. 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. THE WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER. 395 Terrier, which at present rules the roost, dates from 1879 as a sliow dog. I tlierefore earnestly hope that no fancj^ will arise about these dogs whicli will make them less hardy, less wise, less com- panionable, less active, or less desperate fighters underground than tliey are at present. A 3'oung dog that I ga^'e to a keeper got its stomacli torn open in a fight. It came
. 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. THE WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER. 395 Terrier, which at present rules the roost, dates from 1879 as a sliow dog. I tlierefore earnestly hope that no fancj^ will arise about these dogs whicli will make them less hardy, less wise, less com- panionable, less active, or less desperate fighters underground than tliey are at present. A 3'oung dog that I ga^'e to a keeper got its stomacli torn open in a fight. It came out of the cairn to its master to be helped. He put the entrails back to the best of his ability, and then the dog slipped out of his hands to finish the fight, and forced the fox out into the open ! That is the spirit of the breed ; but, alas, that cannot be exhibited on the show bench. They do say that a keeper of mine, when chaffed by the " fancy " about the baby faces of his " lot," was driven to ask, "Well, can any of you gentlemen oblige me with a cat, and I'll show you ? " I did not hear him say it, so it may only be a tale. Anyhow, I have in my kennel a dog who, at ten months old, met a vixen fox as she was bolting out of her cairn, and he at once caught her by the throat, stuck to her till the pack came up, and then on till she was killed. In the course of one month his wounds were healed, and he had two other classical fights, one with a cat and the other with a dog fox. Not bad for a pup with a " baby face " ? I am sorry to say that the foxes about my place are nearly cleared out, but be- tween 1894 and 1899 603 foxes were killed and counted above ground on this property alone. I have not the lists complete for the subsequent years, but we killed 74 foxes and four otters between 1902 and 1905. In future I must do " tod " hunter for my friends. I trust I have not tired my readers, and that they understand that the Wes
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