TELEGONY — TERRIER 



or a month old, and if there is at this or any future time 

 a difficulty in cutting them, which will be found by a 

 swelling and redness of the gums and evident pain in 

 sucking and eating, it may be necessary to use a lancet 

 or very sharp penknife, which must be absolutely clean. 

 The second teeth are generally in their places when the 

 dog arrives at about the age of nine months ; and whilst 

 the milk-teeth are being shed and the later ones cut, it is 

 necessary to inspect the condition of the mouth pretty fre- 

 quently, so that loose teeth may be extracted if necessary, 

 as if they remain in for too long they are very likely to 

 affect the regularity of the second set, and thereby ruin 

 the appearance of the dog's mouth. (See Fits, Full-inoiithy 

 Rearing Puppies.) 



Telegony. (See Back Blood.) 



Temperature. — The temperature of a dog varies slightly 

 according to where it is taken, but the usual and best course 

 to pursue is to place the thermometer in the rectum, where 

 the normal temperature is ioi° to 104°. Under the fore- 

 arm it is practically the same, but it is not so easy to 

 keep the thermometer in its place. (See Thermometer.) 



Tendons. (See Sinews.) 



Terrier. — The expression terrier is unquestionably de- 

 rived from the Latin word terra, which signifies ^' earth," and 

 consequently is applied to such varieties of dogs as are 

 used for going to ground after vermin. Apart from that 

 absolutely indispensable characteristic — gameness, a terrier 

 must be structurally fitted for this sort of work, and he 

 must not therefore be of too large a size or too wide in 

 the chest, else he could never enter some drains or narrow 

 earths. His height at shoulder is not so much a matter of 

 importance — although of course there must be some limit 

 imposed upon it — as narrowness of chest, as the terrier 



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