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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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CHAPTER
XLIX
PRACTICAL
MANAGEMENT
Many
people
are
deterred
from
keeping
dogs
by
the
belief
that
the
hobby
is
expensive
and
that
it
entails
a
profitless
amount
of
trouble
and
anxiety;
but
to
the
true
dog-lover
the
anxiety
and
trouble
are
far
outbalanced
by
the
pleasures
of
possession,
and
as
to
the
expense,
that
is
a
matter
which
can
be
regulated
at
will.
A
luxuriously
appointed
kennel
of
valuable
dogs,
who
are
pampered
into
sickness,
may,
indeed,
become
a
serious
drain
upon
the
owner's
banking
account,
but
if
managed
on
business
principles
the
occupation
is
capable
of
yielding
a
very
respectable
income.
One
does
not
wish
to
see
dog-keeping
turned
into
a
profession,
and
there
seems
to
be
something
mean
in
making
money
by
our
pets;
but
the
process
of
drafting
is
necessary
when
the
kennel
is
overstocked,
and
buying
and
selling
are
among
the
interesting
accessories
of
the
game,
second
only
to
the
pleasurable
excitement
of
submitting
one's
favourites
to
the
judgment
of
the
show-ring.
The
delights
of
breeding
and
rearing
should
be
their
own
reward,
as
they
usually
are,
yet
something
more
than
mere
pin-money
can
be
made
by
the
alert
amateur
who
possesses
a
kennel
of
acknowledged
merit,
and
who
knows
how
to
turn
it
to
account.
A
champion
ought
easily
to
earn
his
own
living:
some
are
a
source
of
handsome
revenue.
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