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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
365
The
Pekinese
bitches
are
excellent
mothers,
provided
they
are
not
interfered
with
for
the
first
few
days.
This
was
discovered
at
Goodwood
years
ago
by
the
fact
that,
on
two
or
three
occasions,
one
Celestial
lady,
who
had
been
given
greater
attention
than
she
considered
necessary,
revenged
herself
by
devouring
her
own
family
of
puppies!
One
thing
seems
from
experience
to
be
especially
advisable--as
far
as
can
be
arranged,
to
breed
in
the
spring
rather
than
autumn.
The
puppies
need
all
the
open
air
and
exercise
that
is
possible,
and
where
rickety
specimens
are
so
frequently
met
with
it
is
only
natural
that
a
puppy
who
starts
life
with
the
summer
months
ahead
is
more
likely
to
develop
well
than
one
born
in
the
autumn.
Great
attention
should
be
paid
with
reference
to
the
frequent--almost
certain--presence
of
worms,
which
trouble
seems
more
prevalent
with
Pekinese
than
with
any
other
breed.
Wherever
possible,
fish
should
be
given
as
part
of
the
dietary;
some
Pekinese
devour
it
with
relish;
others
will
not
touch
it,
but
there
is
no
doubt
it
is
a
useful
item
in
the
bill
of
fare.
Bread
well
soaked
in
very
strong
stock,
sheep's
head,
and
liver
are
always
better
as
regular
diet
than
meat,
but
in
cases
of
debility
a
little
raw
meat
given
once
a
day
is
most
beneficial.
It
would
not
be
fitting
to
close
an
article
on
Pekinese
without
bearing
testimony
to
their
extraordinarily
attractive
characteristics.
They
are
intensely
affectionate
and
faithful,
and
have
something
almost
cat-like
in
their
domesticity.
They
display
far
more
character
than
the
so-called
"toy
dog"
usually
does,
and
for
this
reason
it
is
all-important
that
pains
should
be
taken
to
preserve
the
true
type,
in
a
recognition
of
the
fact
that
quality
is
more
essential
than
quantity.
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