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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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THE
MINIATURE
BULLDOG
Fifty
or
sixty
years
ago,
Toy--or,
rather,
as
a
recent
edict
of
the
Kennel
Club
requires
them
to
be
dubbed,
Miniature--Bulldogs
were
common
objects
of
the
canine
country-side.
In
fact,
you
can
hardly
ever
talk
for
ten
minutes
to
any
Bulldog
breeder
of
old
standing
without
his
telling
you
tall
stories
of
the
wonderful
little
Bulldogs,
weighing
about
fifteen
or
sixteen
pounds,
he
either
knew
or
owned
in
those
long-past
days!
Prominent
among
those
who
made
a
cult
of
these
"bantams"
were
the
laceworkers
of
Nottingham,
and
many
prints
are
extant
which
bear
witness
to
the
excellent
little
specimens
they
bred.
But
a
wave
of
unpopularity
overwhelmed
them,
and
they
faded
across
the
Channel
to
France,
where,
if,
as
is
asserted,
our
Gallic
neighbours
appreciated
them
highly,
they
cannot
be
said
to
have
taken
much
care
to
preserve
their
best
points.
When,
in
1898,
a
small
but
devoted
band
of
admirers
revived
them
in
England,
they
returned
most
attractive,
'tis
true,
but
hampered
by
many
undesirable
features,
such
as
bat
ears,
froggy
faces,
waving
tails,
and
a
general
lack
of
Bulldog
character.
However,
the
Toy
Bulldog
Club
then
started,
took
the
dogs
vigorously
in
hand,
and
thanks
to
unceasing
efforts,
Toy
Bulldogs
have
always
since
been
catered
for
at
an
ever
increasing
number
of
shows.
Their
weight,
after
much
heated
discussion
and
sundry
downs
and
ups,
was
finally
fixed
at
twenty-two
pounds
and
under.
The
original
aim
of
Miniature
Bulldogs--i.e.
to
look
like
the
larger
variety
seen
through
the
wrong
end
of
a
telescope--if
not
actually
achieved,
is
being
rapidly
approached,
and
can
no
longer
be
looked
upon
as
merely
the
hopeless
dream
of
a
few
enthusiasts.
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