. 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. 373. OCCUPANTS OF THE BRYNHIR KENNELS. BRED BY MR. WALTER S. GLYNN I^hotograph by Pictorial Agency. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE WELSH TERRIER. BY WALTER S. GLYNN. " Therefore to this dog will I, Tenderly, not scornfully, Render praise and favour With my hand upon his head Is my benediction said Therefore, and for, ; E. B. Browning. THIS breed is near akin to the wire- hair Fox-terrier, the principal diff
. 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. 373. OCCUPANTS OF THE BRYNHIR KENNELS. BRED BY MR. WALTER S. GLYNN I^hotograph by Pictorial Agency. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE WELSH TERRIER. BY WALTER S. GLYNN. " Therefore to this dog will I, Tenderly, not scornfully, Render praise and favour With my hand upon his head Is my benediction said Therefore, and for, ; E. B. Browning. THIS breed is near akin to the wire- hair Fox-terrier, the principal differ- ences being merely of colour and type. The Welsh Terrier is a wire-haired "black or grizzle and tan. The most taking colouring is a jet black body and back with deep tan head, ears, legs, beUy, and tail. Several specimens have, however, black foreheads, skuUs, ears, and tail, and the "black wiU frequently be seen also extending for a short way down the legs. There must be no black, however, below the hock, and there must be no substantial amount of white anywhere ; a dog possessing either of these faults is, according to the recog- nised standard of the breed, disqualified. Many of the most successful bench winners have, nevertheless, been possessed of a little white on the chest and even a few hairs of that colour on their hind toes, and, apparently, by the common consent of all the judges of the breed, they have been in nowise handicapped for these blemishes. Though one would, of course, prefer to have a whiteless specimen, as long as the mark in that colour is not on a prominent position of the dog's anatomy, and is not in any way extensive, there is no need to trouble about it. There are not so many grizzle coloured Welsh Terriers now as there used to be. A grizzle and tan never looks so smart as a black and tan ; but though this is so, if the grizzle is of a dark hard colour, its owner should not be handicapped as against a black and tan ; if, on the contrary
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