108 DOMESTICATED DOGS, ; 
worked it out in the scrub, regardless of voice, whistle, and every 
possible effort on my part to recall him. He had a mortal enmity 
to foxes also, and once killed five cubs in about as many TELE, 
to my great horror. Now such a temperament, however ‘“ varmint” 
it may be considered, is a bore and a nuisance, and for real use 
such a dog as “ Rhoderick Dhu” would be quite out of the 
question. “Mr. Bradshaw Smith's and Mr. Locke's pets are, how- 
ever, not much employed in this way, and, as companionable dogs, 
if kept away from vermin, d&c., they are unobjectionable in every 
way. It is, therefore, in the latter capacity that they are judged 
in the present day, and as such I shall consider them in the 
following description, commencing with their scale of points. as 
originally laid down by the Club specially organised for the 
improvement of the breed. e 
The following is a description of the Dandie Dinmont terior ag 
settled by the cl Club for that breed :— 
_ Head, strongly made and large, not out of proportion to ie 
dog’s size, the muscles showing extraordinary development, more 
especially the maxillary. 
Skull broad between the ears, getting gradually leas towards the 
eyes, and measuring about the same from the inner corner ofthe 
eye to back of skull as it does from ear to ear, the forehead well 
domed ; the head is covered with very soft silky hair, which should 
not be confined to a mere top-knot, and the lighter in colour and 
silkier it is the better; the cheeks, starting from the ears propor- 
tionately with the skull, have a gradual taper towards the muzzle, 
which is deep and strongly made, and measures about 3 inches 
in length, or in proportion to skull as 3 is to 5. The muzzle is 
covered with hair of a little darker shade than the top-knot, and of 
the same texture as the feather of the fore-legs. The top of the 
muzzle is generally bare for about an inch from the back part of 
the. nose, the bareness coming to a point towards the eye, and 
being about 4 inch broad at the nose. The nose and inside of 
mouth black or dark-coloured. The teeth very strong, especially. 
the canines, which are of extraordinary size for such a small dog. 
The canines fit well into each other, so as to give the greatest 
available holding and punishing power, and the teeth are ‘level i in 
front, the upper ones very slightly overlapping the under ones. 
