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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



MR. J. J. COOPERS CH. KING STUART 



BY PRINCE JACK QUEEN ANNE. 



For very many years the black variety 

 has been the better in type ; and in breed- 

 ing, if blacks are desired, it will be safer 

 as a general rule to insist upon the absence 

 of white and black blood in any of the 

 immediate ancestors of the sire and dam. 

 But if, on the contrary, white and black 

 dogs are required, the proper course is to 

 make judicious crosses between the black 

 and white, and black varieties, and destroy 

 any black puppies, unless they are re- 

 quired for further crosses with white and 

 black blood. In any case the first cross is 

 likely to produce both black and mis-marked 

 white and black puppies ; but the latter, 

 if bred back to the white and black blood, 

 would generally produce well-marked white 

 and black Newfoundlands. 



In mating, never be guided solely by the 

 good points of the dog and bitch. It is very 

 desirable that they should both have good 



points, the more good ones 

 the better, but it is more 

 important to ensure that 

 they are dissimilar in their 

 defects, and, if possible, that 

 in neither case is there a 

 very objectionable defect, 

 especially if such defect was 

 also apparent in the animal's 

 sire or dam. 



It is, therefore, important 

 to study what were the good, 

 and still more so the bad, 

 points in the parents and 

 grandparents. If you do 

 not know these, other New- 

 foundland breeders will will- 

 ingly give information, and 

 any trouble involved in 

 tracing the knowledge re- 

 quired will be amply repaid 

 in the results, and probably 

 save great disappoint- 

 ment. 



When rearing puppies give 

 them soft food, such as well- 

 boiled rice and milk, as soon 

 as they will lap, and, shortly 

 afterwards, scraped lean 

 meat. Newfoundland puppies 

 require plenty of meat to induce proper 

 growth. The puppies should increase in 

 weight at the rate of 3 Ibs. a week, and this 

 necessitates plenty of flesh, bone and muscle- 

 forming food, plenty of meat, both raw and 

 cooked. Milk is also good, but it requires 

 to be strengthened with Plasmon, or casein. 

 The secret of growing full-sized dogs with 

 plenty of bone and substance is to get 

 a good start from birth, good feeding, warm, 

 dry quarters, and freedom for the puppies 

 to move about and exercise themselves 

 as they wish. Forced exercise may make 

 them go wrong on their legs. Medicine 

 should not be required except for worms, 

 and the puppies should be physicked for 

 these soon after they are weaned, and 

 again when three or four months old, 

 or before that if they are not thriving. If 

 free from worms, Newfoundland puppies 

 will be found quite hardy, and, under 



