. 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. 5o6 THE NEW BOOK OF THE SMOOTH-COATED PINSCHERS. blunt, the stop well defined, the cheeks well cushioned, and the jaws often undershot. The back is short and level, the shoulders sloping, long, and muscular, the chest deep, but not very broad, the ribs well rounded, and the belly slightly drawn up. The legs are straight. The tail is high and always docked ; the coat short, hard, and glossy, in colour yel
. 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. 5o6 THE NEW BOOK OF THE SMOOTH-COATED PINSCHERS. blunt, the stop well defined, the cheeks well cushioned, and the jaws often undershot. The back is short and level, the shoulders sloping, long, and muscular, the chest deep, but not very broad, the ribs well rounded, and the belly slightly drawn up. The legs are straight. The tail is high and always docked ; the coat short, hard, and glossy, in colour yellow or brindle, with or without a black mask. White patches are allowed. The height for dogs is 21-h inches, for bitches 20 inches. Years ago the Boxer was much more Bulldog like than he is now. At present too much of the Bull- dog character is not desired. A typical specimen 01 tnc breed is shown in the por- trait of Ch. Alurillo, kindly supplied by Herr Ernst Prosier, of Frankfurt, to whom, and Mr. Thco Becker, the Editor is indebted for tlie jdioto- graphs of German Pin sellers repro- duced in this Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leighton, Robert, 1859-. London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited
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