Outing . e is probably very largelya matter of sympathetic psj^chology. Thebull terrier is amiable and faithful tohis friends, intelligent and self-respect-ing at all times, but let anyone jar hissense of the proprieties, or interfere withwhat he considers to be his rights, andthere will be a shindy with fireworksto it. It is this capacity for self asser-tion, his reserve of pugnacity — putbluntly, his remarkable efficiency as ascrapper—which has done a great dealto instal him in his present high placein American dogdom. As is to be expected with a breed thatruns back to the times of the earli
Outing . e is probably very largelya matter of sympathetic psj^chology. Thebull terrier is amiable and faithful tohis friends, intelligent and self-respect-ing at all times, but let anyone jar hissense of the proprieties, or interfere withwhat he considers to be his rights, andthere will be a shindy with fireworksto it. It is this capacity for self asser-tion, his reserve of pugnacity — putbluntly, his remarkable efficiency as ascrapper—which has done a great dealto instal him in his present high placein American dogdom. As is to be expected with a breed thatruns back to the times of the earliestEnglish dog fancy, the bull terriersbreed singularly true to type, and noradical changes have been wrought bybreeders within the last thirty principal change in the dogs benchedhas been purely of an artificial nature;by the laws of the English kennel clubhis ears may no longer be cropped. Fora while this robbed him of a certainamount of favor, the flopping ears de- 452 THE OUTING MAGAZINE. POMERANIANS HAVE BEEN BRED ASLIGHT AS THREE POUNDS tracting from his otherwise game andalert appearance. But bull terrier menare now going after small ears, and theoverturned flop is being eliminated. InAmerica the bull terrier has been devel-oped along lighter lines than on theother side, where the old standard weightof forty to forty-five pounds is being wellmaintained. The bulldog has developed no sensa-tional changes in late years. It is along cry back to the days of bull baiting,when he was leggy enough to follow atrap. Although he is now but a crea-ture of fad and fancy and by no meansa utility dog; he is much the same as hewas thirty years ago. He is being grad-ually brought nearer to the ground, andhe is still bred for the short face and theroach back. His wonderful tenacity ofpurpose has been preserved is a tendency to accentuate theshort face to a degree that seems likelyto lead to asphyxiation through sheerconstriction of breathing apparatus, butca
Size: 1641px × 1523px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade, booksubjectsports, booksubjecttravel
