The Science of Breeding 



for instance, may exist to an unusual extent 

 in the parent stock that you are using, but 

 if these individuals come from a weak- 

 headed strain, the chances are that your 

 puppies will be weak in this respect. As it 

 is to be hoped that many who read this little 

 work will breed sporting dogs, it is well to 

 bear in mind that other qualities than the 

 purely physical are also subject to this great 

 law. The faculty of scent will be more 

 highly developed in some strains than others, 

 while stubbornness and lack of amenity to 

 discipline have an unpleasant way of re- 

 appearing in future generations. If you are 

 of an observant mind you will soon pick up 

 the salient features of the leading families of 

 the variety you are breeding, but one is 

 forced reluctantly to the conclusion that 

 there are breeders who can never learn. 

 Time after time we see certain people turning 

 out puppies by the hundred with a lament- 

 ably small percentage of dogs of the right 

 type, while another man, with not more than 



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