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Dogs and All about Them
·
Robert Leighton
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In
that
respect
Newfoundlands
have
very
much
improved
during
the
past
quarter
of
a
century.
Twenty-five
years
ago,
the
most
noted
dogs
were
stated
as
a
rule
to
be
well
over
30
inches
in
height,
but
their
weight
for
height
would
indicate
legginess,
which
is
an
abomination
in
a
Newfoundland.
A
29-inch
Newfoundland
is
quite
tall
enough,
and
even
that
height
should
not
be
gained
at
the
expense
of
type
and
symmetry.
The
white
and
black
variety
are,
as
a
rule,
slightly
taller,
smaller
in
loin
and
longer
in
head,
but
these
differences
in
the
two
varieties
are
being
rapidly
removed,
and
at
no
distant
date
the
white
and
black
variety
will
probably
be
as
correct
in
type
and
symmetry
as
the
black
variety
now
is.
For
very
many
years
the
black
variety
has
been
the
better
in
type;
and
in
breeding,
if
blacks
are
desired,
it
will
be
safer
as
a
general
rule
to
insist
upon
the
absence
of
white
and
black
blood
in
any
of
the
immediate
ancestors
of
the
sire
and
dam.
But
if,
on
the
contrary,
white
and
black
dogs
are
required,
the
proper
course
is
to
make
judicious
crosses
between
the
black
and
white,
and
black
varieties,
and
destroy
any
black
puppies,
unless
they
are
required
for
further
crosses
with
white
and
black
blood.
In
any
case
the
first
cross
is
likely
to
produce
both
black
and
mis-marked
white
and
black
puppies;
but
the
latter,
if
bred
back
to
the
white
and
black
blood,
would
generally
produce
well-marked
white
and
black
Newfoundlands.
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