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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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It
may
be
interesting
to
give
a
few
particulars
concerning
the
traceable
ancestors
of
the
modern
Dandie.
In
Mr.
Charles
Cook's
book
on
this
breed,
we
are
given
particulars
of
one
William
Allan,
of
Holystone,
born
in
1704,
and
known
as
Piper
Allan,
and
celebrated
as
a
hunter
of
otters
and
foxes,
and
for
his
strain
of
rough-haired
terriers
who
so
ably
assisted
him
in
the
chase.
William
Allan's
terriers
descended
to
his
son
James,
also
known
as
the
"Piper,"
and
born
in
the
year
1734.
James
Allan
died
in
1810,
and
was
survived
by
a
son
who
sold
to
Mr.
Francis
Somner
at
Yetholm
a
terrier
dog
named
Old
Pepper,
descended
from
his
grandfather's
famous
dog
Hitchem.
Old
Pepper
was
the
great-grandsire
of
Mr.
Somner's
well-known
dog
Shem.
These
terriers
belonging
to
the
Allans
and
others
in
the
district
are
considered
by
Mr.
Cook
to
be
the
earliest
known
ancestors
of
the
modern
Dandie
Dinmont.
Sir
Walter
Scott
himself
informs
us
that
he
did
not
draw
the
character
of
Dandie
Dinmont
from
any
one
individual
in
particular,
but
that
the
character
would
well
fit
a
dozen
or
more
of
the
Lidderdale
yeomen
of
his
acquaintance.
However,
owing
to
the
circumstance
of
his
calling
all
his
terriers
Mustard
and
Pepper,
without
any
other
distinction
except
"auld"
and
"young"
and
"little,"
the
name
came
to
be
fixed
by
his
associates
upon
one
James
Davidson,
of
Hindlee,
a
wild
farm
in
the
Teviotdale
mountains.
James
Davidson
died
in
the
year
1820,
by
which
time
the
Dandie
Dinmont
Terrier
was
being
bred
in
considerable
numbers
by
the
Border
farmers
and
others
to
meet
the
demand
for
it
which
had
sprung
up
since
the
appearance
of
Guy
Mannering.
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