210 The Fox Terrier. 



unreservedly in the hands of some respectable dealer (and 

 there are such), who will supply his requirements. When 

 the purchaser has secured his few terriers, he cannot do 

 better than make companions of them as much as possible, 

 and allow them to run about. Constant chaining up sours 

 the temper, spoils the limbs, and injures the constitution. 



If new names are to be given, such must be registered 

 with the Kennel Club in London, the fee being one 

 shilling per dog. The name selected, if not previously 

 adopted, then becomes the sole property of the owner, 

 so far as the shows held under Kennel Club rules are 

 concerned. If the dogs are not intended for exhibition, 

 there is no occasion for this registration, excepting, per- 

 haps, where pedigrees are likely to be of use in the future. 

 The Fox Terrier Club supports a Stud Book confined 

 entirely to fox terrier pedigrees, which is published by Mr. 

 L. U. Gill, 170, Strand, W.C. I am afraid that in times to 

 come the multiplicity of Stud Books will be found some- 

 what confusing, and we must not forget that we are catering 

 for future generations as well as for ourselves. 



Even a novice, with a good brood bitch, an equally good 

 dog, and, by judicious selection of sires, after the first 

 generation, may soon form a kennel from which prize- 

 winners can be produced. But let him begin in a small 

 way. As the bitch is more or less out of order when 

 ■she has reared her pups, being thin in coat and condition, 

 it is not well to show her until about two months after 

 the pups have left her. Nor would I advise breeding 

 from the same bitch more than once in a year, though it 

 may be easy to get two litters of pups from her in the 

 twelve months. The bitch usually has her family about 

 sixty-two days after the service, but the exact time varies. 



