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set up blood-poisoning, which invariably terminates 

 fatally within twenty-four hours. 



Considering the number of young a bitch has, 

 and the variety of size the puppies often are, 

 I think it is wonderful they get through their 

 trouble as well as they do, more especially when 

 it is taken into consideration the artificial life 

 dogs generally live. There are some breeds 

 which are always a source of anxiety to their 

 owners, especially the toys, as spaniels and 

 griffons, which have frequently a habit of 

 throwing back to the size of their ancestors, 

 which were no doubt much larger dogs than 

 the modern specimens. The same remarks 

 refer to Yorkshire terriers as well as to the 

 other small breeds, but the fault very often 

 lies with the owner in trying to breed from 

 very small bitches. Bull - bitches, again, often 

 have difficulty in bringing their puppies into 

 the world, and this is in a great measure due 

 to the modern dogs having such large heads. 



In addition to the difficulty mentioned, this 

 breed is no doubt of a naturally weak constitu- 

 tion, and their organs of reproduction are very 

 liable to disease. Of course there are many 

 of what one may call accidental cases, as when 

 a fox-terrier or dachshund has puppies by a dog 

 the size of a collie. I have known many cases 

 of this kind, and, as may be expected, the bitch 

 has trouble in giving birth to such youngsters, 

 though sometimes they are born without any 

 difficulty at all. Then there are other cases of 

 difficult parturition, due to stricture of the vaginal 



