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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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"I
remember
a
tale
of
one
of
my
father's
terriers
who
got
so
lost.
The
keepers
went
daily
to
the
cairn
hoping
against
hope.
At
last
one
day
a
pair
of
bright
eyes
were
seen
at
the
bottom
of
a
hole.
They
did
not
disappear
when
the
dog's
name
was
called.
A
brilliant
idea
seized
one
of
the
keepers.
The
dog
evidently
could
not
get
up,
so
a
rabbit
skin
was
folded
into
a
small
parcel
round
a
stone
and
let
down
by
a
string.
The
dog
at
once
seized
the
situation--and
the
skin--held
on,
was
drawn
up,
and
fainted
on
reaching
the
mouth
of
the
hole.
He
was
carried
home
tenderly
and
nursed;
he
recovered."
Referring
to
the
characteristics
of
this
terrier,
Colonel
Malcolm
continues:--"Attention
to
breeding
as
to
colour
has
undoubtedly
increased
the
whiteness,
but,
other
points
being
good,
a
dog
of
the
West
Highland
White
Terrier
breed
is
not
to
be
rejected
if
he
shows
his
descent
by
a
slight
degree
of
pale
red
or
yellow
on
his
back
or
his
ears.
I
know
an
old
Argyllshire
family
who
consider
that
to
improve
their
terriers
they
ought
all
to
have
browny
yellow
ears.
Neither
again,
except
for
the
show
bench,
is
there
the
slightest
objection
to
half
drop
ears--i.e.,
the
points
of
one
or
both
ears
just
falling
over.
"Unfortunately,
the
show
bench
has
a
great
tendency
to
spoil
all
breeds
from
too
much
attention
being
given
to
what
is
evident--and
ears
are
grand
things
for
judges
to
pin
their
faith
to;
also,
they
greatly
admire
a
fine
long
face
and
what
is
called--but
wrongly
called--a
strong
jaw,
meaning
by
that
an
ugly,
heavy
face.
I
have
often
pointed
out
that
the
tiger,
the
cat,
the
otter,
all
animals
remarkable
for
their
strength
of
jaw,
have
exceedingly
short
faces,
but
their
bite
is
cruelly
hard.
And
what,
again,
could
be
daintier
than
the
face
of
a
fox?
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