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Dogs and All about Them
·
Robert Leighton
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When
you
are
purchasing
a
bitch
with
the
intention
of
breeding,
many
inquiries
should
be
made
as
to
the
stock
from
which
she
comes.
This
will
influence
the
selection
of
the
sire
to
whom
she
is
to
be
mated,
and
he
should
excel
in
the
points
in
which
she
is
deficient.
It
is
absolutely
necessary
to
have
perfectly
healthy
animals,
and
if
the
female
be
young,
and
small
stock
is
desired,
her
mate
should
be
several
years
her
senior.
A
plain
specimen
of
the
right
blood
is
quite
likely
to
produce
good
results
to
the
breeder;
for
example,
should
there
be
two
female
puppies
in
a
well-bred
litter,
one
remarkable
as
promising
to
have
all
the
requirements
for
a
coming
champion,
the
other
large
and
plain,
this
latter
should
be
selected
for
breeding
purposes
as,
being
stronger,
she
will
make
a
better
and
more
useful
mother
than
her
handsome
sister,
who
should
be
kept
for
exhibition,
or
for
sale
at
a
remunerative
price.
The
modern
craze
for
small
specimens
makes
them
quite
unsuitable
for
procreation.
A
brood
bitch
should
not
be
less
than
9
lb.
in
weight,
and
even
heavier
is
preferable.
A
sire
the
same
size
will
produce
small
and
far
more
typical
stock
than
one
of
5
lb.
or
6
lb.,
as
the
tendency
is
to
degenerate,
especially
in
head
points;
but
small
size
can
be
obtained
by
suitably
selecting
the
parents.
The
early
spring
is
the
best
season
for
breeding,
as
it
gives
the
puppies
a
start
of
at
least
six
months
in
which
to
grow
and
get
strong
before
the
cold
weather
sets
in,
although,
of
course,
they
can
be
bred
at
any
time,
but
autumn
and
winter
puppies
are
more
troublesome
to
rear.
It
is
always
wise
to
administer
occasionally,
both
to
puppies
and
adults,
a
dose
of
worm
medicine,
so
as
to
give
no
chance
to
internal
parasites--the
most
troublesome
ill
with
which
the
dog
owner
has
to
wrestle,
causing
even
more
mortality
than
the
dreaded
scourge
of
distemper.
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