CHAPTER III 



THE CHOICE OF A DOG AND HINTS TO BUYERS 



THE buyer has need of a hundred eyes, the seller 

 need have but one. When you have once made up 

 your mind to keep a dog you are only at the beginning 

 of your troubles. As something like two million of 

 licences are taken out in this country every year, 

 we may fairly assume that a large proportion of 

 the adult population are dog lovers. It is not 

 surprising, then, that you should determine to have 

 one. The difficulty is to know which variety shall 

 have the benefit of your patronage. Is it to be large 

 or small? A Toy Terrier or a lordly St. Bernard? 

 The chances are that you fix upon one of the larger 

 kinds : they look so much more imposing, they would 

 impress your friends, and, of course, they would be 

 splendid guards. You settle on a Great Dane or a 

 Newfoundland, and are perfectly content. A night's 

 reflection, however, brings about a modification of 

 your views. It occurs to ypu that a big dog costs 

 more than a little one to buy. It would be absurd 

 to expect 150 Ibs. weight of canine flesh, blood, and 

 bone for the price of 3 Ibs. Then you consider 

 that the large fellow would eat so much more than 



the small one, he would certainly want more exercise, 



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