheless gets the pup- 

 py of the opposite sex. 



If, in the case of a puppy for a stud 

 fee, the bitch does not become preg- 

 nant, if all puppies are born dead, or 

 none are living at the age of eight 

 weeks, there is no compensation to the 

 owner of the stud. 



Return Service not Obligatary 



What is the situation when the 

 bitch does not become pregnant? The 

 owner of the stud does not sell preg- 

 nancies. He sells a coition or tieing 

 or mating of his stud with the bitch. 

 If the two have tied, he has done what 



he promised to do. That the bitch 

 does not become pregnant or if she 

 becomes pregnant, loses her litter pre- 

 maturely or does not whelp or whelps 

 dead puppies, the situation is not to 

 be charged against the stud. 



Most owners of dogs will give a 

 return service without charge under 

 certain conditions, if the bitch does 

 not become pregnant, but this is not 

 a legal obligation as matter of course. 



The return service should be based 

 upon these conditions — notification 

 promptly that the bitch is not preg- 

 nant, a statement that the bitch will 

 be sent upon her next heat and not at 

 a later heat, to the same stud, and 

 that if in the meantime the owner sells 

 the stud or the stud is unavailable or 

 stud dies, there is no obligation on 



I. Skull. 2. Beginning of spinal column, 

 which continues in backbone to base of tail 

 {near 21). 3. Jaw bones. 4. Backbone or 

 vertebrae (from base of skull to end of 

 tail). 5. Scapula or shoulder blade. 



6. Hum,erus. 7 . Elbow. 7^. Elbow prom- 

 inence. 8. Radius. 9. Ulna. 10. Pastern 

 joint (carpus). 



II. Metacarpal bones. 12. Front digits or 

 toes (phalanges). 13. Ribs. 14. Floating ribs. 

 15. Vertebrae disc. 



16. Thoracic or chest cavity. 17. Ster- 

 num or breast bone. 18. Clavical or collar- 

 bone. 19. Pelvic structure. 20. Coccygeal or 

 tail bones. 



21. Ileum. 22. Sacrum. 23. Femur or 

 thigh bone. 24. Hip joint. 25. Stifle joint. 

 26. Knee cap or patella. 27. Tibia. 28. 

 Fibula. 29. Hock joint or tarsus (really 

 corresponds to human ankle). 30. Meta- 

 tarsal bones. 31. Rear digits (toes, pha- 

 langes). 



