FORE-LEGS — FOUNDER 



possessed the admirers of the canine race in this country 

 for the last few years has undoubtedly been the cause of. 

 injury to the interests of many a fine old English breed in 

 which our fathers took delight. The increase in popularity 

 of the former has, moreover, been coexistent with the 

 change that has come over the usages of shooting men, 

 who now support the practice of driving game more gene- 

 rally than before, though it can scarcely be suggested that 

 the appearance of hundreds of foreign dogs amongst us 

 is wholly responsible for this ; but the fact is worthy of 

 attention. It may also be pointed out that many a breed 

 which is now claimed as an English one is of foreign 

 extraction, and therefore the expression foreign dog is 

 more generally applied to the more recently imported 

 varieties, such as Chow-Chows, Japanese and Pekinese 

 spaniels, Esquimaux, and other northern dogs. 



Fore-legs. — The fore-legs possess two joints — the elbow, 

 or upper one, and the pastern, which is the lower. 



Foster-mother. — It is occasionally necessary to obtain 

 the services of a foster-mother for puppies. When this is 

 the case it is necessary that the foster-mother should have 

 whelped as nearlyias possible on the same date as the dam 

 of the puppies, and if she is of the same size so much the 

 better. When a foster-mother is used she should be care- 

 fully watched when the puppies are first placed with her, 

 as some bitches do not take readily to their charges. As a 

 rule, however, all danger is over after the puppies have 

 been allowed to suckle. (See Breedingy Brood Bitchy 

 Puppies^ 



Fotor, or Comforter. — The name applied to the smaller 

 varieties of spaniel in bygone days. 



Founder. — (See Kennel Lameness^ 



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