FOREIGN PET DOGS. 
more than four pounds, and these are 
regarded as the more precious. Some of 
the best specimens shown recently have 
been owned by Madame Delville, of 
Brussels, Madame Fritch, of Paris; M. 
Nicolai, of Liége, and Madame Moetwil, of 
Brussels. > 3 
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 any other 
country. It is 
a dog of about 
five pounds in 
weight with a 
long wavy 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. 
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SEIDENSPITZ 
PUSSL-ERDMANNSHEIM. 
OWNED BY FRAU E, 
BAD SODEN. 
ILGNER, 
sor 
German Toy Dogs.— The Seidenspitz 
is a not very common German toy 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 Ib. 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 
SMOOTH BLACK-AND-TAN PINSCHERS. 
small, and the maximum weight is g 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 
