. Dogs as home companions; a book for all dog lovers . his coun-try or England at the present time. Among the toy terrier varietiesmust be included also, the Yorkshire,the Maltese and the kindred are very pretty specimens forthe fancier of oddities, but they re-quire untold care to keep them in con-dition, both as to coat and flesh, hencethe time spent upon them as housecompanions is scarcely worth the re-turns that one obtains. The Brussel Griffon is anotherforeign dog that seemed to evoke con-siderable interest some years ago, butthis breed also is an oddity. He is amonkey-fa
. Dogs as home companions; a book for all dog lovers . his coun-try or England at the present time. Among the toy terrier varietiesmust be included also, the Yorkshire,the Maltese and the kindred are very pretty specimens forthe fancier of oddities, but they re-quire untold care to keep them in con-dition, both as to coat and flesh, hencethe time spent upon them as housecompanions is scarcely worth the re-turns that one obtains. The Brussel Griffon is anotherforeign dog that seemed to evoke con-siderable interest some years ago, butthis breed also is an oddity. He is amonkey-faced, hard-coated dog withthe pronounced whisker and the gen-eral wire appearance of broken-coated terriers. His weight ranges tonine pounds as the maximum forbig dogs, while for the smaller vari-eties, it is six pounds. It may readily Suitable Breeds—Toys 13 be seen from this that the breed ismore ornamental than useful, but alivelier, more active little dog cannotbe imagined than this diminutive grif-fon whose place of origin is said to THE SCHIPPERCKE, TOGO. Another Belgian dog is the Schip-percke, a terrier-like animal of aboutten pounds in weight. Very fiery andquick to take offense, he is not a suit-able dog for children, but as a watchdog he will give the alarm at theslightest noise; furthermore, he is notaverse to backing up his bark with his It Dogs as Home Companions bite. He is a very faithful dog, andonce he becomes attached to one per-son or a family, he will remain faith-ful unto death. That is one of thefeatures that appeals to most of usand one is apt to forgive his short-comings. Very few kennels are nowbreeding this variety in America. Thedog is black in color, with a wiry-likecoat, and a well pronounced nose is sharp, his eyes small andblack and his ears erect. The dog isa tailless variety; although only asmall percentage of the puppies areborn with this mutilation. The oth-ers have their tails removed, or gougedout when they are quite y
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