. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 462 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. experience, always the best teacher. If this short article leads any readers to make acquaintance with one of the most com- panionable, most loving, and most intelli- gent of little dogs, it will not have been written in vain. DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS OF THE BRUSSELS GRIFFON. 1. General Appearance.âA lady's little dog âintelligent, sprightly, robust, of compact appear- anceâremindin
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 462 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. experience, always the best teacher. If this short article leads any readers to make acquaintance with one of the most com- panionable, most loving, and most intelli- gent of little dogs, it will not have been written in vain. DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS OF THE BRUSSELS GRIFFON. 1. General Appearance.âA lady's little dog âintelligent, sprightly, robust, of compact appear- anceâreminding one of a cob, and captivating the attention by a quasi-human expression. 2. Head.âRounded, furnished with somewhat hard, irregular hairs, longer round the eyes, on the nose and cheeks. 3. Ears.âErect when cropped as in Belgium, semi-erect when uncropped. 4. Eyes.âVery large, black, or nearly black; eyelids edged with black, eyelashes long and black, eyebrows covered with hairs, leaving the eye they encircle perfectly uncovered. 5. Nose.âAlways black, short, surrounded with hair converging upward to meet those which surround the eyes. Very pronounced stop. 6. Lips.âEdged with black, furnished with a moustache. A little black in the moustache is not a fault. 7. Chin.â^Prominent, without showing the teeth, and edged with a small beard. 8. Chest.â^Rather wide and deep. 9. Legs.âAs straight as possible, of medium length. ID. Tail.âErect, and docked to two-thirds. 11. Colour.âIn the Griffons Bruxellois, red ; in the Griffons Beiges, preferably black and tan, but also grey or fawn ; in the Petit Brabangon, red or black and tan. 12. Texture of Coat.âHarsh and wiry, irregular, rather long and thick. In the Brabangon it is smooth and short. 13. Weight.âLightweight, 5 lb. maximum ; and heavy weight, 9 lb. maximum. Faults. The faults to be avoided are light eyes, sUky hair on the head, brown nails, teeth showing, a hanging tongue or a brown â Bf irrmTTi .^Ll:'-' 'i
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