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The Living Animals of the World 



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OLD ENGLISH SHEEP-DOG. 



This is a romaikably flue rliotograpli of a well-known speciniBn of thi: 



interesting variety-. 



them, something like retrievers ; and fluffy, 

 when the hair is combed out, to give much 

 the appearance of fleecy wool. A part of 

 the body, legs, head, and tail is usually 

 shorn. 



Bull-terriers are now bred with 

 small natural drooping ears, and should 

 have long wedge-shaped heads, fine coats, 

 and long tails. There is also a toy variety, 

 which hitherto has suffered from round 

 skulls and tulip ears, but is rapidly im- 

 proving. I have bred many as small as 

 3 lbs. in weight. In each variety the 

 colour preferred is pure white, without any 

 markings, and with fine tapering tails. 



Irish Terriers are very popular, and 

 should be nearly wholly red in colour, with 

 long lean heads, small drooping ears, hard 

 coats, not too much leg, and without 

 coarseness. They make good comrades. 

 Bedlixgton Terriers have long been popular in the extreme north of England, and are 

 another fighting breed. It is indeed often difficult to avoid a difference of opinion Ijetween 

 show competitors. Their lean long heads, rather domed skulls, with top-knot of lighter hair, 

 long pointed ears, and small dark eyes, give them a peculiar appearance. The coats, which 

 are "linty" in texture, should be shades of blue or liver. 



Three breeds, all more or less hard in coat-texture, and grizzled in colour on heads and 

 bodies, while tanned on other parts, are Airedale, Old English, and Welsh Terriers, which 

 may be divided into large, medium, and small. The first-named make very good all-round 

 dogs ; the Old English, less in number, make useful dogs, and are hardy and companionable ; 

 while Welsh terriers are much the size of a small wire-haired fox-terrier, but usually shorter 

 and somewhat thicker in the head. I intended one of IMr. W. S. Glynn's best dogs to 

 illustrate the last-named. 



Fox-terriers are both smooth- and wire-haired. Their convenient size and lively tempera- 

 ment make them very popular as pets and companions for both sexes and all ages. The 



colour is invariably white, with or without 

 markings on head or body, or both. 



Black-and-tan and White English 

 Terriers are built upon the same lines, 

 differing chiefly in colour, the former being 

 raven-black, with tan markings on fiice, legs, 

 and some lower parts of tlie body, and the 

 latter pure white all over. Both should have 

 small natural drooping ears, fine glossy coats, 

 and tapering sterns. The toy variety of the 

 former should be a miniatm-e of the larger, and 

 is very difficult to produce of first-class quality. 

 Scottish Terriers are very interesting, 

 often with much " character " about them. 

 The usual colours are black, shades of grey, 

 or brindle, but some are seen fawn, stone- 

 colour, and white. The ears should be carried 

 bolt ujiright, the coat as hard as a badger's, 



Tbe photograi'h gives alnjost an i<leal ])icture of (his national breed, the 

 colour being known as black-brindle. 



