The Airedale terrier standard simplified . made good onthe advance dope. His owner picked him out of a very evenly matchedlitter. He showed him to some friends. A very nice puppy, they said,but hell never do. 31 The owner didnt argue the point. He took the puppy to the home ofa young girl and asked her to raise him. When this puppy was eight monthshe made his show ring debut. In less than a year he was a champion. Visit a dozen experienced Airedale breeders and you will not wonderthat the novice is confused in trying to score one hundred per cent in pickinga winner at six weeks. You see a pupp
The Airedale terrier standard simplified . made good onthe advance dope. His owner picked him out of a very evenly matchedlitter. He showed him to some friends. A very nice puppy, they said,but hell never do. 31 The owner didnt argue the point. He took the puppy to the home ofa young girl and asked her to raise him. When this puppy was eight monthshe made his show ring debut. In less than a year he was a champion. Visit a dozen experienced Airedale breeders and you will not wonderthat the novice is confused in trying to score one hundred per cent in pickinga winner at six weeks. You see a puppy with somewhat heavy ears; thebreeder says he knows, and he ought to at that, the puppy will grow tothem. Such and such a well known dog, hell explain, had similar earsat the same age and look at him now. Or maybe the coats a bit will be a good coat to work on, hell explain. Or the pup hasnt eventhe suspicion of a whisker and looks more like a smooth. Itll come,you are assured, youre bound to get the hardest sort of a coat, PRINCESS PEGGY. By Ch. Prince of York ex Ch. The of the Best Half Dozen Bitches Shown in America And another breeder, equally experienced, will venture opinions exactlvopposite. Which is right? you wonder. Both, probably. A strange answer,Ill admit, but easy to explain. There are so many distinct strains of Airedale breeding and combinationsof these lines that perfection in maturity may come from entirely differentbeginnings. Have you noticed that nine times out of ten the man whobreeds, not buys, a good one has been working with the dams side forseveral generations. Or, if he is a novice, has followed the advice of aveteran who knew the strain. True, the chance bred one often come to puzzlethe student-breeder. But the probabilities are that this fortunate pup isntas much of a freak as he seems. He may be a freak as far as were thebreeders intentions but if we could get right down to the real laws of naturehed probably be easil
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