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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
different
varieties
of
Toy
Spaniels
have
been
so
much
interbred
that
a
litter
has
been
reputed
to
contain
the
four
kinds,
but
this
would
be
of
very
rare
occurrence.
The
Blenheim
is
now
often
crossed
with
the
Tricolour,
when
the
litter
consist
of
puppies
quite
true
to
the
two
types.
The
crossing
of
the
King
Charles
with
the
Ruby
is
also
attended
with
very
good
results,
the
tan
markings
on
the
King
Charles
becoming
very
bright
and
the
colour
of
the
Ruby
also
being
improved.
Neither
of
these
specimens
should
be
crossed
with
either
the
Blenheim
or
the
Tricolour,
as
white
must
not
appear
in
either
the
King
Charles
or
the
Ruby
Spaniel.
It
is
regretted
by
some
of
the
admirers
of
these
dogs
that
custom
has
ordained
that
their
tails
should
be
docked.
As
portrayed
in
early
pictures
of
the
King
Charles
and
the
Blenheim
varieties,
the
tails
are
long,
well
flagged,
and
inclined
to
curve
gracefully
over
the
back,
and
in
none
of
the
pictures
of
the
supposed
ancestors
of
our
present
Toy
Spaniels--even
so
recent
as
those
painted
by
Sir
Edwin
Landseer--do
we
find
an
absence
of
the
long
tail.
If
left
intact,
the
tail
would
take
two
or
three
years
to
attain
perfection,
but
the
same
may
be
said
of
the
dog
generally,
which
improves
very
much
with
age,
and
is
not
at
its
best
until
it
is
three
years
old,
and
even
then
continues
to
improve.
Although
the
Toy
Spaniels
are
unquestionably
true
aristocrats
by
nature,
birth,
and
breeding,
and
are
most
at
home
in
a
drawing-room
or
on
a
well-kept
lawn,
they
are
by
no
means
deficient
in
sporting
proclivities,
and,
in
spite
of
their
short
noses,
their
scent
is
very
keen.
They
thoroughly
enjoy
a
good
scamper,
and
are
all
the
better
for
not
being
too
much
pampered.
They
are
very
good
house-dogs,
intelligent
and
affectionate,
and
have
sympathetic,
coaxing
little
ways.
One
point
in
their
favour
is
the
fact
that
they
are
not
noisy,
and
do
not
yap
continually
when
strangers
go
into
a
room
where
they
are,
or
at
other
times,
as
is
the
habit
with
some
breeds
of
toy
dogs.
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