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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



color may be yellowish red or yellowish gra)-, 

 but it must be uniform, and white is a positive 

 blemish. The dwarf pincher with wiry hair is 

 the same as the pincher with glossy hair, the 

 latter being onl}' a chance variety obtained 

 by artificial breeding. The monkey pincher 



Wacon' Load of I'ufpiics 



neither has the dog of the Pyrenees, which is 

 better fitted for guartling and protecting great 

 ffocks of sheep or herds of cattle than for ac- 

 companying and hel]iing the shepherd. 



Terriers, — Dtiic/i, Gcnnau, and English. 

 From a scientific point of view we ought to 

 have ranked with the terriers we have already 

 considered at a bird's-eye view the Dutch dog, 

 the Smousje, the German pincher, and the 

 Airesdale terrier. The curly-haired Smousje, 

 with a roguish head and a comically serious 

 eye that go very well with his rather rotund 

 body, has legs and loins that rex'eal to a con- 

 noisseur eagerness and perseverance in long 

 runs. In Holland too little is being d(jne to 

 improve and preser\'e this breed, which is 

 almost unknown to foreigners. It is otherwise 

 with his larger congener, the German pincher, is a dwarf with a round head which looks as 

 familiar to all stables; lie i.; a faithful guide if its development had been stunted in its youth, 

 and well fitted for a calm, attentive, domestic The pincher Dobermann, of very recent date, 

 dog. Though he has ne\-er been used for sjDort- and coming from a crossing of the German 

 ing, he ne\-ei- stays at home when there _ „|aaigSWifcfc^ pincher with certain shepherd dogs 



English Shephf.rd Doc; (Coflie) 



Phntii J. T. New man, ISerkhanipstead 



is tlie slightest chance of jiursu 

 ing, catching, and "pinching 

 a rat; hence his name. His 

 agility in killing those small 

 rodents has won him in Eng- 

 land the name of " rattler." 

 The hair of the pinchei's is 

 a brain puzzle foi'all breeders. 

 For bench shows it should be 

 as wiry and thick as possible, but 

 not long, and, above all, it shoukl 

 be evenly distributed over the bod) 

 A short mustache and thick, bushy 



Oi D E\(,T isH Shfi iifrd 



l)o(, (BoUlAIL) 



belonging to M. Dobermann, is a 

 much \'aunted dog, relati\'ely 

 tall (from twent^'-five to 

 twenty-six inches) and vigor- 

 ously built. Its color is 

 beautiful, — a brilliant black, 

 reddish brown at the extrem- 

 ities, and perhaps a few white 

 specks on the chest. 

 The third member of this family 

 is the Airesdale terrier, a large 

 black and brown dog, with a strong 

 constitution, courageous, and well 



e)'ebrows are much esteemed. The j'hotoj.T. Newman, Ueikhampstead fitted to accompany bicycles and 



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