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ing Bull Bitches, Louisa and Lucretia, who lived 

 together in a roomy kennel for a long time, but 

 one night there was such a great noise amongst 

 all the dogs that I felt sure there must be some- 

 thing serious going on, so I got up and dressed 

 sufficiently to go down, and found that although the 

 barking and yelling was being done by the Sheep Dogs, 

 Terriers, etc., the " business " lay entirely between the 

 two ladies mentioned, who were simply locked to- 

 gether, and I had a nasty job to get and keep them 

 apart, as it really wants two persons to deal with two 

 determined " boxers," but at last, I got one outside, 

 and the other inside the loose box, and then managed 

 all right. 



Another case I had was the two well-known cham- 

 pions, Rob Roy and Laird, two of the best Dan- 

 dies going at the time they were about. Neither of 

 them had any idea what fear was, but each hated the 

 other with the most deadly hatred, and even to hear 

 the bark of the one, would set the other screaming to 

 get at him, and yet they were both docile with people, 

 and mostly with other dogs, but Laird had a particular 

 dislike to any dog, running in front of a vehicle and 

 barking at the horse, and this aversion was the cause of 

 his sudden death. Cedar Lodge, Downend, Glo., 

 where I then lived, was the corner of one of four roads, 

 with a large lawn on the two front sides of it, and it 

 was Laird's delight to sit on the top of a low wall, 

 there, and watch the passers by ; one morning, early, he 

 was thus engaged, when a crank axle cart came rum- 

 bling along, accompanied by a good-sized dog, barking 



