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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Wagon Load of Puppies 



neither has the dog of the Pyrenees, which is 

 better fitted for guarding and protecting great 

 fioclvs of sheep or herds of cattle than for ac- 

 companying and helping the shepherd. 



Tcn-icrs, — Dutch, Gcrmaiu and English. 

 From a scientific point of view we ought to 

 have ranked with the terriers we have already 

 considered at a bird's-eye view the Dutch dog, 

 the Smousje, the German pincher, and the 

 Airesdale terrier. The curly-haired Smousje, 

 with a roguish head and a comically serious 



eye that go very 



veil with his rather rotund 



body, has legs and loins that reveal to a con- 

 noisseur eagerness and perseverance in long 

 runs. In Holland too little is being done to 

 improve and preserve this breed, which is 

 almost unknown to foreigners. It is otherwise 

 with his larger congener, the German pincher, 

 familiar to all stables ; he i:; a faithful guide 

 and well fitted for a calm, attentive, domestic 

 dog. Though he has never been used for sport 

 ing, he never stays at home when there 

 is the slightest chance of pursu 

 ing, catching, and "pinching" 

 a rat ; hence his name. His 

 agility in killing those small 

 rodents has won him in Eng- 

 land the name of " rattler." 

 The hair of the pinchers is 

 a brain puzzle for all breeders. 

 For bench shows it should be 

 as wiry and thick as possible, but 

 not long, and, above all, it should 

 be evenly distributed over the body. 

 A short mustache and thick, bushy 



color may be yellowish red or yellowish gray, 

 but it must be uniform, and white is a positive 

 blemish. The dwarf pincher with wiry hair is 

 the same as the pincher with glossy hair, the 

 latter being only a chance variety obtained 

 by artificial breeding. The monkey pincher 



Old English Shepherd 

 Dog (Bobtail) 



English Shepherd Dog (Collie) 

 Photo J. T. Newman, Berkhanipstead 



is a dwarf with a round head which looks as 

 if its development had been stunted in its youth. 

 The pincher Dobermann, of very recent date, 

 and coming from a crossing of the German 

 pincher with certain shepherd dogs 

 belonging to M. Dobermann, is a 

 much vaunted dog, relatively 

 tall (from twenty-five to 

 twenty-six inches) and vigor- 

 ously built. Its color is 

 beautiful, — a brilliant black, 

 reddish brown at the e.xtrem- 

 ities, and perhaps a few white 

 specks on the chest. 

 The third member of this family 

 is the Airesdale terrier, a large 

 black and brown dog,- with a strong 

 constitution, courageous, and well 



eyebrows are much esteemed. The Photo j.T.xew^an.Berkhampstead fitted to accompany bicycles and 



