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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Before
concluding
this
chapter
it
may
not
be
out
of
place
to
say
a
few
words
as
to
the
breeding
and
rearing
of
Fox
terriers.
In
the
first
place,
never
breed
from
an
animal
whose
pedigree
is
not
authenticated
beyond
a
shadow
of
a
doubt;
and
remember
that
while
like
may
beget
like,
the
inevitable
tendency
is
to
throw
back
to
former
generations.
The
man
who
elects
to
breed
Fox-terriers
must
have
the
bumps
of
patience
and
hope
very
strongly
developed,
as
if
the
tyro
imagines
that
he
has
only
to
mate
his
bitch
to
one
of
the
known
prize-winning
dogs
of
the
day
in
order
to
produce
a
champion,
he
had
better
try
some
other
breed.
Let
him
fix
in
his
mind
the
ideal
dog,
and
set
to
work
by
patient
effort
and
in
the
face
of
many
disappointments
to
produce
it.
It
is
not
sufficient
that,
having
acquired
a
bitch
good
in
all
points
save
in
head,
that
he
breeds
her
to
the
best-headed
dog
he
can
find.
He
must
satisfy
himself
that
the
head
is
not
a
chance
one,
but
is
an
inherited
one,
handed
down
from
many
generations,
good
in
this
particular,
and
consequently
potent
to
reproduce
its
like.
So
in
all
other
points
that
he
wishes
to
reproduce.
In
the
writer's
experience,
little
bitches
with
quality
are
the
most
successful.
Those
having
masculine
characteristics
should
be
avoided,
and
the
best
results
will
be
obtained
from
the
first
three
litters,
after
which
a
bitch
rarely
breeds
anything
so
good.
See
that
your
bitch
is
free
from
worms
before
she
goes
to
the
dog,
then
feed
her
well,
and
beyond
a
dose
of
castor
oil
some
days
before
she
is
due
to
whelp,
let
Nature
take
its
course.
Dose
your
puppies
well
for
worms
at
eight
weeks
old,
give
them
practically
as
much
as
they
will
eat,
and
unlimited
exercise.
Avoid
the
various
advertised
nostrums,
and
rely
rather
on
the
friendly
advice
of
some
fancier
or
your
veterinary
surgeon.
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