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    Dogs of Character
    Dogs of Character
    Dogs of Character
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    Dogs of Character

    By Cecil Aldin

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    This chronicle of the lives of Micky and Cracker, an Irish wolfhound and a bull terrier, provides a practical course for would-be dog owners and trainers, with tips on training, curing bad habits, feeding, and much more. In addition to solid advice, this classic abounds in charming stories and enchanting illustrations by a true dog lover.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateJul 24, 2013
    ISBN9780486316185
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      Dogs of Character - Cecil Aldin

      CRACKER

      PROLOGUE

      WHICH TELLS YOU HOW TO GET A DOG

      THIS book is about just ordinary dogs—dogs of character—and not necessarily about champions and prize-winners. Although the chief characters in my medley are my own two dogs—Cracker and Micky—I shall also talk about the characteristics of many other dogs and breeds.

      To Cracker and Micky I give the limelight, because I want you all to know them, and because they have the most character of my present-day collection.

      In breeds, a bull terrier and an Irish wolfhound; in disposition, parfait gentilmen.

      If you are not already a dog owner, the first thing to do is to get a dog yourself.

      How does one get a dog, then; and when one has got him, how feed, house, and train him?

      Before getting a dog, as in stockings and gloves, it is best to have some idea what sized dog you want, whether a St. Bernard, weighing 150 lb., or a toy terrier, a few ounces.

      This is important and will probably depend upon many things.

      First, the size of your house.

      Secondly, the amount of your previous doggy experience. Thirdly, the views of your parents on the subject, if you should be living at home.

      And, lastly, the length of your purse.

      Let us, for example, decide that you wish to become the owner of what is known as an ordinary rough-haired terrier.

      AN ORDINARY ROUGH-HAIRED TERRIER

      Now, there are many ways of getting such a dog, and the first and most unreliable is to hear of a friend’s friend who has one he will give you.

      Like a gift hound, on no account accept it.

      A better way to get a rough-haired terrier is to find out the name of some breeder of wire-haired fox terriers—as one variety of rough-haired terrier is called in the dog world—and write, or see him at a show, when you can ask him if he has a puppy for sale not likely to make a prize-winner, but a dog with character, suitable as a companion.

      A SAINT BERNARD

      A TOY TERRIER

      Breeders of show dogs generally have a few misfits—puppies that will never make champions or win a prize—and these can often be bought at a very reasonable figure.

      I am, of course, surmising that you only want a dog as a companion, and not for show purposes.

      The names of these breeders can be found in the doggy papers—the Dog World and others, and also in any show catalogue. At the end of this book will be found the names and addresses of the secretaries of the various dog clubs.

      It must be understood that a rough-haired terrier has many distinct varieties, and although to the non-doggy mind it signifies some sort of a wire-haired fox terrier, to the show exhibitor it may mean many types.

      Here are some of the rough-haired terrier breeds, with my own description of them as I see them at the modern dog show.

      A SEALYHAM PUPPY

      THE SEALYHAM TERRIER.

      In a show specimen he has most of his coat pulled out, with the exception of that growing on his nose and legs.

      Notwithstanding this, he is a very nice little fellow at home, and looks nothing like he does when plucked for showing.

      He is a sportsman, short on the leg and cloddy, with a fairly thick head and long, low body—being about 8 to 12 inches from the ground at the shoulder—in coat hard and rough; in fact, he should look the type of dog fit to go to ground for a badger.

      In real life, his coat does not grow long on his nose and legs alone. Show specimens are got up for the footlights.

      Sealyhams are one of the most popular breeds. In colour they are mostly white with slight marking, tan or badger-pie on head.

      Another breed of rough-haired terrier is the

      WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER.

      He is whitey-cream in colour, short-legged and strongly built, small prick ears and an undocked tail about 6 inches long—hard coat but not curly. His job was originally to go to ground for fox or otter, so he should be a hard-looking sort.

      AN ABERDEEN TERRIER

      Also there is the

      SCOTCH TERRIER or ABERDEEN,

      another rough-haired terrier of the short-legged, undocked type, with a hard coat, black, grey or wheaten or various shades of brindle in colour, ears small and erect, a long, punishing head and compact body.

      The DANDIE DINMONT, the CAIRN, and BORDER

      terriers are all distinct rough-haired terrier breeds, although the last may easily be mistaken by the novice for a late inhabitant of the Battersea Dogs’ Home.

      Of the larger breeds of rough-haired terriers we have the

      IRISH TERRIER,

      whose appearance on the show bench is also very different to what it is in ordinary clothes; and the same applies, but still more so, to the Airedale, whose show make-up, to the non-doggy visitor, has now become ludicrous.

      A BEDLINGTON TERRIER

      One wonders whether a show Airedale has to have his neck shaved once or twice a day before going for exhibition.

      Besides these, we have two genuinely comic customers, the BEDLINGTON and the KERRY BLUE TERRIER, the Bedlington, in his show dress, looking like a mixture of grey ferret, rat and Dandie Dinmont, and the latter a dog whose chief characteristic is a long blue or black beaver beard.

      A KERRY BLUE TERRIER

      So that if you are getting a rough-haired terrier, there is a considerable number of breeds to select from.

      Another way of getting a rough-haired terrier, or, for that matter, any sort of cheap canine companion, is to pay a visit to the Dogs’ Home at Battersea, where you can pick out any dog you like, after they have been in the home a certain number of days awaiting their allotted span before entering the lethal chamber, for the small sum of ten shillings or one pound.

      You may take home any one you fancy—but, like buying a horse at auction without a warranty or vet.’s certificate, you will be buying a conundrum.

      You may get a rough-haired terrier-looking dog, but you may also get a mixture of a good many other breeds included.

      On the other hand, character is to be found at the Dogs’ Home, and a mongrel has often as much or even more of this than a show terrier, who sometimes never goes out of his range of kennels except to attend shows, and does not always have the close human companionship necessary to fully develop his character.

      All the foregoing is on the assumption that you want simply a dog companion.

      Having got your terrier, how do you propose to feed, house, and train him?

      Is he to be an outside dog or a house dog?

      If the former, he must have a daily run, not on the chain, and should have at least one good meal each evening with water always within reach.

      His chain must be fairly long, with no possibility of getting it hung up on adjacent objects.

      The best plan of all is to have a tightly pegged-down stout wire

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