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DOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



well as physical beauties and defects. Sagacity, liealtli, 

 and beauty are to be sought for, and if all cannot be ob- 

 tained, those most desired must be selected. Where 

 shape is wanted, let the dog possess such form as the 



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bitch is deficient in ; thus the female having a long nose 

 or legs, may be put to a male short in these respects ; 

 and the rule may be applied in other instances. 



Judgment is needed ; and, of course, the choice is to 

 be in some measure regulated by the kind of stock the 

 dog has been known to get. All dogs kept as stock-dogs 

 have reputations for the qualities of their oflFspring ; and 

 these, sometimes, are better guides than the appearances 

 of the animals themselves ; for it does occur that the 

 pups procured by a diminutive dog, do occasionally 

 prove the very reverse of what might be anticipated. 



The bitch, for breeding, should be rather long in the 

 back ; and it is scarcely possible for her to be made too 



