400 



THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



tan to a pale fawn ; of a mustard dog they are 

 of a darker shade than its head, which is a creamy 

 white. In both colours there is a nice feather, 

 about two inches long, rather lighter in colour than 

 the hair on the forepart of the leg. The hind -legs 

 are a little longer than the fore ones, and are set 



MRS. SPENCER'S CH. BRAW LAD. 



Photograph by F. Fall. 



rather wide apart, but not spread out in an un- 

 natural manner, while the feet are much smaller, 

 the thighs are well developed, and the hair of the 

 same colour and texture as the fore ones, but 

 having no feather or dew claws ; the whole claws 

 should be dark ; but the claws of all vary in 

 shade according to the colour of the dog's body. 



9. Coat. This is a very important point ; the 

 hair should be about two inches long ; that from 

 skull to root of tail a mixture of hardish and soft 

 hair, which gives a sort of crisp feel to the hand. 

 The hair should not be wiry ; the coat is termed pily 

 or pencilled. The hair on the under part of the 

 body is lighter in colour and softer than that on 

 the top. The skin on the belly accords with the 

 colour of dog. 



10. Colour. The colour is pepper or mustard. 

 The pepper ranges from a dark bluish black to a 

 light silver grey, the intermediate shades being 

 preferred, the body colour coming well down 

 the shoulder and hips, gradually merging into the 

 leg colour. The mustards vary from a reddish 

 brown to a pale fawn, the head being a creamy 

 white, the legs and feet of a shade darker than 

 the head. The claws are dark as in other colours. 



(Nearly all Dandie Dinmonts have some white 

 on the chest, and some have also white claws.) 



11. Size. The height should be from 8 to 

 1 1 inches at the top of shoulder. Length from 

 top of shoulder to root of tail should not be more 

 than twice the dog's height, but, preferably, one 

 or two inches less. 



12. Weight. From 14 Ib. to 24 Ib. ; the best 

 weight as near 18 Ib. as possible. These weights 

 are for dogs in good working order. 



The relative values of the several points in the 

 standard are apportioned as follows : 



Head 10 



Eyes . . . 10 



Ears 10 



Neck .......... 5 



Body .20 



Tail , . . 5 



Legs and feet 10 



Coat ......... 15 



Colour 5 



Size and weight 5 



General appearance 5 



100 



In the above standard of points we have 

 a very full and detailed account of what 

 a Dandie should be like, and if only judges 

 at shows would bear them in mind a little 

 more, we should have fewer conflicting de- 

 cisions given, and Dandie fanciers and the 

 public generally would not from time to 

 time be set wondering as to what is the 

 correct type of the breed. 



As long as human nature is what it is, 

 however, I suppose we shall find that, 

 even amongst those who are selected as 



MR. E. W. H. BLAGG'S 

 CH. KATRINE TEASER. 



judges of the canine race, this man will 

 perhaps lay too much stress upon a dog 

 possessing a perfect head, while that man 

 will not award high honours to a dog with 

 a perfect head unless the animal also 

 possesses a body of superlative excellence. 

 What is wanted to constitute a man a 

 good judge of dogs in the show ring is the 

 faculty of evenly weighing in his mind 



