. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. Chapter IV. THE BEST DOG FOR THE COUNTRY Love me, love mv doi^.—Martha. Don't keep too many dogs. One good one will be of more service than three ill-trained mongrels, and in the average country home, two at most—one for the house and another for the barn— should be the limit. Get a good dog. .It costs no more to keep a well-bred, pure-blooded dog than it does some mongrel, " yaller " dog, and, aside from the pleasure of possessing a pu
. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. Chapter IV. THE BEST DOG FOR THE COUNTRY Love me, love mv doi^.—Martha. Don't keep too many dogs. One good one will be of more service than three ill-trained mongrels, and in the average country home, two at most—one for the house and another for the barn— should be the limit. Get a good dog. .It costs no more to keep a well-bred, pure-blooded dog than it does some mongrel, " yaller " dog, and, aside from the pleasure of possessing a pure- blooded animal, there is always the possibility of protit from his or her progeny. Some writers have maintained that the common dog of no particular breeding is more intelligent than his blue-blooded cousin, but I do not think so. The different breeds differ much in intelli- gence, and dogs of the same breed will show a great difference in their ability to learn. First, make up your mind for what purpose you want a dog, and then get a pup of the variety that gen- erations of training and development have fitted for that purpose. Personally, 1 do not like large dogs. For one thing, they eat as much as a calf, and for another, they are apt to get cross and dangerous as they grow old. I heartily agree with a friend of mine who would not tax any dog under forty pounds, but. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson
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