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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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That
even
a
hundred
years
ago
terriers
were
bred
with
care,
and
that
certain
strains
were
held
in
especial
value,
is
shown
by
the
recorded
fact
that
a
litter
of
seven
puppies
was
sold
for
twenty-one
guineas--a
good
price
even
in
these
days--and
that
on
one
occasion
so
high
a
sum
as
twenty
guineas
was
paid
for
a
full-grown
dog.
At
that
time
there
was
no
definite
and
well-established
breed
recognised
throughout
the
islands
by
a
specific
name;
the
embracing
title
of
"Terrier"
included
all
the
varieties
which
have
since
been
carefully
differentiated.
But
very
many
of
the
breeds
existed
in
their
respective
localities
awaiting
national
recognition.
Here
and
there
some
squire
or
huntsman
nurtured
a
particular
strain
and
developed
a
type
which
he
kept
pure,
and
at
many
a
manor-house
and
farmstead
in
Devonshire
and
Cumberland,
on
many
a
Highland
estate
and
Irish
riverside
where
there
were
foxes
to
be
hunted
or
otters
to
be
killed,
terriers
of
definite
strain
were
religiously
cherished.
Several
of
these
still
survive,
and
are
as
respectable
in
descent
and
quite
as
important
historically
as
some
of
the
favoured
and
fashionable
champions
of
our
time.
They
do
not
perhaps
possess
the
outward
beauty
and
distinction
of
type
which
would
justify
their
being
brought
into
general
notice,
but
as
workers
they
retain
all
the
fire
and
verve
that
are
required
in
dogs
that
are
expected
to
encounter
such
vicious
vermin
as
the
badger
and
the
fox.
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