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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Size
is
a
quality
very
desirable
in
this
breed.
The
height
of
many
dogs
of
olden
days
was
from
thirty-two
to
thirty-three
inches.
The
height
should
be
obtained
rather
from
great
depth
of
body
than
length
of
leg.
A
leggy
Mastiff
is
very
undesirable.
Thirty
inches
may
be
taken
as
a
fair
average
height
for
dogs,
and
bitches
somewhat
less.
Many
of
Mr.
Lukey's
stood
32
inches
and
over;
Mr.
Green's
Monarch
was
over
33
inches,
The
Shah
32
inches,
and
Cardinal
32
inches.
The
method
of
rearing
a
Mastiff
has
much
to
do
with
its
ultimate
size,
but
it
is
perhaps
needless
to
say
that
the
selection
of
the
breeding
stock
has
still
more
to
do
with
this.
It
is
therefore
essential
to
select
a
dog
and
bitch
of
a
large
strain
to
obtain
large
Mastiffs.
It
is
not
so
necessary
that
the
dogs
themselves
should
be
so
large
as
that
they
come
from
a
large
strain.
The
weight
of
a
full-grown
dog
should
be
anything
over
160
lb.
Many
have
turned
over
the
scale
at
180
lb.
The
Shah,
for
instance,
was
182
lb.
in
weight,
Scawfell
over
200
lb.
One
of
the
great
difficulties
that
breeders
of
Mastiffs
and
all
other
large
dogs
have
to
contend
against
is
in
rearing
the
puppies;
so
many
bitches
being
clumsy
and
apt
to
kill
the
whelps
by
lying
on
them.
It
is,
therefore,
always
better
to
be
provided
with
one
or
more
foster
bitches.
At
about
six
weeks
old
a
fairly
good
opinion
may
be
formed
as
to
what
the
puppies
will
ultimately
turn
out
in
certain
respects,
for,
although
they
may
change
materially
during
growth,
the
good
or
bad
qualities
which
are
manifest
at
that
early
age
will,
in
all
probability,
be
apparent
when
the
puppy
has
reached
maturity.
It
is,
therefore,
frequently
easier
to
select
the
best
puppy
in
the
nest
than
to
do
so
when
they
are
from
six
to
nine
or
ten
months
old.
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