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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
November  17,  1923 
Notes  About  Dogs 
A  Woman’s  Dog  Business 
I  have  a  woman  friend,  strong,  healthy 
and  practical,  who  wishes  to  go  in  for 
dog-raising  as  a  business  proposition. 
She  would  value  your  advice  as  to  the 
possibilities  of  financial  success,  how 
much  capital  and  outfit  she  would  need, 
and  wiiat  breed  or  breeds  of  dogs  would 
be  most  profitable.  p.  H.  w. 
Connecticut. 
There  is  no  doubt  but  that  money  can 
be  made  in  raising  dogs,  but  naturally 
valuable  dogs  would  have  to  be  chosen, 
and  not  a  cheap  kind.  I  would  also  ad¬ 
vise  not  to  decide  in  favor  of  a  large 
dog,  like  police  dog,  Airedale,  or  Boston 
bull,  since  these  are  more  difficult  to 
handle  for  a  woman,  and  not  without  a 
large  piece  of  ground.  But  she  might 
decide  in  favor  of  Pekinese  or  Chows. 
Both  of  these  are  now  in  vogue,  and 
fashion  also  has  something  to  do  with 
the  milking  cows  at  night,  he  performed 
the  following  practical  piece  of  work. 
The  boy  opened  the  gate  into  the  pasture. 
The  five-months-old  pup  ran  out  to  the 
cows,  headed  them  for  home,  drove  them 
to  the  watering  trough  in  the  yard,  per¬ 
mitted  them  to  have  time  to  drink,  then 
drove  them  into  the  barn  and  saw  to  it 
that  each  one  went  into  its  own  stall  and 
stanchion.  Then  the  pup  came  and  drove 
some  brood  sows  into  their  sleeping  pen 
and  then  came  back  to  the  boy  wagging 
his  tail  as  if  to  say,  ‘What  a  good  boy 
am  I.’ 
“Another  farmer  reports  that  his  dog  is 
the  best  dog  to  drive  hogs  he  has  ever 
had,  and  if  told  to  do  so  will  catch  any 
hog  by  the  ear  and  hold  it  until  the  farm¬ 
er  can  catch  it. 
“Still  another  dairy  farmer  reports  that 
his  dog  is  indispensable  in  getting  his 
cows  for  him  in  the  pasture.  These  are 
all  young  dogs,  about  a  year  old  now,  but 
my  experience  with  these  cases  has  con¬ 
vinced  me  that  the  Shepherd  dog  is  a 
practical  dog  for  the  farm  in  this  coun¬ 
try. 
“I  myself  have  driven  as  many  as  1,000 
sheep  with  one  of  these  dogs,  and  his 
work  was  superb,  especially  since  there 
had  been  no  long  course  of  training  along 
this  line.  The  dog  would  round  up  the 
sheep,  trail  in  behind  them,  run  along  the 
side  for  a  short  distance,  then  double 
back  and  take  the  other  side.  It  seemed 
instinctive  with  him  to  do  this. 
“We  see  too  little  in  these  days  about 
the  practical  aspect  of  the  Shepherd,  and 
I  trust  these  cases  may  lead  others  to 
try  these  dogs  for  regular  stock  purposes. 
It  appeals  to  me  that  they  could  be  used 
to  great  advantage  in  the  West,  especial¬ 
ly  by  the  sheepherders,  both  for  aid  in 
rounding  up  sheep  and  for  protection  to 
their  flocks  from  predatory  animals.” 
The  Rat  Mite  Attacks  Man 
A  new  insect  pest,  introduced  by  rats, 
is  reported  by  the  Department  of  Agri¬ 
culture.  This  is  the  rat  mite  (Lipon 
y  s  s  u  s  bacoti.  From  the  description 
given,  this  insect  seems  to  work  some¬ 
what  like  the  red  mite  in  hens.  It  ap¬ 
pears  to  work  on  the  rats,  mostly  young 
ones,  during  the  night,  or  when  the  rars 
sleep  in  their  nests.  During  the  day  this 
mite  leaves  the  rats  and  remains  in  the 
nest,  or  when  hungry,  travels  about  after 
food.  It  has  been  found  that  the  insect 
attacks  man.  It  travels  about  over  the 
body,  biting  here  and  there  where  the 
skin  is  tender.  It  causes  irritation  and 
some  pain,  but  there  is  no  great  danger 
from  the  bite — though  it  would  make 
most  people  shiver  to  think  of  harboring 
any  parasite  of  a  rat.  The  only  real 
remedy  is  to  destroy  the  rats  whenever 
possible. 
