1 82 Modern Dogs. 



notice, had he no useful properties; and thus we find 

 him honoured in adding to the pomp of the noble or 

 wealthy, before whose carriage he trots or gallops in 

 a fine style ; not noisy, but of approved dignity, 

 becoming his intrepid character, he keeps his 

 stall in silence." Edwards further says this dog 

 must be muzzled, to prevent him attacking his own 

 species. 



Contrary to the above statement we have that of 

 Richardson, who, writing about 1848, says the 

 Great Dane is a dog of gigantic stature, standing 

 from thirty to thirty-two inches in height at the 

 shoulders, or even more. He says the ears are short, 

 and drop down very gracefully. At the present 

 time they are big, and hang down in a fashion so 

 ungainly, that it is the custom to crop them, an 

 operation that maybe best performed when the puppies 

 are about three weeks old, and when suckling their 

 dam. One large breeder, Mr. E. H. Adcock, has 

 followed this custom successfully, and the wounds 

 are soon healed by the contact of a mother's tongue. 

 Others " crop " their puppies when three or four 

 months old, some still later, when the dog is more 

 matured, say at eight or nine months, but at that 

 time it is a nasty job, and a terribly unpleasant one, 

 to him who takes it in hand. 



Perhaps it is the custom of having these dogs 



