. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries. Their breeding, training, and management in health and disease, comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dog. [from old catalog]. 128 PASTOKAL DOGS, ETC. work, such as is required for the shepherd's purposes, he is untir- ing, and will go on until utterly exhausted. No other dog in this country is so constantly with his master en- gaged in his proper calling—taking the breed as a whole. Occa- sionally, it is true, pet dogs are as much so, but by no means uni- versally, nor are they even then so frequentl
. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries. Their breeding, training, and management in health and disease, comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dog. [from old catalog]. 128 PASTOKAL DOGS, ETC. work, such as is required for the shepherd's purposes, he is untir- ing, and will go on until utterly exhausted. No other dog in this country is so constantly with his master en- gaged in his proper calling—taking the breed as a whole. Occa- sionally, it is true, pet dogs are as much so, but by no means uni- versally, nor are they even then so frequently employed in carry- ing out their master's orders. This naturally increases the intelli- gence of each individual and reacts on the whole breed; so that, independently of the constantly weeding out of puppies rendered. Fig. 23.—SCOTCH COLLET DOG, TOM BIDLET. useless from a want of intelligence, the superiority of the whole variety in mental attributes is easily accounted for. For the same reason, when the pet colley gets old and is submitted to the rebuffs of children or strangers, he is apt to become crusty in temper, and sometimes even savage; but he is always most alTectionate to his master, and no dog seems to be more sincerely repentant when he has done wrong. Within the last ten years the colley has become very fashionable as a pet, and his market price has risen from $15 to $150, or even. 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 [Walsh, John Henry], 1810-1888. [from old catalog]. New York, Orange Judd company
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