RURAL NEW-YORKER 
77 
Handling the Airedale 
Part I. 
I am a young wifo, liavo boon marrio;! 
only one month, and am vory anxious to 
help my lui.shand all I oan towards get¬ 
ting a little farm of our own. s. i mn 
coming to you for help. I a > .lot vory 
strong, so cannot do heav /ork, so I 
had thought of raising wi iuale flog.s, soil¬ 
ing the puppies or trainia -^l' an as cattle 
and sheep dog.s, and soiling them to the 
hirmors here. There is not an Airedale 
anywhere in the district that I know of. 
I know nothing about keeping dog.s. but 
have helped to raise a number of puppies 
on my father’s farm, after they were 
weaned, but I think I could learn. 
\'irginia. farm wife. 
Bixiix yNTrii .Titdoment. —To give ad¬ 
vice to ..nyone considering embarking on 
such a specialty as dog raising is always 
difficult; so much depends. The market 
is by no means certain, something de¬ 
pends on the whims of fashion, a good 
deal on luck (notably in tbe sex of the 
pups born) and most of all on individual 
fitness for the work. In the ca.se of the 
Airedale there is a pretty general de¬ 
mand the country over and it is gener¬ 
ally easy to make sales. 'J’o a beginner 
the first advice is to go s'ow. Don't go 
you can pay ten or even a hundi-ed time.s | 
thi'se prices if you wish. If (packer re¬ 
sults are d(>sir(>d you can buy a brcnl 
female, but then the (piestion arises of 
breeding again. Whether to buy regis¬ 
tered stock or not depends on your pocket- 
book. If you are going to raise dogs for 
utilitarian purpo.ses simidy it will prob¬ 
ably make littD diO'erence. although it is 
donbtle.ss somewi.at easier to sell inijis if 
registered, espi'cially in the case of (he 
females. In my experience moderate- ’ 
prici'd males are practically alwa.\s 
wanted for general luu'poses as watch¬ 
dogs, hunters and compiinions, and flu* 
question of pedign'es and papers does not 
enter into it as often as in the case of 
the females, which are often wanted for 
breeding stock. The registration of all 
dogs of all bret'ds is conducted by the 
American Kennel Club of New York City 
which also supervises and regulates all 
the dog .shows of the country. Contrary 
to a common impression dogs do not have 
to be registered to be shown. 
Ifot'siXG.—Having purchased founda¬ 
tion stock the next question is housing. 
into it too deej) and don’t i)ay too much 
for your foundation stock. 
Fancy Stock. —In dogs, as with chick¬ 
ens. there are two lines along which the 
bi-eeder can woi-k; he can raise utility 
stock, good and of a jiractical value, but 
not fancy, and sell at moderate prices, or 
he can go in for fancy stock with the idea 
of showing and big jirices. T’ndoubtedly 
the former is the wiser policy, especially 
for the novice. In my opinion the Aire¬ 
dale is being rapidly spoiled by the fan¬ 
ciers and the shows; it is the old story of 
the br^'eds over again, and probably ac¬ 
counts in large measure fo;* the rise and 
.subse(pient decline of one breed after an¬ 
other in popular favor; it would be difli- 
cult to find a class of men who really 
know less about animals than the aver¬ 
age dog show judge. The whole tendency 
in setting the standards in the Airedale as 
in many other breeds is toward a dog 
with a imrrow flat head, small eyes set 
close together, and in geiu'ral a skull 
without brain capacity and a face with¬ 
out expression. The coat, loo, is plucked 
and tinkered with, and its magnificent 
cold and water resi.sting qualities de¬ 
stroyed, Unless you are frankly a 
fanci(>r, and seek simply what is fashion¬ 
able, and know just exactly what you 
are doing, stick to the older type of Aire¬ 
dale, more common in the West than in 
the East. Don’t worry about “points’’ 
and keep away from the shows. 
Foundation Stock. —Probably the 
wisest purchase for a beginner is a pair 
of unrelated puppies—you ought to get 
tbe pair for $25, say .$15 for the male 
and $10 for the female, but, of course. 
Y ith the .Airedale thhs is simplicity it¬ 
self, for it is a rugg(*d hardy breed that 
do('s not have to b(‘ pampered. They \ 
will do well- in any place where they are 
lU’otccted from drafts and fi’om dani))- 
ness ; an empty stall, the to(d-rooin or any 
corner of tin* barn. ’I’lo'y ue(‘d little pro¬ 
tection from tin* cold as long as tlu'y are 
kept dry :ind out of drafts, but in cold 
weather they should have a generou.s 
quantity of bedding—straw is as good as 
anylhing—so th(>y can burrow into it. 
Should you Avish to build an outside ken¬ 
nel do not’’follow coiuamtional lines, but 
take an ordinary iiacking-bo.x of suitable 
size, hinge the top to one side and knock 
out the opposite side to make .the front 
entrance. This niako's it po.ssible to 
sweep out or scrub out the inside of the 
kerniel. Then nail two narrow boards on 
the inside of each of the two ends. A 
board may be drojiped between these 
cleats partially to close the front of the 
kennel, and to keep the bedding from 
being scratched out, and can be readily 
removed when house-cleaning time comes. 
If the kennel is to stand unprotect('d out 
of doors set it on heavy tinda'rs to k(‘ep 
it off the dami) ground, and build a pent¬ 
house OA’er it to keej) things dry, having 
the gable project far enough over the 
front to keep rain from beating in. Of j 
course, this pent-house should be built J 
either to lift entirely off when it is de¬ 
sired to open u|) the kennel, or to lift up 
Avith the hinged top. IIoAA’ever. it is bet¬ 
ter. eaiser and generally practicable to 
house your dogs in the barn or some out¬ 
building. Gilbert tucker, .ir. | 
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