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The Poo-dle 
S EE this comical little poo-dle dog, and 
learn about it, and then decide whether 
you would rather have it for a pet 
than one of the great big dogs. There are 
many nice things to be said about this little 
poo-dle. He learns very quickly, for he is 
a bright, in-tel-li-gent dog. He is called the 
cleverest of all dogs. “But what makes him 
look so funny?” you ask. This is the rea¬ 
son. The poo-dle is either pure white or pure black usually, and has long 
Some masters clip the dog’s hair strangely. 
Dal-ma-tian 
H OW alert this doggy looks! One 
might almost think he was a pointer, 
for his nose and tail are stretched 
out in a straight line. He is all white ex¬ 
cept for little spots of black scattered over 
him. These spots are about the same size 
and as big as a small coin. Long ago when 
the people of England traveled only by 
coach or carriage, and sometimes took many 
valuable things along with them, dogs like this one used to trot along by 
the carriage. They served at night as a watch-dog, for they are faithful. 
The Great Dane 
T HIS dog is called “the great Dane” because he is the largest mas¬ 
tiff that was bred in Denmark. He is about three feet high at 
the shoulder. Would you like to meet him? You would not need 
to fear him, for though he is sometimes 
fierce, there is a great deal of his father, the 
greyhound, in him, and he makes a very 
faithful and powerful watch-dog. It was 
one of these dogs who once saved the life 
of his master, the poet Alexander Pope, 
when his faithless man servant was going 
to kill him. The poet woke to find the 
Dane holding the servant by the throat. 
silky hair all over his body. 
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