TOY DOGS FOR PROFIT 3 



Some one must stay with her and comfort her until 

 her troubles are over ; otherwise, she will fret and worry 

 until, when the pups do appear, she has no milk for them. 



All these little requirements and necessities may seem 

 absurd to those who think a dog is a dog and nothing 

 more ; but we have bred generation after generation of 

 toys to be in our constant company, and made them 

 almost humanly intelligent, while, naturally, their small 

 brains have no human balance ; and that a nervous 

 toy dog does need such consideration will be granted, 

 I am sure, by all successful breeders. At the same 

 time, I am by no means advocating the silly system of 

 overpetting and overfeeding, whereby dogs can be made 

 a nuisance to themselves and every one else. Because 

 a child must be taken care of, it does not follow that it 

 need be spoiled : we ought to put a hat on its head 

 when it goes out in the sun, but we need not walk 

 beside it, holding an umbrella over it ; and so with our 

 small dogs they must be watched and cared for, but 

 they need not, and should not, be coddled and made silly. 



I have no opinion of a dog which will not go out 

 because it is raining, preferring to make itself objection- 

 able in the house ; or of one which leaves the small 

 proportion of biscuit in its dinner and comes round 

 scratching your arm for more meat ; or of one which 

 rushes back to the fire when a walk is suggested on a 

 chilly day. Dogs like this have not been properly cared 

 for ; it is not affection for them, seeking their well- 

 being, but downright silliness, which is responsible for 

 their self-indulgent ways. Thanks be that toy dogs 

 of this kind are becoming much less common, and 

 indeed, in the case of any person desiring to keep them 

 with an idea of profit, such ways would be discouraged 

 by self-interest, for pampered dogs are not those which 

 breed freely and do their puppies justice. 



Where it is necessary that the dogs shall pay their 

 way, it is of the first necessity that Jthe inevitable 

 expenses of starting and gaining experience shall be 

 carefully considered. It is not a bad plan to get a 



