34 A MANUAL OF TOY DOGS 



" Pommy," quality of coat (there is no blemish on a 

 Schip's escutcheon greater than a putative cross with 

 a Pom), white hairs or markings, ears which are rounded 

 at the tip instead of pointed, too big, or badly carried, 

 short faces, unlevel jaws, spread feet, crooked or dis- 

 torted legs, and long backs. The whole appearance 

 of the dog should be very smart and cobby, intensely 

 alert, and altogether clean and well put together, 

 qualities difficult to describe, but which " sautent aux 

 yeux." 



Toy bulldogs are yearly becoming more popular. 

 They are absolutely ideal dogs as to temper and all the 

 other qualities necessary for a pet and companion, and 

 almost uncannily intelligent, but alas ! they are deli- 

 cate beyond denying. They are hard to breed, and 

 hard to rear ; few of the bitches are good mothers, 

 while their babies have little stamina ; they are shy 

 breeders moreover, and altogether need incessant care 

 and watchfulness. If they can have this, well and 

 good, and their puppies will sell immediately ; so that, 

 as a source of profit, they may be recommended, always 

 provided luck and a capacity for taking much well- 

 directed pains are on the owner's side. The prices 

 obtained for these dogs, if really small and of good 

 strain, are somewhat high for the ordinary amateur, 

 while a small bulldog bred from bigger ones, such as 

 can be most cheaply obtained, in the way of a toy, is 

 but a poor speculation, since her first litter will probably 

 kill her. The limit of weight at which a toy bulldog ends 

 and the bulldog proper begins, has been matter of con- 

 troversy, and the original limit of some 20 Ibs. was found 

 to present so many difficulties that many breeders 

 desired to have it altered. An equal, or even greater, 

 amount of discussion raged round the question of drop, 

 rose, or bat ears that is, of upright or falling ones. 

 Finally the sensible decision of having two clubs, one for 

 toys in all respects like the large Englfsh bulldogs, and 

 one for dogs of French origin, though now of English 

 breeding, with upright or " bat " ears, to be called 



