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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Breeding
up
to
the
standard
of
excellence
necessary
in
competition
in
dog
shows
has
doubtless
been
the
agent
which
has
brought
the
Irish
Terrier
to
its
present
condition
of
perfection,
and
it
is
the
means
by
which
the
general
dog
owning
public
is
most
surely
educated
to
a
practical
knowledge
of
what
is
a
desirable
and
what
an
undesirable
dog
to
possess.
But,
after
all,
success
in
the
show
ring
is
not
the
one
and
only
thing
to
be
aimed
at,
and
the
Irish
Terrier
is
not
to
be
regarded
merely
as
the
possible
winner
of
prizes.
He
is
above
all
things
a
dog
for
man's
companionship,
and
in
this
capacity
he
takes
a
favoured
place.
He
has
the
great
advantage
of
being
equally
suitable
for
town
and
country
life.
In
the
home
he
requires
no
pampering;
he
has
a
good,
hardy
constitution,
and
when
once
he
has
got
over
the
ills
incidental
to
puppyhood--worms
and
distemper--he
needs
only
to
be
judiciously
fed,
kept
reasonably
clean,
and
to
have
his
fill
of
active
exercise.
If
he
is
taught
to
be
obedient
and
of
gentlemanly
habit,
there
is
no
better
house
dog.
He
is
naturally
intelligent
and
easily
trained.
Although
he
is
always
ready
to
take
his
own
part,
he
is
not
quarrelsome,
but
remarkably
good-tempered
and
a
safe
associate
of
children.
Perhaps
with
his
boisterous
spirits
he
is
prone
sometimes
to
be
over-zealous
in
the
pursuit
of
trespassing
tabbies
and
in
assailing
the
ankles
of
intruding
butcher
boys
and
officious
postmen.
These
characteristics
come
from
his
sense
of
duty,
which
is
strongly
developed,
and
careful
training
will
make
him
discriminative
in
his
assaults.
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