. 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. FOREIGN PET DOGS. 537 more than four pounds, and these are regarded as the more precious. Some of the best specimens shown recently have been owned by Madame Delville, of Brussels, Madame Fritch, of Paris, M. Xicolai, of Liege, and Madame Moetwil, of Brussels. The Little Lion Dog.— Russia is sup- posed to be the original home of the Little Lion dog, but the breed has now no dis- tinctively local habitation, an
. 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. FOREIGN PET DOGS. 537 more than four pounds, and these are regarded as the more precious. Some of the best specimens shown recently have been owned by Madame Delville, of Brussels, Madame Fritch, of Paris, M. Xicolai, of Liege, and Madame Moetwil, of Brussels. The Little Lion Dog.— Russia is sup- posed to be the original home of the Little Lion dog, but the breed has now no dis- tinctively local habitation, and it may be found as often in Germany or Holland as GERMAN TOY TERRIERS. in any other country. It is a dog of about five pounds in weight with a long wavy coat which may be of almost any colour; but white, lemon or black are to be preferred. Some are parti - col- oured. The name comes from the fashion of clipping the coat from the shoulders to the tuft of the tail, leaving a profuse mane which gives the appearance of a lion in miniature. It is an active, well proportioned dog, with a winnmg disposition, which maizes one wonder why it has not become fashionable. At the present time Madame M. de Conninck, of Dieghem, is one of the few owners who breed the Lion dog with success. 68 German Toy Dogs. — The Seidenspitz is a not very common German toy breed, in general appearance something between a Maltese and a Pomeranian. As its name implies, it is really a silky coated Pomer- anian, and it conforms in all points with the Toy Pomeranian excepting that its feet are finer and longer, and that its coat instead of being fluffy lies in soft silky locks about six inches in length. The hair, which is always white, is shaved on the muzzle to the eyes, although occa- sionally a moustache is left as on the Poodle. The legs, from the feet to the stifles, are also shaved, and the hair on the ears is clipped. But the less he is trimmed the better. The nose is black and the eyes are dark. Th
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