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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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It
is
in
fact
most
necessary
in
certain
cases,
at
certain
times,
to
pull
old
coat
out
in
this
way.
Several
terriers
with
good
coats
are
apt
to
grow
long
hair
very
thickly
round
the
neck
and
ears,
and
unless
this
is
removed
when
it
gets
old,
the
neck
and
ears
are
liable
to
become
infested
with
objectionable
little
slate-coloured
nits,
which
will
never
be
found
as
long
as
the
coat
is
kept
down
when
necessary.
Bitches
in
whelp
and
after
whelping,
although
ordinarily
good-coated,
seem
to
go
all
wrong
in
their
coats
unless
properly
attended
to
in
this
way,
and
here
again,
if
you
wish
to
keep
your
bitch
free
from
skin
trouble,
it
is
a
necessity,
in
those
cases
which
need
it,
to
use
finger
and
thumb.
If
the
old
hair
is
pulled
out
only
when
it
is
old,
there
is
no
difficulty
about
it,
and
no
hurt
whatever
is
occasioned
to
the
dog,
who
does
not
in
reality
object
at
all.
If,
however,
new
or
fast
coat
is
pulled
out
it
not
only
hurts
the
dog
but
it
is
also
a
very
foolish
thing
to
do,
and
the
person
guilty
of
such
a
thing
fully
merits
disqualification.
Most
of
the
nonsense
that
is
heard
about
trimming
emanates,
of
course,
from
the
ignoramus;
the
knife,
he
says,
is
used
on
them
all,
a
sharp
razor
is
run
over
their
coats,
they
are
singed,
they
are
cut,
they
are
rasped
(the
latter
is
the
favourite
term).
Anything
like
such
a
sweeping
condemnation
is
quite
inaccurate
and
most
unfair.
It
is
impossible
to
cut
a
hair
without
being
detected
by
a
good
judge,
and
very
few
people
ever
do
any
such
thing,
at
any
rate
for
some
months
before
the
terrier
is
exhibited,
for
if
they
do,
they
know
they
are
bound
to
be
discovered,
and,
as
a
fact,
are.
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