FOREIGN PET DOGS. 



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more than four pounds, and these are 

 regarded as the more precious. Some of 

 the best specimens shown recently have 

 been owTied by Madame Dehille, of 

 Brussels, Madame Fritch, of Paris, M. 

 Xicolai, of Litge, and Madame Moetwil, of 

 Brussels. 



The Little Lion Dog. — Russia is sup- 

 posed to be the original home of the Little 

 Lion dog, but the breed has now no dis- 

 tinctively local habitation, and it may be 

 found as often in Germany or Holland as 



GERMAN TOY TERRIERS 



in an\' other 



country. It is 



a dog of about 



five pounds in 



weight with a 



long wa%y coat 



which may be 



of almost any 



colour; but 



white, lemon or 



black are to be 



preferred. Some 



are parti - col- 



oured. The 



name comes 



from the fashion of clipping the coat from 



the shoulders to the tuft of the tail, 



leaving a profuse mane which gives the 



appearance of a lion in miniature. It is an 



active, well proportioned dog, with a winning 



disposition, which makes one wonder why it 



has not become fashionable. At the present 



time Madame M. de Conninck, of Dieghem, 



is one of the few owners who breed the Lion 



dog with success. 



German Toy Dogs. — The Seidenspitz 



is a not very common German tov breed, 

 in general appearance something between 

 a Maltese and a Pomeranian. As its name 

 implies, it is really a silky coated Pomer- 

 anian, and it conforms in all points with 

 the Toy Pomeranian excepting that its 

 feet are finer and longer, and that its 

 coat instead of being fluffy lies in soft 

 silky locks about six inches in length. 

 The hair, which is always white, is shaved 

 on the muzzle to the eyes, although occa- 

 sionally a moustache is left as on the Poodle. 

 The legs, from the feet to the stifles, are also 

 shaved, and the hair on the ears is clipped. 

 But the less he is trimmed the better. The 

 nose is black and the eyes are dark. The 

 average weight is 5 lb. The example in the 

 photograph is Pussl- 

 Erdmannsheim, the 

 property of Frau Ilgner, 

 Bad Soden. He took 

 first prize in his class 

 at a recent show at 

 Frankfurt. The Zwerg 

 Pinscher is a smooth- 

 coated toy terrier, re- 

 sembling our miniature 

 Black-and-tan. Some 

 are bred exceedingly 



SEIDENSPITZ 



PUSSL-ERDMANNSHEIM. 



OWNED BY FRAU E. ILGN 

 BAD SODEN. 



SMOOTH BLACK-AND-TAN PINSCHERS. 



small, and the maximum weight is 9 lb. 

 A variety of this miniature breed is the 

 Rehpinscher, of which a typical example 

 was seen at Cruft's in February, 1907, ex- 

 hibited by Miss A. Liebmann. 



The Bolognese. — Another ladies' toy 

 dog which deserves mention is that of 

 Bologna. It is somewhat sad and plaintive 



