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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Like
the
White
English
Terriers
the
Black
and
Tan
has
fallen
on
evil
days.
It
is
not
a
popular
dog
among
fanciers,
and
although
many
good
ones
may
be
seen
occasionally
about
the
streets
the
breed
suffers
from
want
of
the
care
and
attention
that
are
incidental
to
the
breeding
and
rearing
of
dogs
intended
for
competition
at
shows.
There
are
many
who
hold
the
opinion
that
one
of
the
chief
reasons
for
the
decadence
in
the
popularity
of
the
Black
and
Tan
Terrier,
notwithstanding
its
many
claims
to
favour,
is
to
be
found
in
the
loss
of
that
very
alert
appearance
which
was
a
general
characteristic
before
the
Kennel
Club
made
it
illegal
to
crop
the
ears
of
such
as
were
intended
for
exhibition.
It
must
be
admitted
that
until
very
recently
there
was
a
considerable
amount
of
truth
in
the
prevalent
opinion,
inasmuch
as
a
rather
heavy
ear,
if
carried
erect,
was
the
best
material
to
work
upon,
and
from
which
to
produce
the
long,
fine,
and
upright,
or
"pricked"
effect
which
was
looked
upon
as
being
the
correct
thing
in
a
cropped
dog;
hence
it
followed
that
no
care
was
taken
to
select
breeding
stock
likely
to
produce
the
small,
semi-erect,
well-carried,
and
thin
ears
required
to-day,
consequently
when
the
edict
forbidding
the
use
of
scissors
came
into
force
there
were
very
few
small-eared
dogs
to
be
found.
It
has
taken
at
least
ten
or
a
dozen
years
to
eradicate
the
mischief,
and
even
yet
the
cure
is
not
complete.
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