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size.** The well-known veterinary Blaine states" that big 

 own female pug became so attached to a spaniel, and s 

 female setter to a cur, that in neither case would they pair 

 with a dog of their own breed until several weeks had 

 elapsed. Two similar and trustworthy accounts have been 

 given me in regard to a female retriever and a spaniel, both 

 of which became enamored with terrier-dogs. 



Mr. Cupples informs me that he can personally vouch 

 for the accuracy of the following more remarkable case, in 

 which a valuable and wonderfully intelligent female terrier 

 loved a retriever belonging to a neighbor to such a degree 

 that she had often to be dragged away from him. After 

 their permanent separation, although repeatedly showing 

 milk in her teats, she would never acknowledge the court- 

 ship of any other dog, and, to the regret of her owner, never 

 bore puppies. Mr. Cupples also states that, in 1868, a fe- 

 male deer-hound in his kennel thrice produced puppies, and 

 on each occasion showed a marked preference for one of the 

 largest and handsomest, but not the most eager, of four 

 deer-hounds living with her, all in the prime of life. Mr. 

 Cupples has observed that the female generally favors a dog 

 whom she has associated with and knows; her shyness and 

 timidity at first incline her against a strange dog. The male, 

 on the contrary, seems rather inclined toward strange fe- 

 males. It appears to be rare when the male refuses any 

 particular female, but Mr. Wright, of Yeldersley House, a 

 great breeder of dogs, informs me that he has known some 

 instances; he cites the case of one of his own deer-hounds, 

 who would not take any notice of a particular female mas- 

 tiff, so that another deer-hound had to be employed. It 

 would be superfluous to give, as I could, other instances, 

 and I will only add that Mr. Barr, who has carefully bred 

 many bloodhounds, states that in almost every instance par- 



« "Dogs: their Management," by E. Mayhew, M.B.C.V.8., 3dedit., 1864, 

 pp. 181-192. 



^^ Quoted by Alez. Walker, "On latennarri^^," 1838, p. 316; ees, also, 

 p. 244. 