“Can  I  sell  you  a  set  of  Shakespeare?” 
asked  the  affable  agent.  “I  don’t  think 
so.”  replied  the  patient  person,  “but  I 
won’t  say  for  sure.  After  thinking  over 
a  lot  of  things  I’ve  been  persuaded  to 
buy,  almost  anything  seems  possible.” — 
Washington  Star. 
the  price.  You  will  find  that  there  are 
250  Pekinese,  300  Chows,  500  shepherd- 
police  dogs,  600  Airedales,  and  some  800 
Boston  bulls  registered  in  the  July  or 
August  edition  of  the  American  Kennel 
Gazette,  the  official  paper  of  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Kennel  Club,  New  York.  Other  kinds 
of  dogs  are  mentioned  in  much  smaller 
numbers,  and  this  shows  that  fashion 
decidedly  is  in  favor  of  these  just  men¬ 
tioned.  The  larger  ones,  as  above  men¬ 
tioned,  would  not  be  convenient,  in  the 
present  case  of  this  lady,  which  would 
leave  Pekinese  and  Chows.  I  personally 
would  decide  in  favor  of  Chows,  since  the 
Pekinese  make  on  me  the  impression  of 
degenerate  and  stupid  dogs.  No  doubt 
they  are  dogs  reouiring  great  care. 
Again,  I  would  advise  to  start,  say 
with  one  female,  have  her  sired  in  due 
course  by  a  very  good  male,  keep  the 
best  female  puppies,  and  breed  from 
them  alone,  as  soon  as  they  grow  up. 
This  would  be  a  beginning,  on  a  small 
scale,  like  all  beginnings  should  be,  to 
acquire  experience,  and  not  to  lose 
money.  Naturally  the  inquirer  could 
also  start  with  two  females,  or  three,  if 
she  has  the  money  tc  invest,  and  if  she 
can  house  these  animals  properly.  She 
should  not  forget  that  females,  among 
themselves,  do  not  get  along  very  well, 
particularly  when  breeding.  As  a  con¬ 
sequence  of  this  latter  fact,  if  keeping 
several  females,  she  would  have  to  build 
wire  cages  or  partitions,  perhaps  in  the 
cellar  or  yard.  Chows  no  doubt  will 
stand  inclemency  of  the  weather  better 
than  the  Pekinese.  If  she  buys  a  female, 
of  say  1  y2  years  of  age,  she  of  course 
does  not  need  to  wait  until  the  animal 
grows  up,  which  would  have  to  be  the 
case  if  she  starts  with  pups. 
Through  buying  pups  she  has  a  chance 
to  get  probably  a  better  animal  than 
when  buying  a  fully  grown  specimen, 
but  on  the  other  hand  she  would  have 
to  be  careful  to  find  out  exactly  whether 
she  does  not  buy  a  female  that  is  sterile, 
which  might  be  the  case  if  she  buys  one 
that  is  1%  years  old.  Someone  might 
have  tried  to  breed  the  animal,  found  out 
that  she  is  sterile,  and  then  sell  her  to 
an  unsuspecting  customer.  The  lady 
in  question,  when  buying  fully-grown 
female,  would  have  to  be  quite  certain 
on  this  point  of  sterility.  Some  breed¬ 
ers  obtain  in  the  course  of  time  very 
fine  specimens  of  the  animals  which  they 
are  breeding  by  always  keeping  the  best 
female  puppies,  and  have  them  sired, 
when  fully  grown,  by  a  first-class  male. 
They  are  bound  to  get  very  good  results 
that  way,  in  fact  it  seems  to  be  the  only 
way  how  to  breed  the  best  of  animals, 
when  starting  with  a  small  capital  and 
little  experience.  F-  H-  M* 
Farming  Out  Breeding  Dogs 
One  of  our  readers  sends  us  a  new  idea 
in  raising  purebred  dogs — at  least  it  will 
be  new  to  many  parts  of  the  country. 
This  is  a  letter  written  by  A.  B.  De 
Haan  of  Iowa  to  the  secretary  of  the 
Shepherd  Dog  Club  of  America  : 
“I  have  some  eight  female  puppies  now 
growing  into  mature  dogs  on  as  many 
different  farms,  owned  by  me,  but  cared 
for  bv  farmers.  They,  care  for  them  an.l 
send  to  me  for  breeding  and  raise  the 
puppies  for  me.  In  turn  I  pay  them  l 
nominal  sum  for  each  puppy,  and  they 
have  the  use  and  pleasure  of  a  real  Shep¬ 
herd  dog.  ,  .  ,  , ,  . 
“One  farmer  reported  to  me  that  this 
dog  is  the  brightest  thing  he  ever  had  on 
his  farm.  At  five  months  of  age,  after 
he  had  been  following  his  son  out  to  get 
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