CHAPTER XII 
THINGS TO BEWARE OF 
O NE of the worst evils in any way 
connected with dogs—and one that 
all who are sincerely interested in 
these wonderful creatures should fight to 
the last ditch—is the unscrupulous buyer as 
well as the unscrupulous breeder and 
trainer. I don't know which is the worst. 
It is probably a case of jumbling them to¬ 
gether in the same bag and either one that 
comes out first can be picked for winners as 
“worst of all breeds." 
The proposition of a trainer taking money 
for a service supposed to be rendered and 
then merely carrying the dog along as a 
“crate warmer," is such a deplorable situa¬ 
tion that I sometimes almost feel as if the 
battle should be fought with gun and sword. 
The worst part of it all, it seems to me, is the 
fact that the dog is such a noble creature 
