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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
wire-hair
has
had
a
great
advertisement,
for
better
or
worse,
in
the
extraordinarily
prominent
way
he
has
been
mentioned
in
connection
with
"faking"
and
trimming.
Columns
have
been
written
on
this
subject,
speeches
of
inordinate
length
have
been
delivered,
motions
and
resolutions
have
been
carried,
rules
have
been
promulgated,
etc.,
etc.,
and
the
one
dog
mentioned
throughout
in
connection
with
all
of
them
has
been
our
poor
old,
much
maligned
wire-hair.
He
has
been
the
scapegoat,
the
subject
of
all
this
brilliancy
and
eloquence,
and
were
he
capable
of
understanding
the
language
of
the
human,
we
may
feel
sure
much
amusement
would
be
his.
There
are
several
breeds
that
are
more
trimmed
than
the
wire-hair,
and
that
might
well
be
quoted
before
him
in
this
connection.
There
is
a
vast
difference
between
legitimate
trimming,
and
what
is
called
"faking."
All
dogs
with
long
or
wire-hair
or
rough
coats
naturally
require
more
attention,
and
more
grooming
than
those
with
short
smooth
coats.
For
the
purposes
of
health
and
cleanliness
it
is
absolutely
necessary
that
such
animals
should
be
frequently
well
groomed.
There
is
no
necessity,
given
a
wire-hair
with
a
good
and
proper
coat,
to
use
anything
but
an
ordinary
close-toothed
comb,
a
good
hard
brush,
and
an
occasional
removal
of
long
old
hairs
on
the
head,
ears,
neck,
legs,
and
belly,
with
the
finger
and
thumb.
The
Kennel
Club
regulations
for
the
preparation
of
dogs
for
exhibition
are
perfectly
clear
on
this
subject,
and
are
worded
most
properly.
They
say
that
a
dog
"shall
be
disqualified
if
any
part
of
his
coat
or
hair
has
been
cut,
clipped,
singed,
or
rasped
down
by
any
substance,
or
if
any
of
the
new
or
fast
coat
has
been
removed
by
pulling
or
plucking
in
any
manner,"
and
that
"no
comb
shall
be
used
which
has
a
cutting
or
rasping
edge."
There
is
no
law,
therefore,
against
the
removal
of
old
coat
by
finger
and
thumb,
and
anyone
who
keeps
long-haired
dogs
knows
that
it
is
essential
to
the
dog's
health
that
there
should
be
none.
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