THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



should be taken to ensure that it has plenty 

 of bone in its limbs, and these should be 

 fairly short and wide ; the nostrils should be 

 large and the face as short as possible. The 

 chop should be thick and heavily wrinkled 

 and the mouth square. There should be a 

 distinct indent in the upper jaw, where the 

 bone will eventually curve, whilst the lower 

 jaw should show sings of curvature and 

 protrude slightly in front of the upper jaw. 



MESSRS. JEFFERIES AND STUBBS 1 RYLSTONE 

 BY BRITISH STONE SALLY STONE. 



The teeth from canine to canine, including 

 the six front teeth, should be in a straight 

 line. 



See that the ears are very small and thin, 

 and the eyes set well apart. The puppy 

 having these properties, together with a 

 domed, peaked, or " cocoanut " shaped 

 skull, is the one which, in nine cases out of 

 ten, will eventually make the best headed 

 dog of the litter. 



The breeding of Bulldogs requires un- 

 limited patience, as success is very diffi- 

 cult to attain. The breeder who can rear 

 five out of every ten puppies born may be 

 considered fortunate. It is frequently found 

 in what appears to be a healthy lot of 

 puppies that some of them begin to whine 

 and whimper towards the end of the first 

 day, and in such cases the writer's experi- 

 ence is that there will be a speedy burial. 



It may be that the cause is due to some 

 acidity of the milk, but in such a case one 

 would expect that similar difficulty would 

 be experienced with the remainder of the 



litter, but this is not the usual result. 

 Provided that the puppies can be kept alive 

 until the fourth day, it may be taken that 

 the chances are well in favour of ultimate 

 success. 



Many breeders object to feeding the mother 

 with meat at this time, but the writer 

 recently had two litter sisters who whelped 

 on the same day, and he decided to try 

 the effect of a meat versus farinaceous 

 diet upon them. As a result the bitch 

 who was freely fed with raw beef reared a 

 stronger lot of puppies, showing better 

 developed bone, than did the one who 

 was fed on milk and cereals. 



Similarly, in order that the puppy, after 

 weaning, may develop plenty of bone and 

 muscle, it is advisable to feed once a day 

 upon finely minced raw meat. I am ac- 

 quainted with two successful breeders who 

 invariably give to each puppy a teaspoonful 

 of cod liver oil in the morning and a similar 

 dose of extract of malt in the evening, 

 with the result that there are never any 

 rickety or weak dogs in the kennels, whilst 

 the development of the bones in the skull 

 and limbs is most pronounced. 



Owing to their lethargic disposition, young 

 Bulldogs are somewhat liable to indigestion, 

 and during the period of puppyhood it is 

 of advantage to give them a tablespoonful 

 of lime water once a day in their milk food. 



Many novices are in doubt as to the best 

 time to breed from a Bull bitch, seeing 

 that oestrum is present before she is fully 

 developed. It may be taken as practically 

 certain that it is better for her to be allowed 

 to breed at her first heat. Nature has so 

 arranged matters that a Bull bitch is not 

 firmly set in her bones until she reaches 

 an age of from twelve to eighteen months, 

 and therefore she will have less difficulty 

 in giving birth to her offspring if she be 

 allowed to breed at this time. Great mor- 

 tality occurs in attempting to breed from 

 maiden bitches exceeding three years of 

 age, as the writer knows to his cost. 



It is desirable, in the case of a young bitch 

 having her first litter, for her master or mis- 

 tress to -be near her at the time, in order 

 to render any necessary assistance ; but 



