. The dog book : a popular history of the dog, with practical information as to care and management of house, kennel, and exhibition dogs, and descriptions of all the important breeds . Dogs. CHAPTER XXXII The Bedlington Terrier LTHOUGH there are several differences plainly noticeable between the Bedlington and the Dandie Dinmont terriers, these two are the only varieties which possess certain peculiarities; and as they hail from the Border district, both also from the eastern end of it, there is no reason to doubt that one strain of dogs had much to da with their original formation. We have a
. The dog book : a popular history of the dog, with practical information as to care and management of house, kennel, and exhibition dogs, and descriptions of all the important breeds . Dogs. CHAPTER XXXII The Bedlington Terrier LTHOUGH there are several differences plainly noticeable between the Bedlington and the Dandie Dinmont terriers, these two are the only varieties which possess certain peculiarities; and as they hail from the Border district, both also from the eastern end of it, there is no reason to doubt that one strain of dogs had much to da with their original formation. We have already expressed the opinion, supporting it with incontrovertible statements, that all of the terrier varieties have been bred down from hounds, and these two breeds we attribute to deteriorations from the old Border sleuth hounds by mongrel crosses. The distinguishing points of these breeds are the ears and the topknot, peculiarities shown in no other terrier. The Bedlington has never been successfully fostered in this country. Off and on some new fancier has thought he saw an opening to take up a neglected breed and imported a few, only to give them up within a year or two. We have never asked why this was so, but we have long since ceased to be surprised when the latest enthusiast drops out. They are not an attractive dog to the average citizen, nor are they peculiar enough to interest him as a novelty. We cannot say whether the drawback which has hurt the breed so much in England is one which exists here also, but it is probably the fact that to show Bedlingtons as they are supposed to look they must be barbered, or to put it more plainly, the judge must be de- liberately deceived by faking and trimming the dog. It is a rather dangerous thing to make a sweeping statement, so we will not state that no dog with a woolly or silky topknot can have a sound, harsh body coat, but content ourselves by saying that in judging wire-haired terriers of any description, fox, Irish or Air
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