. Dogs as home companions; a book for all dog lovers . ut dog keeping thatthe novice or one-dog owner may putto good use under any contingencythat may arise during the life of hispet. CHAPTER I. Suitable Breeds. Group One—Toys. 1\ /TUCH depends upon the environ-^* A ment of the prospective dogowner, as to what breed he may satis-factorily adopt for his home. Dwell-ers in city flats or those living whereyard room is circumscribed by nar-row limits, could not think of a , a Great Dane, a blood-hound, or, even the medium-sizedbreeds, consequently it becomes man-ifest that he must make h
. Dogs as home companions; a book for all dog lovers . ut dog keeping thatthe novice or one-dog owner may putto good use under any contingencythat may arise during the life of hispet. CHAPTER I. Suitable Breeds. Group One—Toys. 1\ /TUCH depends upon the environ-^* A ment of the prospective dogowner, as to what breed he may satis-factorily adopt for his home. Dwell-ers in city flats or those living whereyard room is circumscribed by nar-row limits, could not think of a , a Great Dane, a blood-hound, or, even the medium-sizedbreeds, consequently it becomes man-ifest that he must make his choicefrom among the toys or smaller va-rieties. Suburbanites and others liv-ing on country places, on the otherhand, may prefer a more serviceable-looking dog than the diminutive, butalert specimens that come under thehead of toys, consequently, to aid thenovice in making his selection of asuitable canine home companion, Ihave classified the most popularbreeds in groups according to theirsize and general characteristics. Dogs as Home Companions. THE PEKINGESE SPANIEL, TY TOU. Pre-eminent among the small va-rieties is the fashionable is, in the strict classification a toy,it is true. The reader may sneer atthe word toy and fancy that thePeke, as he is popularly called, is asuseless and difficult to rear as theproverbial hot-house plant, but suchis not the case. He is a hard, strong,easy-to-raise animal, and one of thegamest for his inches of any breed inexistence. His shaggy mane, resem-bling that of a lion, his dark markings Suitable Breeds—Toys 3 about muzzle and eyes, and his tawnycoat, together with his sturdy frame,suggest a big little dog, and he is allof that. He makes an excellent watchdog, because he is always keen andalert and the slightest noise day ornight will cause him to give the signalby his loud and rather raucous is something formidable look-ing about the Peke as he approachesthe stranger, who dares invade thesacred precincts of
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